My office desk looks out across a field of banana palms and, as we have one measly (but healthy) specimen in our garden, I was thinking back to Singapore days and how much I loved Fish Head Curry served on a banana leaf. Read the full story

8 Low tech ways to solve household problems:

Problem: No fridge, no power Read the full story

We have just planted a large, clumping bamboo in a huge replica of the common or garden terra cotta pot by our neighbour’s fence.  Read the full story

Winter may be upon us but there are always pesky insects around to annoy us! I am a personal magnet for mosquitoes and unfortunately they LOVE my ears! BUT, never fear – we have found some fabulous natural insect repellents for you (oh, and for me too!) Read the full story

I just thought this needed to be posted!  We should all be thinking about fires now while it is still cool.  Get out with the scythe, tractor, mower, whipper snipper etc. etc. and clean up the areas around buildings.  The results of this competition may save lives! Read the full story

Among the photo ops at the White House when the Obamas moved in, there was one with Michelle starting a kitchen garden. Read the full story

I just watched an hour David Suzuki programme (‘The Nature of Things’ ep. ‘American Savannah’  available to Aussie TV on SBS) on the world’s lawn obsession and it was an eye-opener. Read the full story

Amy Leigh has some great ideas for using house plants for natural air purifiers! Read the full story

MAKE YOUR OWN COMFY HAMMOCK Read the full story

A wheelbarrow? An old watering can? How about a pair of crocs?! Yes, there are many wonderful and creative ways to liven up your gardening by recycling some every day household items into pots. Check out what we found! Read the full story

Have you actually read any of the ingredients that are in a bottle of RoundUp or Weed Killer? Now tell me how many of them can you actually pronounce correctly? So why are we spraying these all over our freshly grown vegies? Read the full story

If you have limited space, trouble growing your favourite vegetables, or like me, are new to the wonders of gardening you might like to start with creating a raised garden bed. Read the full story

Yes it is true. I am a beginner gardener! Delving into dirt, plant species, seed propagation, cuttings, flowers, mulching, and everything that goes along with being a “gardener” is all new to me! So where do I start?

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If we went back in time, say 120 years, and began cutting the lawn with a scythe we would be mocked as being ‘behind the times’! Read the full story