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Digging the Dandenongs: Bye bye bee bee, bye bye!
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Sunday, December 30, 2012. Bye bye bee bee, bye bye! Recently our wonderful, garage dwelling, feral bees ran out of space and a drone cut a hole through the interior wall into the garage. Bees not being the brightest, they then congregated around the rear window to the garage hoping that somehow the glass would disappear and they'd be able to go on their merry way. Just to show that they're not fast learners, a couple of days later the exact same thing happened and again we lost a few hundred bees. David...
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Digging the Dandenongs: Treat Peach Leaf Curl Now! Lime-Sulphur Recipe
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Thursday, August 09, 2012. Treat Peach Leaf Curl Now! For those with peach, nectarine, apricot, plum or almond trees in particular, it's almost time to treat your trees before bud burst in order to prevent any hibernating fungal growths from infecting the new growth. As soon as you see the pink starting to show on the buds, spray your tree - it is not possible to control the fungus once it's entered the leaf, so don't leave it for the buds to open. WARNING - Don't get it on your skin or in your eyes!
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Digging the Dandenongs: Loving our Soil - Improvement and Reconditioning (by the Perma Pixie!!)
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Friday, March 22, 2013. Loving our Soil - Improvement and Reconditioning (by the Perma Pixie! One of the duo of fantastic permaculture teachers I have is Taj, aka the Perma Pixie. Like me, Taj has a huge, huge respect and love for that which gives our glorious planet life: soil. As she has just posted some brilliant posts regarding soil on her blog and I haven't installed a RSS feed yet to here, I thought I would share a little bit of her post so you guys can get a taster. Then you can pop over to the.
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Digging the Dandenongs: Revegation Practice and Glyphosate
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Friday, January 04, 2013. Revegation Practice and Glyphosate. Recently I raised some concerns on fb regarding the current practices used for revegatation work along creek banks in my local area. Basically, the practice is to use a glyphosate based product to spray the area to be replanted, and perhaps repeat this at intervals. Once cleared, the young plants used in the revegatation process then have a better chance of becoming established. Commercial glyphosate formulations are known to:. Significantly i...
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Digging the Dandenongs: December in the Dandenongs
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Monday, December 31, 2012. December in the Dandenongs. The volunteer tomatoes that popped up everywhere in September are fruiting. The dreaded agapanthus ( Agapanthus praecox). Season is in full bloom. These guys are ranked as 5th worst weed in the Yarra Ranges. They make great cut flowers, so feel free to cut yourself a bouquet from those growing on nearby roadsides! Feral peaches are ripening. This tree is near us and the birds take most of the fruit, but what is left tastes delicious! Will one day get...
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Digging the Dandenongs: Climate Maps for Australia
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Tuesday, September 04, 2012. Climate Maps for Australia. I just realised I've not posted these up before and they're such a useful resource for everyone, so I thought I better get onto it quick-smart :). Click on the relevant map to be taken to the enlarged version on the Diggers Site. For those interested, you can read a small article regarding these here. These are similar to the USDA Hardiness Zones. Growing Weeks by Area. For those of you who might be looking to grow vegetables, or other non-drought ...
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Digging the Dandenongs: Human Farms?
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Thursday, March 21, 2013. Are states and countries just human farms? Throughout history, a ruling class has existed in almost every civilisation from the ancient Chinese and Egyptians, to our present day governments. Some argue that this ruling class exists only once societies get to a certain size and agricultural innovation makes it possible for an individual to produce more than they need to survive (consume). Slavery becomes seen as a viable business enterprise. That we are free. In the past, slaves ...
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Digging the Dandenongs: March 2013
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Friday, March 22, 2013. Loving our Soil - Improvement and Reconditioning (by the Perma Pixie! One of the duo of fantastic permaculture teachers I have is Taj, aka the Perma Pixie. Like me, Taj has a huge, huge respect and love for that which gives our glorious planet life: soil. As she has just posted some brilliant posts regarding soil on her blog and I haven't installed a RSS feed yet to here, I thought I would share a little bit of her post so you guys can get a taster. Then you can pop over to the.
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Digging the Dandenongs: Land Clearing and the Review of Native Vegetation Clearing Guidelines
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013. Land Clearing and the Review of Native Vegetation Clearing Guidelines. Just a quick round of thank you: Southern Dandenongs Landcare, Jordan Crooka, Bruce Lindsay of the Environment Defenders Office and Yasmin Kelsall of the Victorian National Parks Association for the detailed talk last night. The new guidelines seem to base the majority of the decision making on NaturePrint - a mapping tool which will be used to provide information on vegetation and biodiversity through mathe...
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