Keeping your garden in top condition and highly productive.
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Attracting beneficial insects into your garden.
Theory
- Introduction to beneficial insects
- The role of beneficial insects in an organic garden
- How to attract and keep beneficial insects in your garden
- Identifying common beneficial insects in an edible garden
- Resources for bug ID
Practical
- Identifying insects in the garden with magnifying glass
- Planting Good Bug Mix
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Create an abundant garden year after year.
Theory
- Introduction to common crop rotation cycles
- Preventing disease and breaking pest breeding cycles using crop rotation
- Mixing annuals and perennials in crop rotation
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Making and using organic fertilisers.
Theory:
- Types of fertilisers - organic vs synthetic
- Methods and timing of applications
- Benefits of using the correct fertilisers
- Nutrient deficient and plant language
- Green manure crops
- Selecting eco-friendly fertilisers
- Make your own fertilisers
- The use of slow release fertilisers
Practical:
- Make a bucket of comfrey tea
- Apply worm juice and other liquid fertilisers
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Maintaining a healthy and productive garden.
Theory
- What is this and why we do it
- How to maintain your garden
- Successional Planting
- Pest and Disease Management
- Jobs in the subtropical edible garden
- Tips for saving time, energy and money
- Selection and care of garden tools
- Garden tidy ups
- Understanding weeds
- Weed management - the organic way
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Be waterwise.
Theory:
- Different methods of irrigating and how to apply them
- Your plants' water needs
- Designing your garden to save water
- When to water and how
- Storing and using water for irrigation
- Irrigation systems and watering options
- Water saving techniques
- Sources of water
Practical:
- Create an irrigation system in easy steps
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 How to manage common pests and diseases in an organic garden.
Theory
- Understanding who's who in the garden
- The important role insects play
- Making peace with the pests
- Integrated pest management strategies
- The role of good garden design
- Attracting beneficial insects to your garden/companion planting
- Common diseases in the subtropical garden
- Organic solutions to common problems (recipes for common pests and diseases)
Practical
- Identifying insects in the garden
- Planting out some Good Bug Mix
- Identifying healthy/sick plants - understanding plant ‘language'
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