Freeze Drying Your Bumper Crops
Freeze Drying Your Bumper Crops I have been gardening for about 4 years now. I had a vision for a massive garden that could meet my produce needs for more than just the summer. I looked at all my...
View ArticlePlanning For Blueberry Success
Planning For Blueberry Success July is National Blueberry Month. If you already have blueberry bushes, you are in the thick of harvest season. Yay! Three of my great childhood memories are all about...
View ArticleUnderrated Herbs
Underrated Herbs to Try in Your Garden When you think about growing herbs, what comes to mind? Overflowing pots of basil, rosemary, and peppermint? Each of those popular choices is fantastic, but have...
View ArticleStrange Succulents to Add to Your Collections
10 Strange Succulents to Add to Your Plant Collection “We are the weirdos mister.” This memorable line from The Craft certainly applies to the world of succulents. No other plant type comes in such a...
View ArticleMedlar Fruit - A Fruit as Vulgar as a Medieval Peasant
Medlar Fruit: A Fruit as Vulgar as a Medieval Peasant The personal hygiene of medieval peasants is one shrouded in obscurity, replete with factual misinformation and mired in the mists of the distant...
View ArticleSeed Saving at the End of the Season
Seed Saving at the End of the Season In spirituality, seeds often act as potent vehicles for metaphor, signifying rebirth and resurrection. It is no wonder that movements that come from the ground up...
View ArticlePlanting for Extreme Weather
Tried and true tips to help your garden weather the extremes Living in a climate in which extreme temperature swings are to be expected can make gardening quite a challenge. Do you feel that you live...
View ArticleInvasive Plants to Watch Out For in the Garden
Invasive Plants to Watch Out For Pretty flowers are good to have around, but it’s quite possible that some of the denizens in your garden happen to be evil flowers. They may masquerade as common...
View ArticleVegetables To Plant in Late Summer
Don't let the calendar fool you. Just because spring has long since sprung doesn't mean you’ve missed the boat when it comes to gardening this year. In fact, late summer is the perfect time to plant a...
View ArticleWarm-Season Flowers for Your Garden
There’s no question that summer heat can be tough on flowers — it wilts delicate petals and stresses moisture-loving plants. But even when temperatures are at their peak, you can enjoy an explosion of...
View ArticleYour Third Crop – Cool Season Fall Planting
When I first decided to start gardening, it was very late summer. I thought for sure I was too late to get into the game that year. I was astonished to learn that there is something called a cool...
View Article10 Ways to Apply Regenerative Agriculture at Home
It’s no exaggeration to say we owe our lives to farming. Sometime 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, humans shed their largely nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle and shifted instead to a farming-based...
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Five Tips to Keep Your Hydrangeas Looking Fresh After Cutting Them
Cut flowers can bring a nice pop of color into your home, and hydrangeas are no exception! Hydrangeas are a favorite amongst gardeners, and it’s no wonder – they come in a variety of shapes and colors,...
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National Peanut Day – September 13
Who is the nuttiest person you know? That grouchy, un-fun uncle whose appearance is solely reserved for funerals? Blackbeard from Our Flag Means Death, whose maniacal laughs and frizzled beard serve as...
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10 Plants That Make Your Garden Stink
In the plant world, a rank smell is unforgiving, bringing misery to every day of your life. As for the plants themselves, they couldn’t care less. In fact, their stinky nature can give them an...
View ArticleAustralian Ecosystems workplace farm
We believe workplace farms should be a thing, so The Sustainable Landscape Company designed and built a highly productive, compact demonstration workplace farm for their staff group at their nursery....
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Frankston City Council
Frankston City Council supports local businesses A recent collaboration between Biofilta Pty Ltd and the Frankston City Council has completed a huge win for the local businesses, the community and the...
View ArticleAthol Road Primary School Garden
Biofilta has been working with Athol Road Primary school since the start of 2018 to build a state of the art urban farm with our wicking beds. We started out by installing our Foodwall systems in 2018...
View ArticleGlen Junor Community Farm
We are very happy with this first stage of a demonstration urban farm at Glen Junor in Gisborne, north of Melbourne. This demonstration farm was designed and built by The Sustainable Landscape Company...
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Become a Garden Maximalist
Nature can be brutal, pretty much adhering to the Darwinist philosophy ‘survival of the fittest,’ but it doesn’t skimp. In the teeming jungles of Costa Rica, orchids can be seen festooning vines, and...
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