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Meet Nicki, who specializes in helping individuals grow their own food. Nicki's blog focuses on various aspects of backyard food cultivation. The goal is to share Nicki's personal journey of growing food for her family while inspiring others to embark on a similar path. If you're seeking assistance to start or improve your kitchen garden, you're welcome to join the community..
Love of Dirt Blog
7M ago
Growing your own food can be a cost-effective way to provide fresh, healthy produce for your family. Not only do you get to enjoy the …
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Love of Dirt Blog
8M ago
Growing food in containers is a great way to have a vegetable garden just about anywhere. However it can be challenging here in the subtropics, …
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Love of Dirt Blog
1y ago
Garden pests eating your lovingly cared for plants can be heartbreaking. There are loads about here in the subtropics that can take over quite quickly …
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Love of Dirt Blog
1y ago
Growing food in summer during the subtropics is very challenging. It’s too hot, often humid and it’s either too wet or too dry. Bugs and …
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Love of Dirt Blog
1y ago
QLD Fruit fly is a devastating pest for us here in the subtropics. It can make vegetable gardening during the warmer months prohibitive if they …
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Love of Dirt Blog
1y ago
Our compost setups have evolved over the years, but a main priority has been to keep rats out (and also inquisitive beagles). We’ve had tumblers …
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Love of Dirt Blog
1y ago
Mid spring here in our Subtropical veggie patch is when we really start thinking about our Summer Plantings. It’s been a bit unseasonably wet which …
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Love of Dirt Blog
1y ago
Traditionally Spring is quite hot and dry for us here in the subtropics. However during the La Niña we have been experiencing a mild spring …
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Love of Dirt Blog
1y ago
Love growing your own food but hate constantly dealing with pests? No gardens are immune to problems, but we have taken on a wholistic approach …
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Love of Dirt Blog
1y ago
Potatoes can be super tricky to grow in the subtropics, but after 9 years of experimenting with different timing, location and soil combinations we have …
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