The Kandanga Farm Store has become a hub for local Organic growers to sell their produce and local value added products (by using the Kandanga Kitchen facilities). This closed loop supply chain is lessening reliance on the supermarket duopoly, reducing food miles (increasing shelf life) and reducing packaging. If you are interested in growing food without […]
Reminders of Windbreaks
A short summary of salient points regarding planted vegetational windbreaks. The taller the windbreak the greater the length of reduced wind speed on the leeward side and a short windward speed reduction occurs. Windbreaks should be at right-angles to the wind directions of greatest local threats. Multiple-row (2-5) windbreaks are generally safer/more effective and windbreaks […]
Nursery Manager’s Plant of the Month – Geitonoplesium cymosum
The Scrambling Lily lives up to its name quite well, at least as far as scrambling goes. The ‘lily’ component is, like many native plants, something that might require a little more attention to detail to appreciate. Geitonoplesium cymosum is fairly common in our region in and along rainforest margins and wet sclerophyll forests. It […]
