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Organic weed killer from vinegar, salt and soap
Weeds are big problem for all gardens. Gardeners know very well how difficult to keep weed under control. Weeds grows so quickly that they can completely drown out all other crops. Manual treatment takes a very long time. Also, such procedures have only a short-term...
How to make and use fish fertiliser
Fish contains a huge amount of trace elements such as phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, iodine, useful not only for humans but also for vegetable plants. After fish fertilization, they become stronger, the crop matures more, and the fruits grow larger and juicier. Yield...
Organic farming trends
We need to ask ourselves how organic farming is evolving into farming practices, both in the Australia and globally. How is it evolving into farming practices today? The answer is growing. Organic farming has been around since the early 1920s, when the organic farm...
Top 13 tips for looking after your hobby sheep
Provide sufficient shelter This should including protection from all weathers, and growing tree belts around the area you intend to stock sheep. Plants belts of fast and medium growing trees around the area to be protected. Use European oaks or ash. Apple pear and nut...
Top 5 tips for a ripper green lawn
Test your soil and apply fertiliser regularly.Buy a simple ph test kit from your local hardware store; this could be your best investment in improving your lawn and garden. Generally the PH for a standard Australian lawn should be between 6.5 to 7. If your lawns soil...
The Making Of Licks (Blocks) Or Loose Licks For Animals
Many of you know that for many years now I have been producing lick blocks for all sorts of applications. It seems that many farmers still like to use the urea blocks of old. Now I am a great believer in using blocks all the year around, however I don't like Urea at...
Soil testing depths
Pasture 0-10cm, Vegetable and field crops 0-15 cm, Tree and vines 0-25 cms Collect cores of soil, by walking across the paddock from diagonal corner to corner, and then walk back from the other two corners so you have formed a big cross in your paddock. Depending on...
How to use sea mineral fertilizers on plant crops
Prior to starting any new fertiliser program be it organic or chemical, we recommend that each farm performs its own testing, this includes testing their soil, irrigation water and of course a leaf tissue test on the plants/crops that they are currently growing. These...
Vineyard snail control
Look out they may be back- the giant African snail! They are an enormous pest that lay up to 1200 eggs every year and are the size of a cricket ball! They can survive all sorts of extreme temperatures, some carrying meningitis that can affect and kill humans. These...