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Articles by Brad Rowland

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Brad Rowland |
Wednesday, 30th November 2011

Can a garden go all summer with only one watering? Can you easily sustain plants from less arid zones? Can a simple, low tech trick transform your dirt into an active soil web that feeds plants, fights bad critters and prevents disease? These are some of the claims that made Brad Rowland try out small-scale Hugelkultur at home – but what is Hugelkultur?!

 
Brad's Compost Tea
Brad Rowland |
Thursday, 23rd June 2011

Compost tea brewing - one of those great dark arts of the organic or permaculture garden. What's the best approach for making compost tea - aerobic or anaerobic? How do you use it? Is it safe? Permacultural entrepreneur Brad Rowland reveals all!

 
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Brad Rowland |
Tuesday, 17th May 2011

Brad Rowland of highlyuncivilized.com explains how naturally derived substances, like Diatomaceous Earth and white vinegar, can be used to control pests and weeds in an organic or permaculture garden

 
Worm Tower
Brad Rowland |
Thursday, 3rd March 2011

Make composting in your garden a speedy affair with your own worm tower by eliminating a few stages in the composting process. Your garden or yard will love you!