Grow your own compost — Making compost doesn’t have to be difficult or complex, in fact, compost can be made to a professional standard with just 3 ingredients. The 3 ingredients are, landscaping mulch, horse manure, and kitchen fruit and vegetable scraps; plus, water and air

Groundcover plants and low shrubs provide a low-maintenance alternative to lawn. — Below is a summary list, followed by a list of photographs, of readily available groundcover plants and low shrubs which can be considered for use in gardens or parks instead of lawn. Armeria maritima Sea Thrift Alternanthera dentata Little Ruby Atriplex suberecta Lagoon Saltbush Banksia blechnifolia Southern Blechnum Banksia

A top predator and keystone species — Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, is a medium raptor and is one of few land bird species that are cosmopolitan, that is, it occurs naturally in many countries, and it occurs on every world land mass except Antarctica. Cosmopolitan land birds are the Great Egret Ardea alba, the Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis…

Probably heat stress from isolated unusual weather conditions — Over the weekend of the 11th and 12thJune 2022 thousands of Black Angus cattle suddenly died. This article discusses probable causes, solutions, and if it was climate change? The cattle were in feedlots in southwest Kansas, they were large animals nearly ready for market and as such were valuable possibly…

Some are even lawn like — Several species of Australian native grasses have been used as alternatives for more traditional lawn grass species. The advantage of these native grasses is that they require little additional watering, far less mowing, and usually no fertilizing. …

Light growing climbers for hot, dry Mediterranean-type conditions. — Billardiera cymosa Sweet Apple Berry Twining, slender plant, small blue-purple bell-shaped flowers in late spring, followed by long narrow ¾ inch, 2cm long green berries. Widely planted. From Australia.

With a warming climate, heat, and drought hardy shrubs become necessary in gardens. — The species I have selected here could be called medium shrubs and grow from 4 to 6 feet, 1 to 2 metres, this is to ensure they are a suitable size for many domestic gardens. The shrubs are mostly Australian natives but all are commonly and widely grown, and should…

AI powered study app. — Artificial Intelligence AI has made its way into our daily lives. Whether it is in Siri or Alexa, robot vacuum cleaners, or the soon to be on our roads self-driving cars, AI is becoming common place. But can it help students with exam preparation and their heavy reading loads? A…

An eBook using Kindle Direct Publishing — Grandma came out of the closet by Peter Miles Originally, I had it in mind to make YouTubes of myself reading children’s stories, as an older person would read to children. Upon investigation, all the modern versions of well-known classic fairy tales are under copyright. …