Suburban Farmer
Getting chickens for your backyard CAN result in problems. Not always, but it can happen despite your best intentions. Here are some things to think about to help to avoid common mistakes.
read more
Inviting your friends to a BBQ with home grown Barramundi will make an impression! Here are some ideas to ensure that barramundi is on the menu and not fast food instead. The success of your barramundi will be due to the least stressful environment you can create. Provided your system has an established grow bed, you…
read more
What Is Yield? Is it the produce that you can eat? Is it a marker of SUCCESS? Is it the only thing we should go by?
read more
Barramundi is a fast growing fish that can be grown successfully in backyard aquaponics, however in temperate regions the growing season is short and barely gives you enough time to grow them to plate size. Here is a tip to jump start your barramundi season.
read more
This guide will tell you what you can plant in Perth, how long before you can expect produce to be ready, and give you a plan for the types of crops that you will plant next.
read more
Every few weeks I get a slightly panicked email or question relating to the complicated world of CROP ROTATION. After the long, anxious, confused, and inevitably deflated request for help, my answer is somewhat simple, a little disappointing at first glance, and bewildering as my response is usually something like this…WHY BOTHER YOURSELF, NATURE DOESN’T…
read more
I deh pon forward (walk outside) out to the back into the garden and have a look around. Nothing unusual, the plants are healthy and growing greatly, the compost is composting, the bees are buzzing and the chooks are ZOMBIES!?! What happened to my beautiful chookies? Did a dog dig an old chook up and…
read more
So we have all heard about manure, and its importance to adding humus and organic content to our soils and improving fertility. Most of these manures come from animals and are usually brown and stinky. Chook poo, Pig poo, Sheep poo, Horse poo, Cow poo, Baby poo…Ha gotcha!! No we don’t use baby poo. There…
read more
“The word hydroponics comes from the roots “hydro”, meaning water, and “ponos”, meaning labor.”
read more
Have you ever thought about how many punnets you have brought lately and thrown away the containers, just to go and buy more seedlings when needed?
read more