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  • Foodwise Articles  »  Green Villages

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    Be a balcony garden bandit

    Heard all the buzz about balcony gardens and hankering to get your hands dirty? Green Villages lists their top tips to getting started on your very own balcony.
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    Green Village’s best composting tips

    When forty per cent of household waste is green waste and composting is just so satisfying, what good reason is there NOT to have a compost? Green Villages can't think of even one and here's why.
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    Wonderful worm farming tips

    Worms are an urban farmers's friend. Green Villages shows you how to turn your food scraps into rich organic fertilizer for your garden, and do your bit in diverting waste from landfill by adopting a worm farm.
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    Home grown tomatoes in ten steps

    It's tomato growing season! There’s nothing like the taste of a freshly picked tomato, warm from the sun. Here’s Green Villages "how to grow your own" guide in ten small steps.
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    Sydney’s green hero: Jared Ingersoll

    Jared Ingersoll's passionate, unpretentious approach to cooking has led him to champion sustainable, ethical produce. Green Villages caught up with the Danks Street Depot founder to ask the honest questions.
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    The beginner’s guide to planting a seed – video

    The City of Sydney Council's Green Villages project has put together a seriously great animation to make a seemingly complex task simple: growing your own food.
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