Tools, Tips & Tricks
View other resourcesI’m giving away trade secrets here but apart from identifying plants one of our common requests is for species ...
I was intrigued by this custom tool named ‘the Lantana Hook’ that the Dungog Commoners Landcare team have been ...
Ok, I have a confession, despite enjoying working in nurseries I really hate pricking out and potting up ...
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No 1. reason that people volunteer – because they were asked.
We are fortunate enough to have funding for our local groups to host workshops.
While our groups may be ...
A water lance, water jet, whatever you want to call it really, mainly used for planting long stem tubestock along waterways. Let's make one!
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One of my first jobs was at a nursery, the nursery specialised in citrus and roses and was spread over
a couple ...
You know what it’s like, it’s cold and wet outside but you really don’t want to be inside, because, well, you need ...
Once the flames die down and the smoke clears the question arises “what now?” Now that the adrenaline has flushed ...
Landcare sites often have their own unique challenges, weeds, spiky plants, rocky cliffs. Urban Landcare groups ...
Stakes were generally well stuck in the ground and often splintering, making hand pulling a very hazardous and difficult activity.After a few trials and a lot of thinking I came up with a destaking tool which just slips over the stake and gives a good grip to lift the stake out of the ground.