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Coffee Grounds As A Herbicide
Coffea robusta, flanks of Kelud Volcano, Java. “Can I grow blueberries without peat?” Ask Alys Fowler is a gardening Q&A column in The Guardian newspaper. How misleading could a gardening Q&A...
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Women In Agriculture, North West Plains Sustainability Group To Form New...
Rural gardeners unite for human, community and environmental health near Walgett, NSW. Last weekend I was delighted to speak to a regional gathering of gardeners between Walgett and Carinda, NSW....
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In Production Today: From Cultivation to Creation.
Bellis Open Day, Mother’s Day weekend, May 2019. The event ‘From Cultivation to Creation’, organised by Moreton Bay Regional Council, is just a fortnight away so I decided to note down the 111...
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How much do you know about PFAS, the ‘forever’ poisons found in homes,...
PFAS Word cloud The Australian government has failed to address the risks posed by PFAS use (Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances), its wastes and resultant contamination. The main polluters...
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Sign The Petition To Ensure Genetically Modified Organisms Are Regulated in...
At a time when we urgently need stronger laws to regulate GM business, the Australian Government has removed regulations designed to keep us and our food safe. Please sign the Friends of the Earth...
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Household Food Security? Every Growing Year Is A Rehearsal!
Winter melon, Benincasa hispida. Do you grow your own food security? “This summer’s bushfires were not just devastating events in themselves. More broadly, they highlighted the immense vulnerability...
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Lawn Armyworm Marches on Queensland: What Haven’t Gardeners Learned?
Armyworms are on the march in suburbia, devouring lawns in their path. ABC Sunshine Coast, by Annie Gaffney and Kylie Bartholomew, 28.2.20. “Ripe weather conditions in south-east Queensland are being...
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Gardening Together As A Family: People, Plants, Place, Community.
Restoring Auntie Olive’s food garden during the 1973 oil shock. Berkshire. In recent years, families who garden together have become the most prominent visitors to my annual Open Day. It’s delightful...
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Bellis Website To Become Part of Australian National Archive
Few gardens resemble lettuce or cotton monocultures, they are more diverse and they are surrounded by a patchwork quilt of suburban gardens, tree-lined streets, parks and reserves – reservoirs of...
View ArticlePesticides In Focus: A Conversation With Australia’s National Toxics Network.
Occasionally, a nation has an opportunity to improve the regulation of pesticides. The Australian government gave itself that opportunity and the result will put profit and easier access to chemicals...
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