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In the previous post I identified the Papaya mealy bug - Paracoccus Marginatus on our papaya.So - I checked out what are the possible organic responses and found some good resources:PAN Germany: Describes the uses of chiliGolden Harvest Organics: A list of insects and pests, and appropriate organic...
One of the challenges of an organic garden is getting enough nutrients into the soil, given that you can't use chemical fertilisers. A great way to address this problem, and reduce your waste that will otherwise go to clog up a landfill somewhere, is to compost your kitchen waste.It's very easy: the basic...
Well - harvesting may be slightly overstating it, when I only got one fruit :) But it's the first one we got off these trees (a previous fruit was taken by someone). The trees are growing well, although the recent dry weather has not helped particularly, and you can see many fruits in the earlier stages,...
Worried about being stiffed with overpriced roses, chemically enhanced and flown in from halfway across the world? There is a solution :)Find a few blooms in your gardenput them on the breakfast table and sayI love you :)Dedicated to WW - my love for ever xxx :)PS: Check out the Organic Consumers...
We harvested our organic sweet potato today (there are a couple of more detailed recipes on that post too). One lesson to be learnt is that it needs a climbing frame - it was crawling all over the ground looking for something to climb up; also, the leaves of one of the plants were all small and not a deep...
