Soil Searching Diaries
Plants, recipes, ideas, thoughts, musings, questions

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Regenerative ancient agriculture: the chimpanas of Xochimilcho, Mexico City

Mexico City was founded by the Aztecs in 1325 AD and was built on a vast lake and a series of wetlands. This ancient culture created an...

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A garden for chickens

Chooks are a joy to live with. Their unique personalities are wonderful to get to know and their antics are really entertaining....

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Choko - an international favourite

Chokos have a bad reputation in Australia. People remember them from their childhood being served up boiled to within an inch of their...

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A garden for pregnancy, breastfeeding and babies

Spending time in the garden is a great way to get exercise and soak up a bit of vitamin D from the sunshine. In addition it's an...

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A tea garden

Teas can be made from leaves, roots, flowers, fruits, stem or seeds. Whether they are iced or hot, relaxing, refreshing or medical they...

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The art of tea

Drinking tea is meditative, relaxing, healing and deeply cultural. From Japanese tea ceremonies to dainty English afternoon teas, a cup...

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Cumquat

Cumquat is a treat to have in the garden. The tree hangs with glossy orange baubles like big bittersweet lollies. They are a symbol of...

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Curry leaf tree

The curry leaf tree, murraya koenigii, also known as kadi patta, is part of the citrus family and very commonly used in Indian and Sri...

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Comfrey - broken bones, bees, chooks and compost

Comfrey has broad prickly leaves and occasional pink, white or purple flowers which bees and other beneficial insects love. It prefers to...

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Amaranth - super food

Amaranth is an annual plant originating from Central and South America and is heat and drought resistant making it very easy to grow. The...

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Pigeon Pea - dried and green peas

Pigeon Pea, or cajanus cajan, also known as arhar dal or split toor (tuvar) dal and Congo Pea, grows in Africa, Asia and Latin America....