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Make your own Mossy Rock

I found this on the internet a while back. Note to myself…   Question: Is there a trick for growing moss on rocks to achieve a weathering effect? Answer: When rock is brought in from outside the property to construct a rock garden from scratch, it can look out of place. Its "newness" can stick […]

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Open Source in Government

I love open source and use it as much as I can at home, and try to contribute. Maturity levels of these open source products getting to a point that government agencies are now considering to revise their policies to use them more. Recently Australian Taxation Office published a revised policy on Free and Open […]

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Google App Engine

Sevgili okuyucu uzun zamandır yazamıyorum ve biliyorum ki bana olan güveniniz de yıkılmış durumda. Yazamamamın sebepleri var tabii fakat sizi bunlarla boğmayacağım. Az konuşup çok iş yaptım denebilir. Sorumluluklar artıp zaman daralınca bazı uğraşları kısmak gerekiyor ki ilk giden evde bilgisayar başında harcadığımız zaman oluyor. Önce bu aralar neler yapıyorum biraz bahsedeyim. Yazılım mühendisliği adına […]

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The Lawn Story

As we moved into a new house which is build on to a land of clay, there wasn’t even any weed growing on the ground. Occasional clovers were not much as well. So first thing first, our growing family needed a lawn. As there is nothing on the ground, this will be an easy to […]

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Seedlings are growing

First batch of seeds that I bought from Magnet Mart and sow on 2nd of September are growing. These are Dwarf Beans, Gourmet Delight Beans, Beetroot, Mortgage Lifter Tomatoes and Cucumbers.   And these are the lyches that I ate at the office and buried in a pot. I am really surprised when they come […]

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Where to get seeds?

Of course the first source should be your fellow gardeners. I didn’t have any friends who has a vegetable garden and also didn’t have any seeds at my disposal to exchange them. I bought my seeds from online suppliers and Magnet Mart. These are: Diggers, www.diggers.com.au Capsicum mini sweet mix – code: s065 Eggplant heirloom […]

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Compost Bin

There is a lot of information about this subject on the net. I will not reiterate those but tell you what I did. As we are consuming food, there is a lot of waste produced which can be utilised in the garden with some processing. Compost Bin is working different than a Worm Farm to […]

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Clay soil rehabilitation

As my soil is hopeless clay, I should do something about it to grow vegetables on it. You can find a lot of helpful advices on the Internet. In one of the free weekend training that I have attended, I have been introduced GroundBreaker from MultiCrop. This is a liquid clay breaker which you need […]

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Worm Farm

If you are producing vegetables for your own consumption then you will pile up with peelings and all the other parts of the veggies which you don’t eat. How about turning them back to your garden to fertilize the existing soil and completing the chain. A worm farm is a simple setup which will turn […]

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