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Can we actually find some food staples right in Perth suburbs? Free and available, these covert gifts are not actually covert at all. Or uncommon to come across. (Although with…

Seed collection is vital for us and for the genetic diversity of Life. But sometimes collecting the seed is the easiest part. Perth has many gardens with many types of…

Gardeners across Perth commonly cry that Perth is TOO HOT to grow anything other than Natives and Succulents and are we allowed to turn the water on yet?? This is…

Why Seed Provenance Matters for Perth Gardeners Something that is just as important as saving your seeds is their PROVENANCE. Perth has a disadvantage when it comes to seed variation.…

Why Is My Tree Turning Yellow? Common Causes in Perth Gardens Every season change I can count on many Perth gardeners contacting me asking why is my tree yellow? All…

Reading the Signs of Creation: Nature’s Seasonal Language in Perth We can read the newspapers and books, we can even read tea leaves and blogs like this one. But how…

Fungal vs Bacterial Compost Tea: Which Does Your Garden Need? Compost Tea’s many of us have heard about. But how many know that there are two main types of compost…

Best Mulch for Perth Gardens We all know we must mulch of gardens. But when we get to the soil yard, we are confronted by a plethora of different looking…

One of the most exciting things about owning an aquaponics system is buying fish. Here are a few tips to ensure you get the best fish right here in PERTH…

GLOBAL INITIATIVES SUBURBAN FARMER IS INVOLVED/COLLABORATED WITH: Below are some of the beautiful collabs Suburban Farmer is humbled to link with. Theses collectives and businesses share the same goal and…

Blessings, in our gardens we sometimes don’t have enough produce. And other times we have too much. We know what to do with the former, but what do we do…

Growing spaces are like people. There are many shapes and sizes. But, not all of us have the affordability of land. Some have land and cannot use it whilst some…

Something about seeing or feeling Nature, primordially makes us want to be outside, but sometimes we can’t always be outside. Sometimes we find ourselves in an office, or a building,…

Shower gels, dread/hair washes and face/body scrubs are some of the easiest things to make yet, we’re often led to believe that they are not easy to make and suggested…

First off, what is a SEED BOMB? Aren’t bombs dangerous and especially to LIFE? Yes but these bombs are different…Let me explain.. Seed bombs are an awesome and upful, effective…

Organic gardening, some love it, some hate it, some think it is just pottering around planting things outside, and others, well they know it’s more than just growing plants. There…

This is something a lot of us do not even think about, perhaps due to the abundance of food available both fresh and packaged here in PERTH AUSTRALIA. But for…

Almost every SPRING shoulder leading into SUMMER and almost everywhere you go, you will see THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN SALUTE followed by THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN CRY –  BLOODY FLIES! Yes, absolutely…

WINTER VEGETABLE SOUP and SUMMER SALAD can help inspire your WINTER and SUMMER Vegetable Garden PLANT OUT. Blessings and LOVE Farmer’s  Picking what to plant is one of the major…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

*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…

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…

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…

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…

What if I could tell you that doing almost nothing in the garden can help you have a better, more fulfilling and conscious vegetable garden journey? How can doing nothing…

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? What else can you…

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…

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,…

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…

So we have all heard about manure but GREEN MANURE? Not too common in PERTH but it is gaining traction with more understanding its importance to adding humus, amino acids…

Perth massive (growers) 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 and…

After all that WINTER weather and (I hope) lots of eating WINTER veggies I think it’s safe to say we all long for our SPRING and SUMMER veggie garden. The…

Blessed Mumma and Pappa Earth always provides! In this blog we are looking at creating great compost for free from your own gardens all around PERTH. Giving you a source…

Summer in Perth is a great time for beach, barbecues, backyard cricket and enjoying the sunshine.

There is nothing better as an adult than to see and witness the fulljoy, the excitement, the innocence, the imagination and curiosity, the love and wonder a child has whilst…

There are a few things inevitable in life, Births, Deaths, Marriages, Tax and having some pesky insects invade your veggie garden at the worst time is just another to the…

What if I could tell you that having a wine in the evening can help you have a better vegetable garden?

It’s the start of the football season! The really good news as you will have a better vegetable garden because of it. How, Why come? Really? What if Collingwood loose? Let’s…

How do you recover when the vegetable garden that promised so much, delivers so little. Most people GROWING THEIR OWN FOOD in our commUNITY’S do it as a hobby or as…

How a hard-nosed and uncompromising approach will result in a better vegetable garden.