September 19, 2009 - Posted by blogadmin- 0 Comments
On my journey back from Geraldton I stayed in Perth for a few days, before my return journey on the Indian Pacific train across the Nullarbor. I visited three community gardens – Perth City Farm just outside the central business district, Earthwise Community Garden in Subiaco and the Lockridge Community Garden. There are numerous gardens [...]
September 8, 2009 - Posted by blogadmin- 3 Comments
How do you grow veggies in Drylands? Drylands are areas where the evaporation rate is higher than the rainfall rate. As well as having a dryland climate, Geraldton has soils of white aluminium sand. In the early days a lot of effort went into building up the soil. The area which is now the veggie/seed [...]