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UNITY In The commUNITY

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(Original concept 4WD’ing Responsibly 2013) Wadada! Wadada means LOVE in Amharic. This is where the foundation of unity comes from. And within the word community is the word UNITY. So often we come across this word commUNITY. But recently we seem to have forgotten the suffix in commUNITY. Times are hard at the moment, which…

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Keep Your Vegetable Gardening Passion Alive

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If you keep putting off gardening jobs or work in your garden seems like a chore, then you might be experiencing or have lost the passion you had when you first started your veggie garden. A great way to keep motivated and passionate about your veggie garden is to plant some really interesting and unusual…

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Some Easy and Practical Methods of Becoming Self Reliant Pt 1 (Food Staples)

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We would all like our backyards to be a source of food, medicines, staples etc – but how achievable is it that your backyard could become ”Your Supermarket”? With decreased block sizes and hectic lifestyles, cost of daily living rising quicker every day, pandemics, food/supply shortages/empty shelves, seed shortages, water shortages etc These things don’t…

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The One Secret Ingredient hook!

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Read this to uncover the one secret ingredient to make your vegetable garden a success! One thing to FOOL them all… In this day and age, we are led to believe that there is one magic ingredient that will result in guaranteed success of our veggie gardens. In every suburb there is a garden centre…

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What can I expect from my AQUAPONICS?

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How much fresh fish and vegetable produce can you expect from your backyard aquaponics system? What makes a successful adventure? What are your aspirations and concerns?

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How doing nothing CAN help YOU and Your Vegetable Garden do something irie

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What if I could tell you that doing nothing in the garden can help you have a better, more fulfilling and conscious vegetable garden journey? How can doing nothing actually be doing something? Let me explain the importance of stillness within our gardens and thus our LIVES. We all lead pretty fast paced and hectic…

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Top 5 Aquaponics Fails

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A small backyard aquaponic system supplying fish and vegetables sounds like a self-reliance dream, but it can quickly turn into a nightmare. Here is what to avoid to ensure it doesn’t become that nightmare.

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Why Having Marron In Your Aquaponics System is a plus

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Marron are about the best tasting freshwater crayfish there is, and their benefits don’t stop at your tastebuds.

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Introducing Fish Into Your Aquaponics System

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It is an anxious time when you introduce new fish into an aquaponics system, and it pays to get them off to the best possible start. Here are tips for making the introduction less stressful for you and your fish. After all you’ve done most of the hard work, setting up and cycling your system,…

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Hints and Tips for Planting in an Aquaponics System

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These tips will help you make sure you get the plants in your aquaponics system off to the best possible start.

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