Worms can be a little picky about what they eat, so to make sure I compost as much as possible, I put the food scraps the worms won’t eat into a Bokashi bin. Bokashi is an anaerobic (oxygen-free) fermenting composting systems. Specific microorganisms effectively pickle the food scraps. If done …

I’m very slap dash when it comes to starting a new worm farm. Traditional instructions for starting a worm farm are quite careful and prescriptive. If you’re new to worms (or you’re in an apartment), I’d recommend that you follow the sensible advice on other sites. So here is my …

When we take so much care to nurture our fruit trees, it’s natural to want to protect the fruit from wildlife, particularly birds and bats. Tree netting is an obvious and effective way to protect fruit from wildlife, but the wrong type of netting can be deadly. Bird netting with …

These newspaper propagation pots make seed raising easy and prevent transplant shock by not disturbing the plant’s fragile root system. These newspaper pots: are organic and biodegradable can be planted directly into the soil What you’ll need: 3 sheets of newspaper per pot potting mix fertiliser pellets seed raising mix …