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How to make a coco-husk raised bed

Sunshine, salty breeze and coconuts! During a recent trip to Sri Lanka I spent some time visiting herb gardens and an organic farm producing fruits and vegetables for one of the hotels we stayed in. While I came home with plenty of inspiration, one ...

How to make ethical food choices

Knowing the story of your food is an important step in making healthy food choices. By knowing where your food comes from, you're better able to read labels and avoid GMO products. But what about ethical food choices? By doing your research, healthy ...

How to read your food labels

Buying groceries is one of my most common errands. But after watching 'Seeds of Death', I've come to wonder about the ingredients my family and I are consuming. What kinds of hidden genetically-modified organisms (GMO) could be in my food? The goo...

Sunflowers!

Over two months ago, my husband planted five sunflower seeds in our garden. We had prepared a trench compost beneath it, and we weren’t expecting all of the seeds to germinate. Much to our delight, all of them have sprouted, and each flower is tall...

Urban Gardener: Ismail Hj Suratman

All photographs in this article are credited to Mr Ismail Hj Suratman and his team. Mr Ismail Hj Suratman, Chairman of Tampines Starlight Resident Committee, and his team of committed gardeners have created an incredibly successful garden in Tampi...

What’s in a Keyhole Raised Bed?

Great design, plenty of nourishment for your plants and much more. Design is a big part of my food growing routine. At the start of any project I spend hours observing and designing before I start planting. One garden element I've come to adore is...

Cultivate Workshop: Garden troubleshooting (Part 5/5)

Now that you\'ve prepared the soil, begun planting, nourished it with compost and deterred pests through non-chemical meansï¿½what\'s next? Maintenance! This post is dedicated to garden troubleshooting. I\'m drawing from my own experiences as a...

Cultivate Workshop: How do I deter pests? (Part 4/5)

Now that you've prepared the soil, started planting and fertilised it with rich compost, how do you get pests away from your plants? Like many beginner gardeners, I get disheartened when a plant I've lovingly tended to gets attacked by pests. But,...