Making biochar has so many benefits and it’s fun to make on the farm. We attended a biochar workshop with Dennis Enright from New Zealand Biochar Ltd earlier this year…
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Chaos Garden
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In this article I am using a lot of images to show the process of site transformation from bare ground to food production. I will explain how we improve the…
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Sowing Calendar for a Year Round Supply of Vegetables
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Canterbury Region, Christchurch and Banks Peninsula Growing your own food is the most important task in my opinion to stay, become and be healthy. We share our sowing calendar with…
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pH in a Biological Farming and Gardening System
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Biological farming Bacteria and fungi have been on this planet for 4 billion years. Predatory organisms joined them 1 billion years later and made nutrient cycling on a larger scale…
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Thermal Composting
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For me as an organic gardener, the single most important thing is compost. And not just any compost. I am talking about bio-complete compost, buzzing with microorganisms – fungi, bacteria,…
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