How to Grow Garlic
May 24, 2011 by Vesna
Filed under Sustainable Living, Urban Garden
Late autumn, early winter is the perfect time to plant garlic in Melbourne (Australia). These photos are from our container garden last year’s crop. I also planted some garlic in our community veggie patch, a bit later, so if one …
Hawthorn Community Garden Open Weekend
September 14, 2010 by Vesna
Filed under Sustainable Living, Urban Garden
This year the Hawthorn Community Garden at Riversdale Road will be part of the Australia’s Open Garden Scheme - Special Events. This is very exciting as our veggie patch is there!
The winter crop is slowly finishing and time is …
How to Make Hay for Pets
March 11, 2010 by Vesna
Filed under How to ..., Recycling, Urban Garden
Seeing the photo above, some might ask: what on earth are we doing here? Making hay. But why? In an inner city backyard? There are no big meadows or cows close by!
Well, we are using it as the chicken …
Our Community Vegetable Garden Plot
November 20, 2009 by Vesna
Filed under Sustainable Living, Urban Garden
Finally, after more than one year since applying for a plot in the local community garden, we’ve got one! Coincidentally, we received the news on the day Sustainable Echo was celebrating its first birthday. It felt like a real anniversary …
Simple Ideas for Reusing Coconut Shells
November 11, 2009 by Vesna
Filed under Recycling, Sustainable Living, Urban Garden
9 – 15 November 2009 is National Recycling Week (Australia) founded by Planet Ark in 1996. This post is Sustainable Echo’s contribution to NRW. It’s about finding another use for something otherwise destined for the dump: the coconut shell.
Recently …
Eco-Fun for Kids: Grow Your Veggies and Eat it Too!
October 31, 2009 by Vesna
Filed under Eco Kids, Urban Garden
Engaging kids in the organic gardening from an early age has many benefits: it teaches them about nature, sustainability, environment, patience, to appreciate food, etc. When they are older, gardening will become second nature to them. By doing it themselves …
Spring in Our Urban Garden
September 15, 2009 by Vesna
Filed under Sustainable Living, Urban Garden
The days are getting longer, the soil is warming up: SPRING has arrived (in the southern hemisphere, that is)!
For now all our vegetables are growing in the container garden quite happily, as you can see below. The reason is …
World Environment Day June 5th 2009
June 5, 2009 by Vesna
Filed under Eco Kids, Sustainable Living, Urban Garden
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Today is World Environment Day. This year’s theme for the WED is ‘Your Planet Needs You-UNite to Combat Climate Change’.
To celebrate the WED our kids planted the seeds of a beautiful native weeping red bottlebrush tree. The …
Pictures from my urban garden
February 9, 2009 by Vesna
Filed under Urban Garden
Latest pictures from my urban garden…
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Garden Slugs: Organic and Natural Slug Control
January 23, 2009 by Vesna
Filed under How to ..., Urban Garden
Slugs and snails are annoying pests, more so as they are “invisible”. They are rarely seen at work because they come out at night and hide in dark and moist places, mostly underground.…
