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Attracta Roach
- Mar 9, 2018
- 2 min
21 Days to a Greener You - Day 19
Grow your own So, are you going to compost? If you are, you might like to put it to good use. Now this may be a bit daunting for some, but gardening doesn’t have to be. You don’t have to be an expert gardener to grow your own herbs, fruits, and vegetables. All you need are a few pots or a small garden bed, but if your game for more set up a veggie patch. Growing your own means you have fresh and healthy food on hand, while reducing your carbon footprint. If you grow organica
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Attracta Roach
- Nov 7, 2017
- 3 min
10 REASONS TO GROWN YOUR OWN – A SIMPLE WAY TO BECOME GREEN
You may think why bother? Gardening is a lot of work, I don’t have the time and I don’t have the space, but you will be surprised to know you don’t have to spend a lot of time gardening. Once a week for a couple of hours, usually a Saturday, I tend to my garden, whether it is weeding, digging or sowing new plants. It always amazes me what I can achieve in those hours. Then I let nature do the rest. As for space, you don’t have to have a large garden in order to grow some frui
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Attracta Roach
- Mar 8, 2017
- 2 min
PLANNING YOUR AUTUMN-WINTER VEGETABLE GARDEN
I don’t know about you, but I love Autumn days. Not too hot, not too cold. The change in colours and the crispness in the air are so brilliant. In Melbourne, we have being enjoying some really warm weather - unusual for this time of year. Soon it will time to enjoy the last few warm days outdoors, before the colder weather hits us. It is a good time to remove your summer crops and plan those vegetables that grow in the cooler months. Now that we have been in our house more th
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Attracta Roach
- Feb 20, 2017
- 2 min
21 Days to a Greener You - Day 19
Grow your own So, are you going to compost? If you are, you might like to put it to good use. Now this may be a bit daunting for some, but gardening doesn’t have to be. You don’t have to be an expert gardener to grow your own herbs, fruits, and vegetables. All you need are a few pots or a small garden bed, but if your game for more set up a veggie patch. Growing your own means you have fresh and healthy food on hand, while reducing your carbon footprint. If you grow organica
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Attracta Roach
- Nov 16, 2016
- 3 min
RECYCLING CAN BE DONE IN THE GARDEN TOO!
Last week was Recycling Week here in Australia and I thought we should have a chat about it. Recycling is a great way to help the environment. Many people are doing their bit around the home by recycling, but often neglect the garden. Rather than buy new gardening products there are many items that can get a second life. It will reduce your waste, save you money and prevent pollution of the land, waterways and air. There are numerous things you can recycle and you can become
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Attracta Roach
- Sep 28, 2016
- 4 min
NATURAL PESTICIDES THAT YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF
Spring is here and I love getting out into the garden, seeing all the new growth and colours. The warmer days bring lots of growth, but also many insects and pests. These can be a source of frustration, especially when I am trying to get my new plants to grow, while still maintaining older plants. There are many pesticides out there, but as you know many are not only kill pests, but can be very harmful to us. Also, some of these pesticides contain chemicals that get washed in
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Attracta Roach
- Aug 31, 2016
- 3 min
PLANNING YOUR SPRING-SUMMER VEGETABLE GARDEN
Can you believe it is Spring already! Where has this year gone? I don’t know about you, but I am glad that Spring is here, which means warmer weather is on the way. No more cold, wet days. It is hard to do a lot outside in the winter and no matter how I try to keep myself healthy over, I always end up with a bad cold or the flu. And I’m over it! Okay, enough of my whinging. I have to say I am very proud of my garden and how it has progressed over the winter. I managed to get
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Attracta Roach
- Jul 13, 2016
- 2 min
WINTER GARDENING JOBS
Although it is a bit artic out there, there are still a few jobs that need to be done in the garden. Use it as an excuse to get outdoors and get some vitamin D. Clean your garden tools - Use natural cleaners or make up your own using vinegar and sodium bicarbonate, to wash down shovels and forks. Ensure your pruners or secateurs are clean and sharp. Prune your roses – Prune by at least one third. Ensure you remove any diseased, damaged or dead wood. It is too early to feed yo
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Attracta Roach
- Jun 29, 2016
- 2 min
WINTER GARDENING CAN BE MAGICAL
I have to admit I don’t like being cold, but once I am rugged up in a warm coat and boots, I love the crisp air of winter. We are lucky in Australia, winters are never drab…well, maybe a little when it rains. Something is always blooming or even fruiting. The native wattles and the banksias are in colour. In our garden, our camellias, azaelias and cyclamens are showing off, but it doesn’t stop there. Our orchard has colour because of our oranges and lemons. You would nearly t
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Attracta Roach
- Apr 12, 2016
- 2 min
PLANNING YOUR AUTUMN-WINTER VEGETABLE GARDEN
I don’t know about you, but I love Autumn days. Not too hot, not too cold. The change in colours and the crispness in the air are so brilliant. In Australia, it is time to enjoy the last few warm days outdoors, even if you have to dodge the odd rain drop (well, here in Melbourne at least). It is also a good time to remove your summer crops and plan those vegetables that grow in the cooler months. As we are only a few months in our house, I am establishing our garden, but I am
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Attracta Roach
- Apr 5, 2016
- 2 min
HOW WE STARTED TO BECOME GREEN - PART 2
Hi there, I'm back again to continue our discussion on how we started to become green. Hope you liked the steps we discussed on Monday, but if you feel some of the steps were too difficult to take on, here you will find some more handy hints that might be good to start with. As I said, take it step by step - if you try to do too much too soon, it might make your road to becoming green difficult. Also, you might find listing your reasons for change as a good way to motivate y
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Attracta Roach
- Jan 22, 2016
- 4 min
A BIT ON THE WILD SIDE!
This week we had the joy of having some of our animal friends visiting us. Where we live we have plenty of rabbits and because of this, we often have a few sightings of foxes in the backyard. So much for our Golden Retriever, Lester keeping an eye on things. But this week we had a few stray sheep venture up our driveway. They had taken a liking to some of my flowerbeds. Not long after that, we found a bluetongue lizard in our basement. The kids were in awe, which is lovely to
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