I recall attending a brief but informative seminar of worms and worm-farming in Perth some years ago. The main new idea I came away with was the fact that earthworms are lead to their food sources primarily by soil microbes. This inter-relationship fascinated me. Then, more recently I made the connection between watering the garden … Continue reading Soil microbes →

What a warm September we have had. As a result I was busy early in the month sowing seeds and planting out ready for the season.I tried sowing seeds in paper pots that I had folded. This worked really well except for the odd heavy rain shower which kept the pots too wet and the … Continue reading update →