Jacki Cammidge is a Certified Horticulturist specializing in frugal, low-input gardening and propagation, with lifelong hands-on experience and years as a wholesale nursery head propagator.
The Frill Free Zone is where we get to the nitty gritty of living simply; eliminate all the unnecessary, useless, frivolous or giddy; it's where you get serious about creating your unique life that suits you to perfection.
The world is at the cusp of stopping waste in its tracks - what did our grand parents say? Waste not, want not...
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Do you remember DDT? Aminypyralid Herbicide is the DDT of the 21st Century...
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History of Organic Farming; it has been a long time coming back around; it must be karma; be kind to the earth, use organic methods of growing vegetables and fruit
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Twig sided beds have been used in potager gardens for eons - make your own Coracle Bed...
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How to make a ton more plants with division - dividing perennials like Sedum, Alchimella mollis and Hemerocallis...
Keep your garden tools sharp, clean and well maintained - they will last longer and not need replacing so quickly...
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You can give your cuttings the best chance ever at success, but using Super Thrive will do just that...
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A Spiral Garden adds a mystical and intuitive design to your organic garden; for herbs, a bee garden, vegetables or flowers; try using this unique design in your garden...
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How to Fix Aminopyralid Herbicide Damage in Tomato Plants
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Bat Guano - high nitrogen natural fertilizer - but make sure to use it judiciously...
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Pests, predators and prey insects - what are the Bugs in your Garden?
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Flies buzzing around your face and landing on your food as you're trying to eat, how annoying is that? Learn some simple ways to get rid of them once and for all...
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Make money with horticulture - by Starting a Gardening Business where you have complete control...
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A Living Roof over your dwelling provides shelter for the roof itself, as well as habitat for small creatures and insects, water collection and storm water abatement; there is no downside
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Sometimes known by other names, the syrphid fly can be found hovering near dill or other plants, looking for aphids...
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How Do You Adjust Soil pH Organically? A Guest Post to show you how...
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Follow the Square Foot Gardening Method outlined here for your intensive garden...
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Need a DIY sprinkle bottle for your plants that won't wash the soil away, but gives a good drenching? Here the instructions...
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Moving thousands of plants across the continent is a trek like no other - The 5000 Kilometer Sempervivum
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If you're growing organic vegetables, you'll need natural fertilizers to keep them healthy...
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