1. Good Organic Gardening - January-February 2016
1. Good Organic Gardening - January-February 2016
1. Good Organic Gardening - January-February 2016
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PICK OF THE CROP<br />
For households<br />
and businesses<br />
If you and your family could choose one of the following for<br />
your home what would it be?<br />
Non-toxic Australian products for cleaning your home<br />
environment<br />
Non-toxic cleaning that can reduced your expenditure on<br />
cleaners by half<br />
Non-toxic products that don’t harm you or your local<br />
environment<br />
Green Aussie Cleaner® has for 23 years delivered to<br />
families all of the above. It will give you the ultimate cleaning<br />
experience for you and your family. It is one single non-toxic<br />
product for your home cleaning, including<br />
clothes washing. The formula is designed<br />
for you the user to get extraordinary value<br />
for money by adding extra water for your<br />
job applications. Green Aussie Cleaner® is<br />
manufactured using totally environmentally<br />
safe ingredients with essential oils. Our fragile<br />
environment, which has been under attack<br />
over many generations, can benefit greatly<br />
from products like Green Aussie Cleaner®.<br />
Do yourself a favour and check out our<br />
testimonials at greenaussiefoundation.org<br />
Fruit Salad Tree<br />
The Fruit Salad Tree, developed in 1990 by the West<br />
family, bears up to six different fruits of the same family<br />
on the one plant. All fruits retain their individuality, with<br />
staggered ripening times. There are four tree types: stone<br />
fruit, citrus, multi apples and multi nashis. The trees can be<br />
grown in the ground, espaliered or grown in pots. Instead of<br />
having numerous different trees with more fruit than your<br />
household can consume there’s just one tree with the fruits<br />
ripening naturally over a period of months. Trees are grown<br />
so the fruiting branches begin about 10cm above soil level,<br />
keeping them compact, which allows easy harvesting. There<br />
are trees to suit most climatic conditions and planting<br />
can take place at any time of the year. Whatever variety is<br />
required for cross-pollination has been grafted onto the<br />
tree. You simply list the fruits you would like to have, in<br />
the order of importance and, working down your list, the<br />
company chooses the best trees to suit your requirements.<br />
Trees are dispatched all year round (while in stock)<br />
and are permitted entry into all states of Australia. Visit<br />
FruitSaladTrees.com to complete a mail-order form.<br />
Sprinklers for large<br />
and small areas<br />
Wobble-Tee now has a sprinkler for both large and small areas. The<br />
award-winning Wobble-Tee Sprinkler covers large areas up to a 15m<br />
diameter with low to medium pressure requirements and will water<br />
your lawn efficiently just like slow soaking rain. The consistent large<br />
droplets minimise wind drift and evaporation loss. The removable filter<br />
allows use with river and dam water. The Wobble-Tee also has the<br />
ability to operate more than one sprinkler from the same tap so you<br />
can water even larger areas. On the other hand, if you have a small<br />
courtyard, the Clever Drop Sprinkler is for you, watering up to an 8m<br />
diameter. This new sprinkler has many clever features. A low angle of<br />
trajectory reduces wind drift and contains a small area. The purposebuilt<br />
base can be adjusted for uneven surfaces or used on your<br />
corrugated iron roof for cooling of work sheds and bird aviaries. Run up<br />
to eight sprinklers in a row to cover the long, narrow areas in your yard.<br />
Operates with 5–50psi and pressure-regulating discs supplied allow use<br />
with high pressure to water a small area. wobble-tee.com.au<br />
Water<br />
only when<br />
needed with<br />
the Toro<br />
Precision<br />
Soil Sensor<br />
The Toro Precision Soil<br />
Sensor reduces water waste<br />
by measuring moisture<br />
levels in your soil and<br />
determining when to<br />
allow your controller to<br />
water. “We’ve taken the<br />
same technology found at<br />
professional golf courses<br />
and sports fields and<br />
created a sensor intended<br />
for residential use,” says<br />
Ben Hall of Toro Australia.<br />
The Precision Soil Sensor<br />
is a two-part system that includes a battery-powered sensor and a receiver<br />
connected to your irrigation controller. Communication between the sensor<br />
and receiver is wireless, with up to 152m line-of-sight range. It’s very easy to<br />
install and no digging is required. First, connect the receiver to the controller,<br />
then find a representative area of your property for the sensor. Push the<br />
sensor probe in the ground and it will automatically calibrate itself to your soil<br />
type and begin communicating wirelessly with the receiver. toro.com.au<br />
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