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Ticked Off!

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Wednesday, November 26th, 2014
Author:
Lazy Gardener

It feels like it’s raining ticks at my place! I don’t know if it is a bad season for ticks generally or just in our garden. Every time we go into the garden my partner and I end up with not one but many ticks on us. Even our dog, Ebbie has had several removed […]

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Think of the critters

Posted on:
Friday, March 15th, 2013
Author:
Lazy Gardener

The extremes of weather are being felt all over Australia at present – bushfires and relentless high temperatures, floods and torrential rain. And it’s not just us humans being affected. Animals are having a hard time of it with their habitats destroyed and native animals dying in their thousands. You may find in the garden […]

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Going batty!

Posted on:
Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
Author:
Lazy Gardener

Bats in the belfry? No, I had bats in the bathroom. I came home after work, went to close the shutters and down between the double-hung window panes I found the cutest micro-bat sound asleep. It was the size of my palm, with a soft black shiny coat and wings. After the initial ‘gee how […]

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Organic seed – why bother?

Posted on:
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
Author:
Lazy Gardener

Did you know that seed retailed in Australia can be chemically coated with at least six different chemical products including insecticides, fungicides and specialised polymer coatings? Treated seed in Australia comes with warnings on all treated seed in small home garden size packs: ‘Caution: treated with (common or brand name of a fungicidal / insecticidal […]

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What’s the buzz?

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Monday, July 9th, 2012
Author:
Lazy Gardener

“The only reason for being a bee that I know of is to make honey…. And the only reason for making honey, is so as I can eat it.” – Winnie the Pooh. Recently my neighbour dropped off some home-harvested honey. It was delicious and ran like liquid silk. While quietly eating crepes with honey, banana and […]

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