gardening Archives - Renew /renew-magazine/gardening/ Leading in Sustainability Tue, 17 Oct 2023 00:47:13 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 Climate-ready gardening https://renew.org.au/renew-magazine/gardening/climate-ready-gardening/ Tue, 17 Oct 2023 00:42:40 +0000 https://renew.org.au/?post_type=r_renew_magazine&p=18507 The post Climate-ready gardening appeared first on Renew.

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]]> Product profile: Pods for veggies https://renew.org.au/renew-magazine/products/product-profile-pods-for-veggies/ Wed, 18 Jan 2023 01:57:43 +0000 https://renew.org.au/?post_type=r_renew_magazine&p=17236 With the cost of food trending rapidly upwards, the move to growing food at home has become a popular one. While it’s easy if you have a garden, what do you do if you don’t?

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]]> Nurturing your native garden https://renew.org.au/renew-magazine/water-saving/nurturing-your-native-garden/ Wed, 10 Jun 2020 02:27:06 +0000 https://renew.org.au/?post_type=r_renew_magazine&p=14172 Just how much maintenance do you need in a native garden? Robyn Deed gets some tips from landscaper Haydn Barling on how to sustain a beautiful, biodiverse garden in the suburbs.

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]]> Gardening for habitat https://renew.org.au/renew-magazine/gardening/gardening-for-habitat/ Wed, 18 Dec 2019 02:15:52 +0000 https://renew.org.au/?post_type=r_renew_magazine&p=12874 Beauty, habitat and always more to learn: there’s a lot to be said for bringing a bit of the bush into the suburbs. Bill Aitchison and Sue Guymer describe their Australian native garden in Melbourne’s east.

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]]> Donna to the (plant) rescue https://renew.org.au/renew-magazine/gardening/donna-to-the-plant-rescue/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 06:24:58 +0000 https://renew.org.au/?post_type=r_renew_magazine&p=11712 Most nurseries recycle materials such as plastic growing containers, but what happens to any unsaleable plants? Sarah Coles speaks to Donna Grundy about plant rescue and an unusual business model.

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]]> Working with contours https://renew.org.au/renew-magazine/gardening/working-with-contours/ Thu, 22 Aug 2019 05:16:11 +0000 https://renew.org.au/?post_type=r_renew_magazine&p=11126 Sarah Coles speaks to Guildford local Louise Balaz-Brown about gardening in tough conditions, the importance of contours and the miracle of sheep manure.

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]]> DIY: Sheet mulch and hot compost https://renew.org.au/renew-magazine/diy/diy-sheet-mulch-and-hot-compost/ Fri, 19 Jul 2019 06:15:53 +0000 https://renew.org.au/?post_type=r_renew_magazine&p=10726 Fuchsia Branwhite explains the permaculture tricks she uses in her own garden, to both control weeds and produce beautiful non-stinky compost from a wide range of garden waste.

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]]> DIY: All-season vegie shade tent https://renew.org.au/renew-magazine/diy/diy-all-season-vegie-shade-tent/ Sat, 30 Mar 2019 06:24:29 +0000 https://renew.org.au/?post_type=r_renew_magazine&p=11785 One reader, Brian Mollan, describes his solution to the problem of summer scorching of his vegies—and it can even be left in place in winter.

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]]> Digging the No Dig https://renew.org.au/renew-magazine/diy/digging-the-no-dig/ Tue, 26 Mar 2019 01:36:42 +0000 https://renew.org.au/?post_type=r_renew_magazine&p=9454 Growing vegies with increasing summer heat and less rain doesn’t need to be a battle, writes Carmel Killin. A solution can be found in the water-retaining and humus-rich layers of a No Dig bed.

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]]> DIY: Self-watering vertical garden https://renew.org.au/renew-magazine/diy/diy-self-watering-vertical-garden/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:55:15 +0000 https://renew.org.au/?post_type=r_renew_magazine&p=11080 Margaret Mossakowska shares her simple self-watering system for a vertical garden.

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