A story of sowing my wild legumes.
More Cowbell Cowpea !

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Yesterday on the way back from the farm we stopped into the local bulk seed supplier so that I could get some cowpea to scatter in the back yard. I can’t believe how awesome and farm-like it feels to purchase a giant 25kg sack of seeds, throwing it over your shoulder to take back for use in an inner city block!

 

For $55 I basically got my own little nitrogen and soil breaking factory. The idea being the roots will infiltrate my clay soil and slowly break it apart and at the same time load it up with nitrogen for my soon to be tree and vegetable planting mission.

 

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Bowls day 2012 poll

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So I probably should have done this earlier. If enough people really want the change I’ll see what I can do.
The reason it’s not on the weekend before Xmas is because it’s too close to Xmas for a lot of people or you may already be heading off for family time.
Or you don’t want to be wasted and scaring the children.
Anyways. Let me know what you would like. I’m only going to pay attention to the numbers if they exceed sample size of say 30+
And obviously if I am able to change the date. It’s currently locked in for the 15th at Toowong.

Remember to still vote if you want to keep it on the 15th.

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Hugelkultur – A backyard suburban rotting log, garden bed.

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One man and a chainsaw can mulch anything.
I highly recommend you utilise the assistance of friends in this project as lifting logs is a killer on the body. Even worse when you’re on a 30°-40° slope.

The premise is you bury logs under soil and plant on top of them. Initially it’s not so great as the bacteria breaking down the logs steal nitrogen from the plants nearby. This effect however is reversed with interest afterwards. You can plant in the dirt covering the logs and they will flourish from the decomposition happening below the surface.

I had two massive trees that were felled in my back yard and I wasn’t keen on lugging them uphill to the street to load them on a truck to take them to the dump. A friend sent me a link to hugelkultur sites and I immersed myself for several days in this whole new world.

 

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