(Full video below the summary) You’ll be pruning 90% (of the BUDS), it may seem a lot but it will be worth it. The trunk will be the oldest part. The canes were new growth last year. Spurs are a darker colour and they’re thicker and they have canes coming out of them. The canes are where the fruit are going to grow. A nice can will have a good colour and will put out shoots. The leaves will emerge…
Summary:Figure out what nature does. Humans have come up with the term pest and it’s personal. Same with weeds (insert link). If we weren’t there these ‘pests’ would be doing things like growth control, composting, pollinating/spreading seed, cycling life, working with nature. To control these pests we need predators and nature will bring them naturally. Too many aphids (one can produce 50,000 in a go!!!), ladybugs show up. Too many caterpillars, paper wasps show up. The praying mantis eat anything…
Video below the Summary (Links contain Amazon products)Pruning helps plants look and grow better, to keep them to size, remove dead/diseased wood, promote growth/fruiting/flowering and deter pest/disease. Know your limits, the hazards and see if you need an expert. Tools you need: Secateurs and pruning snips. Loppers and telescopic ratcheting loppers. Chainsaw and pruning saws. 2 Stroke petrol hedgers or hedging shears. Gel gloves. Safety goggles. Hard hat if needed. Hearing protection (with music). Pants with Kevlar. Highly recommends chainsaw…
Summary below Summary: The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now – Chinese Proverb Have a look at your garden and spend some time to figure out where the sun goes, your slopes, etc. Make your observations season to season and year to year. First know where North is. Remember in different seasons the sun rises and sets in different positions. Next, see where the winds pass, their direction and speeds….
23/12/20 – Meet Clair and Lincoln at Caltex and she takes me to farmland in her car. Past Vasse and next to a place called Hidden Valley Forest Retreat. See Wayne there and he shows me where the guys shear the sheep and in this kind of heat, they could lose 2 kgs just working which is 200 sheep sheared each. Then he drives us to a camp area, then to the first beehive where I wear a different beekeepers…
Related:– Down to Earth – An Earth Works Learners Guide to Waste, Recycling, Composting, Worm Farms and No Dig Gardening– The REDcycle Program
