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Olla Pots: The Ancient Self-Watering System for Modern Gardening
In the realm of sustainable gardening, there is one innovation that truly stands out as a testament to the wisdom of our forbearers. Any idea?


The Broadfork: A Tool for Every Garden
We think it’s time that growers and gardeners started giving more of a fork about their soil! Why? Well, a properly functioning soil is the


How To Start A Herb Spiral
When I first started learning about permaculture it was quite overwhelming. Even though, yes, I do feel that I need to play my part in


Gardening Tool Maintenance: How to care for your home farming and gardening tools
Spading, forking, and hoeing can be dirty work, but keeping your gardening tools clean and well maintained with gardening tool maintenance is vital. When it


Tree Popper: The Ultimate Tool for Removing Alien Invasive Plants
(This is a blog post. If you are looking for the Tree Popper product page, click here.) If there ever was a fun slogan, the


Let’s Grow Food Forests!
With the electricity shortages, petrol prices, and rising costs of fuel currently plaguing us and causing food price hikes, many people are starting to realise


Soil Biodiversity: Why Should We Care?
You may have heard overwhelming facts about teaspoons of soil containing hundreds of metres of fungal networks, and thousands of different species numbering into the


The Age of Aquaponics
Aqua-what? Perfectly poised to be important in the future of food for our growing population, aquaponic farming is extremely water-efficient, inherently organic and more productive


Clean Energy from Compost: The Jean Pain Method
The Jean Pain Method is an amazingly simple and an inexpensive system of extracting both energy and fertiliser from plant life.


Windowfarms DIY: A Step-By-Step Guide
By Galen Schultz A friend of mine has got me quite excited about windowfarming. You could say the idea is growing on me. I live