As you may know, I LOVE collecting and working with rustic timbers. I have previously mentioned the mountain of recycled hardwood timber that we inherited from a local demolition and we have now put it to another fantastic use which will also decrease some of the weeding maintenance that we have to do around the…
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Living Greener assists a local award-winning South Gippsland winery, Harman Wines with their property maintenance. The Harman Wines property is 10 acres with vines, a cellar door, veggie gardens, a fruit and olive orchard, a large paddock with sheep, and a bit of space to mow and brushcut. With the Harman Wines business growing in…
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Yesterday would have to have been the proudest moment I have experienced in my veggie garden……….I harvested 21 of the most deliciously round, big and perfectly gorgeous garlic I have ever seen! I dug them out with the biggest grin on my face, each bigger and better than the next, it was like Christmas morning…
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When most people think about artichokes they associate it with the marinated artichoke hearts that we buy at the supermarket or local deli. However, when I think of artichokes, I think about sitting at my Nonna and Nonnos table cloth covered dinner table, placemats at every seat with a bread crumb stuffed treasure in front…
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When we first built our home on 5 acres in Inverloch, we were adamant about being as sustainable as we could and setting our farm up to be low maintenance and functional by using the basic elements of permaculture. The chicken-vegetable dynamic is the perfect example! The chooks provide poo power (life-giving nitrogen) to our…
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It’s the weekend and you FINALLY have some time to play in the garden. You wake early and spritely, your day is planned, you have even collected all the materials you need, ready to get the most out of your day……..and then….. I know, I know “check the forecast,” you say….. well I don’t know…
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There is something to be said for the sheer satisfaction of growing your own produce. Whether it be sowing tomato or rocket seeds or having success growing on plants from cuttings taken from our garden, there is a definite sense of pride we feel when gazing out the kitchen window at the vegies flourishing and…
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