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Tomato time...use 50% less water by planting your tomatoes in a Orto planter with wicking bed.

Tomato time...use 50% less water by planting yo...

Growing tomatoes at home can be really easy even if you don't have a established garden. You can put a Orto self watering planter box any surface and make an...

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Tomato time...use 50% less water by planting yo...

Growing tomatoes at home can be really easy even if you don't have a established garden. You can put a Orto self watering planter box any surface and make an...

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Wicking soil column experiment

Wicking soil column experiment

How does this wicking thing work? Nothing like seeing something with your own eyes to better understand the process. Orto science is trial and error, with lots of simple experiments...

Wicking soil column experiment

How does this wicking thing work? Nothing like seeing something with your own eyes to better understand the process. Orto science is trial and error, with lots of simple experiments...

Living Small, Gardening Big - Indira Naidoo

Living Small, Gardening Big - Indira Naidoo

Feeling inspired thanks to the Living Small, Gardening Big talk presented by Victoria University and Maribyrnong City Council as part of the Footscray University Town initiative. The line up of speakers included Jason...

Living Small, Gardening Big - Indira Naidoo

Feeling inspired thanks to the Living Small, Gardening Big talk presented by Victoria University and Maribyrnong City Council as part of the Footscray University Town initiative. The line up of speakers included Jason...

Footscray Finds - the freshest artisan market in the west

Footscray Finds - the freshest artisan market i...

While Melbourne's got no shortage of great artisan markets happening across the city each weekend, the inner west has  missed out on most of the action. But that all changed on...

Footscray Finds - the freshest artisan market i...

While Melbourne's got no shortage of great artisan markets happening across the city each weekend, the inner west has  missed out on most of the action. But that all changed on...