Suburban Farmer

How a HARD NOSED and yet FLEXIBLE Gardening approach will result in a STRONGER vegetable garden. Farming is a tough business. You only need to speak to one of our ORGANIC or INORGANIC food producers, or turn on the news during extreme weather to learn how tough it is on the land. STORMS, FLOODS, DROUGHT,…

How to reap the rewards from a small amount of effort for years to come. Although perennials are often slow growing, once established they can just about take care of themselves. Most species are low maintenance. But when I say low, I don’t mean no maintenance. Every planting requires thought and care. Slowly becoming WILD AND…

WOW WHAT IS THIS??  I’ve never tasted anything like it. I’ve never seen this before! When your friends come to visit, following SUBURBAN FARMERS ADVICE will leave them inspired to try something new. Gwaan (Go on), show them your VEGETABLE GARDEN, and the LOVE created for it and by it.. A Productive Landscape Vegetables, herbs,…

The easiest way to fill or top up an aquaponics system is by using ordinary outside tap. Here is what you need to know about using scheme tap water in an aquaponics system. The chlorine present in tap water is potentially harmful to your fish and the bacteria colonies living in your growbed (Microbiology). There are…

GARDENING TO HELP MAKE LIFE, NOT TAKE LIFE – SUBURBAN FARMER  SUBURBAN FARMER DOES NOT use TOXIC chemicals. WE ENCOURAGE ALL LIFE. Beat the bugs with psychological and biological tactics and reuse waste at the same time! This is not just for PERTH but for the WORLD Like Human parents, the parents of the baby…

LETS GET READY TO RUMBLLLLLLLLLE! Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen and welcome to a contest that promises to be a classic in every sense of the word. In the blue corner, weighing in at 3 kilograms, the lean, not so mean, Muscovy “Puddles” Duck. And in the red corner, weighing in at 2.5 kilograms, the undisputed king…

*This blog was originally written over a decade ago for my old 4WD Conservation Club (4WD’ing Responsibly) and has been rewritten to relate to today’s communal conditions here in PERTH and our worldly situation to inspire us all to BRING BACK THE UNITY IN commUNITY. We have all heard the words “We are living in…

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…

Written during Covid 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 all across Perth, cost of daily living rising quicker every day, Global instability, food/supply shortages/empty shelves, seed…

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…