This summer I’m going to make sure I collect seed from all the vegetables I grow so I can do it all again next year. I’ve just got to remember to save them from the vegetables I eat in their entirety, like tomatoes and beans. I’ve always collected seed from marigolds, sunflowers, parsley and basil [...]
Posts Tagged ‘herbs’
Saving seeds
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged compost, Garden, herbs, hybrids, seed saving, vegetables on 28 November 2007 | 7 Comments »
How does my garden grow?
Posted in Perth, indigenous flora, invasive species, tagged compost, fruit, Garden, herbs, mulch, Perth, Swan Coastal Plain, vegetables, watering on 14 November 2007 | 5 Comments »
In time for this spring’s planting of summer vegetables I increased my growing space by converting some of the lawn, bought heirloom and organic seeds from The Diggers Club and planned out my beds in advance. The planning was a novelty and some of the plans got changed along the way, but the planning is [...]
2 Fruit and 5 Veg
Posted in Australia, Perth, tagged carbon emissions, compost, cooking, Food, fossil fuel dependence, fruit, Garden, greenhouse gas emissions, herbs, Lazyst, organic, Perth, sustainable living, vegetables on 14 September 2007 | 5 Comments »
Although I have a vegetable garden, I only have a small area. Apart from herbs, I buy most of what I eat. The growing area is getting larger and I just got lots of seeds from the The Diggers Club. This summer my garden should go crazy.
Until recently I bought all my fruit and vegies [...]
Snail Patrol
Posted in cats, dogs, tagged Garden, herbs, Lazyst, pest control, reptiles, snails, vegetables on 23 August 2007 | 5 Comments »
There are too many snails in my garden devouring plants that I want to eat. I’ve always used metaldehyde snail bait which kills dogs if they eat the bait. When I was a kid our dog Goldie ate some. Taking her to the vet immediately and paying lots of money ensured she didn’t die. [...]
Room to Move
Posted in dogs, tagged Family, Garden, herbs, Lazyst, vegetables on 18 July 2007 | 4 Comments »
I don’t have a very large area to grow vegetables and in winter it doesn’t get much sun. I often thought about digging up some of the lawn for vegies, but I never got around to it (being the lazyst gardener and all). Sheeba the dog likes to run along the front fence barking [...]
Getting Rid of Bugs
Posted in Perth, cats, dogs, invasive species, tagged Family, Garden, grey water, herbs, insects, Lazyst, Perth, pest control, reptiles, vegetables on 3 July 2007 | 4 Comments »
I have difficulty with insects and other critters eating the plants I grow. Greenpa doesn’t use any pesticides or herbicides on his crops and my mum tells me to just grow more than I need and then I can share with the critters, but I don’t have much room. So I try to kill the [...]
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"We must head back towards zero. At one degree the genie is out of the bottle, at two degrees the bottle is broken"
– David Spratt (2009) "Time for a Plan B on climate?" Dissent, no.30, p.37
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I'm a librarian doing research, but my first love was science and as a kid I wanted to be an ecologist or botanist. Things got in the way and now I only "study" nature in my spare time. As the lazyst environmentalyst I write about what I do to try to ensure the nature of our world is still here for future generations.
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