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Build a worm farm for $20
Worm farms are the perfect way to turn food scraps into lush soil – and they needn’t be expensive. Janet Luke shows how easy it is to make your own.
The beginner’s guide to compost
Breaking down your own food and garden waste is a simple way to reduce your rubbish output – and is great for the garden. Paulette Crowley looks at three different options.
Composting special
Great gardens need great soil – and compost is the key. Janet Luke shares six clever composting ideas.
Advice please – can you put feijoa skins in a worm farm?
Yahey! This morning our two-year-old feijoa tree started dropping fruit and boy are they tasty. I'm looking forward to a couple of weeks of gluttony, but want to know if you can put the skins ...
Using contents of a Bokashi bucket
Reader submittedI have a Bokashi system but because my vege gardening is in containers, I can't bury the contents. I finally found a solution. I use a large plastic container with a lid such as a ...
Things in my worm farm
Reader submittedHi, HELP - can you please tell me if these are fruit fly larvae? My hungry bin worm farm seems to be absolutely crawling with them and I do get a lot of fruit flies ...