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  1. Day 72 - More Rain, Less Spring Onions

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    If you live around Brisbane, you will have experienced the torrential downpour that we had on Tuesday. It was the most rain in a 24 hour period since 2001, and caused mayhem. In my experience, when we have extreme weather… Full Story »

  2. Day 58 - The Spring Onion Experiment: Part 3

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    Over the previous week, I've been taking measurements of my spring onions to see how I should be harvesting. I grew two groups of crops, one harvested back to the base and one harvested so that there were shoot stumps… Full Story »

  3. Day 53 - The Spring Onion Experiment: Part 2

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    After the success of the previous spring onion experiment, I decided to do a little more investigation. But first a little background information. My spring onion bases that I planted back at the beginning of the month looked like a… Full Story »

  4. Day 51 - The Spring Onion Experiment: Part 1

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    Folks, it's a piece of cake. Get some pots and potting mix, add roots of onions you've already eaten and watch them come up. But how much room do they need? I did a little experiment using 4 sizes of… Full Story »

  5. Day 50 - Why My Coriander Bolted Part 2

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    I've been reading up about coriander recently, as it's been my only failure as a crop so far. At the beginning it wouldn't stand up and when it did it went to seed almost straight away. It now appears that… Full Story »

  6. Day 47 - Self-Sufficiency Sizing Stuff

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    It's a question that is posed all over the internet: how big will my garden need to be to provide vegetables for my family? Unfortunately, no two families have the same appetites, so the answers can vary wildly. According to… Full Story »

  7. Day 44 - Hot Deck

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    It turns out that life on my back deck is a lot hotter than I thought. The days following my last observation have all recorded temperatures above 45 degrees, with the hottest day showing 54.2 degrees. This on a day… Full Story »

  8. Day 36 - A Surprise Visitor

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    Because I only have 2000 square centimetres of garden, there is no need for me to use a hose to water. Instead, I have this cute little purple watering can that has been around as long as I can remember. Full Story »

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