Tag: gardening
Higher Grounds: Food for your garden
Add nitrogen to your soil and put waste to good use by composting coffee grounds
Eco friendly fertilisers
Soil scientist Andreas Kurmann checks out some of the natural fertiliser products on the market
Jun-Jul 2015 issue of Green Ideas is out now...
Practical tips, projects and activities to make winter a pleasure.
Step-by-step: Toilet roll plant pots
Green Ideas shows you how to make degradable plant pots for your seedlings using old toilet rolls. If you liked this you might also be interested in Step-by-step: Make a toy oven. Seen a great eco video? We’d love to know about it, so please email us the link. Even better, make your
New year, new office, new garden!
I hope you had a lovely break – and your 2014 got off to a great start. Personally, I’m feeling really good about this year – in fact, I reckon it’s going to be a cracker!
Dishing the dirt
The last time I emailed I was getting far too excited about the new Green Ideas office and the fact we had space for a garden.
Bored kids, turtle love and spring planting ideas
Did you know we had native sea turtles?
Tomato trickery
Wow – ain't it exciting the way spring's doing its thing?
Feijoa, peach and cardamom crumble - plus fruit freezing tips
Reader submittedI love to have seasonal fruit on my breakfast but I'm a lazy 'preserver'. So I cook the fruit up and freeze it in 500ml containers rather than bottling it.
How to get rid of passion vine hoppers
Green Ideas editor Greg Roughan shares his tips for keeping passion vine hoppers from ruining your crop.
An easy guide to aquaponics
Make your own aquaponics set-up at home with these easy tips from Green Ideas editor Greg Roughan. Seen a great eco video? We’d love to know about it, so please email us the link. Even better, make your own video! Film your best tips, secrets or how-to guide, and either email it to