Preparing your lawn - Levelling -
You can level an area fairly accurately by these means. You will need a straight edge and a carpenter's or bricklayer's spirit level. The straight edg...
The Rice Weevil -
The rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae, S. zeeamais) infests maize, wheat, oats, barley and other grains. It may also infest other hard foodstuffs such as...
Planter Herb Gardens -
Some favourite herbs to grow in your home planter boxes. Why use the ground when you can mvoe your herbs all around the house to make them even more ...
Making acid soil alkaline -
If your soil is sandy, distribute kg sulphur over 9 square metres and turn it in. On heavy soils use 1 kg sulphur. Then mix 225 grams manganese sulpha...
Sowing Australian Native Plants -
Although the ideal temperature for germination varies with the species, many species will germinate when daily temperature rises above 20Ãâ...
Permaculture Zones -
An innovation of design was the appreciation of the efficiency and productivity of natural ecosystems and to seek to apply this efficiency to the way ...
Pruning -
Pruning includes not only the cutting back or removal of sound branches but also the taking out of dead and diseased wood. The purpose in pruning flow...
Plague Thrips -
The plague thrips (Thrips imaginis), which is native to Australia, may occur in plague numbers in spring and early summer, when the climatic condition...
The Potato Moth -
The potato moth (Gnorimoschema operculella) is present in every potato-growing district in New South Wales and the caterpillars may cause considerable...
