Archive for January, 2008

Maggot Wars: Return of the Worm

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

I have checked the worm farm today and was greeted by a magnificent site. Worms wonderful worms everywhere. The little buggers have bred prolifically and have a large food reserve to chomp through.

There was still the unmistakable aroma of maggots. However, on inspection I removed the milk soaked bread. The bread […]

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A Tale of Woe

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

As I have written numerous times I like the taste of zucchini. In fact on Saturday I cooked a rather safe beef stir fry that had an entire home grown Lebanese zucchini sliced up and quartered. However, this article is a tale of woe, not a celebration of my culinary successes. After […]

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The “U Comment, I Follow” Revolution

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Recently I became aware that the default installation of WordPress marks all comment links with the rel=’nofollow’ tag. The effect of this tag is that search engine spiders such as GoogleBot will not follow the link to your site, thus the only effect of the comment is if a human follows the link.
The origins […]

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Location, Location, Location

Monday, January 7th, 2008

As with real estate success in the garden often has a lot to do with location. In my garden I have noticed that some plants are thriving, yet sister plants in a different location are struggling to continue. So I have relocated several plants in the last few days. The reason is […]

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Easy Peesy Snail Traps

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Yesterday it rained a bit in New South Wales. Thankfully, it did not rain as much in Sydney as it did in the Northern Rivers area, check out (Flooding in the Northern Rivers). However, rain is a double edged sword for us gardening types. The pro’s are that we get a day […]

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