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No Garden? No Problem. Apartment Composting Is For You!

No Garden? No Problem. Apartment Composting Is ...

Apartment Composting Do you live in an apartment and want to reduce your food waste? Do you love gardening and want to nourish your plants with rich organic compost? If...

No Garden? No Problem. Apartment Composting Is ...

Apartment Composting Do you live in an apartment and want to reduce your food waste? Do you love gardening and want to nourish your plants with rich organic compost? If...

Spring Planting Guide - What To Plant Now in Australia

Spring Planting Guide - What To Plant Now in Au...

Spring is without a doubt one of the most exciting times to be a gardener. Fresh new foliage, flowers in full bloom, and lots of edible plants to sow and...

Spring Planting Guide - What To Plant Now in Au...

Spring is without a doubt one of the most exciting times to be a gardener. Fresh new foliage, flowers in full bloom, and lots of edible plants to sow and...

What are the benefits of composting? (For absolute beginners!) 

What are the benefits of composting? (For absol...

This article is for those who are ready to admit it finally... I don't know why people compost! Many articles explain how we can get started, but many of us...

What are the benefits of composting? (For absol...

This article is for those who are ready to admit it finally... I don't know why people compost! Many articles explain how we can get started, but many of us...

What veggies to grow on a tiny balcony

What veggies to grow on a tiny balcony

Keen to start a veggie garden but only have a tiny balcony to work with? No worries! Read on as Diana from @growingvegetablesdownunder shows you what the best things to...

What veggies to grow on a tiny balcony

Keen to start a veggie garden but only have a tiny balcony to work with? No worries! Read on as Diana from @growingvegetablesdownunder shows you what the best things to...

What vegetable scraps can you regrow in water?

What vegetable scraps can you regrow in water?

There are lots of vegetables and herbs that can be regrown from scraps in a glass of water, helping you to divert waste and save money. Read on as Diana...

What vegetable scraps can you regrow in water?

There are lots of vegetables and herbs that can be regrown from scraps in a glass of water, helping you to divert waste and save money. Read on as Diana...

Why this liquid fertiliser (that doesn't smell!) is best for indoor plants

Why this liquid fertiliser (that doesn't smell!...

If your #plantgoals aren't exactly matching your plant reality, we want to let you in on one of the best secrets to hit the plant-parent community: Indoor Plant Food. Developed...

Why this liquid fertiliser (that doesn't smell!...

If your #plantgoals aren't exactly matching your plant reality, we want to let you in on one of the best secrets to hit the plant-parent community: Indoor Plant Food. Developed...

What to plant in Winter in Australia

What to plant in Winter in Australia

What Fruits & Vegetables are in Season in Winter? Australian winter varies from one side of the country to the other, but no matter where you live you can still...

What to plant in Winter in Australia

What Fruits & Vegetables are in Season in Winter? Australian winter varies from one side of the country to the other, but no matter where you live you can still...

Bokashi Composting: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know

Bokashi Composting: Everything You Ever Wanted ...

A bokashi compost system is one of the easiest ways to direct food waste away from landfill and create valuable soil conditioner and fertiliser for your garden. The Biome community...

Bokashi Composting: Everything You Ever Wanted ...

A bokashi compost system is one of the easiest ways to direct food waste away from landfill and create valuable soil conditioner and fertiliser for your garden. The Biome community...

Beginner's Guide to Starting a Veggie Garden

Beginner's Guide to Starting a Veggie Garden

Looking for something fun and easy to do around the home that will occupy young and old and keep the happy and healthy? How about starting a veggie garden! It...

Beginner's Guide to Starting a Veggie Garden

Looking for something fun and easy to do around the home that will occupy young and old and keep the happy and healthy? How about starting a veggie garden! It...

Grow Sprouts at Home: The Easy, Zero Waste Way to Get More Nutrients

Grow Sprouts at Home: The Easy, Zero Waste Way ...

Sprouts are a go-to for getting lots of nutrients into your meals with minimal effort and cost. These mini plants were once the buzzword in the salad world, seemingly everywhere....

Grow Sprouts at Home: The Easy, Zero Waste Way ...

Sprouts are a go-to for getting lots of nutrients into your meals with minimal effort and cost. These mini plants were once the buzzword in the salad world, seemingly everywhere....

Christmas Gifts That Keep Giving

Christmas Gifts That Keep Giving

Christmas is almost here. By now you are probably thinking of gifts for loved ones and perhaps you have a nagging feeling that it is all a bit wasteful. So...

Christmas Gifts That Keep Giving

Christmas is almost here. By now you are probably thinking of gifts for loved ones and perhaps you have a nagging feeling that it is all a bit wasteful. So...

Where to Fill Your Growler in Australia

Where to Fill Your Growler in Australia

Cheers to a waste free beer with your refillable growler! Welcome to the next frontier of saving waste for those who love a craft beer, or increasingly popular fermented kombucha...

Where to Fill Your Growler in Australia

Cheers to a waste free beer with your refillable growler! Welcome to the next frontier of saving waste for those who love a craft beer, or increasingly popular fermented kombucha...

How to Keep Veggies Fresh with The Swag

How to Keep Veggies Fresh with The Swag

Has the War On Waste show on the ABC inspired you to reduce your food waste each week? The Swag is a useful tool to help you do just that,...

How to Keep Veggies Fresh with The Swag

Has the War On Waste show on the ABC inspired you to reduce your food waste each week? The Swag is a useful tool to help you do just that,...

How to attract native bees to your garden

How to attract native bees to your garden

Australian native bees and wasps are the tiny mystery helpers in our garden. There are over 1,500 varieties of native bees throughout Australia, and they can be black, yellow, red,...

How to attract native bees to your garden

Australian native bees and wasps are the tiny mystery helpers in our garden. There are over 1,500 varieties of native bees throughout Australia, and they can be black, yellow, red,...

Gardening with children, by Biome guest blogger Julie Orr

Gardening with children, by Biome guest blogger...

Goodbye Winter and hello Spring! I was so happy when the first day of spring rolled in. That morning my girls went into the garden and picked a little bunch...

Gardening with children, by Biome guest blogger...

Goodbye Winter and hello Spring! I was so happy when the first day of spring rolled in. That morning my girls went into the garden and picked a little bunch...

Beginner's Guide to Composting

Beginner's Guide to Composting

Composting can be a rewarding and planet-friendly activity. It allows you to create a closed loop in your own home by turning food scraps into rich nutrients for your garden....

Beginner's Guide to Composting

Composting can be a rewarding and planet-friendly activity. It allows you to create a closed loop in your own home by turning food scraps into rich nutrients for your garden....

Edible gardens bring joy

Edible gardens bring joy

Whether you live on acreage, in a suburban house or even an inner city apartment, you can easily start growing an edible garden and in no time at all be...

Edible gardens bring joy

Whether you live on acreage, in a suburban house or even an inner city apartment, you can easily start growing an edible garden and in no time at all be...

Growing your own food

Growing your own food

Although you might think you wouldn't grow enough to make a difference to your grocery bill each week, you would be surprised at how much having a small patch in...

Growing your own food

Although you might think you wouldn't grow enough to make a difference to your grocery bill each week, you would be surprised at how much having a small patch in...

One girl's journey to simplify her life

One girl's journey to simplify her life

The Biome Blog Program invites you to share your healthy harmonious lifestyle choices with the wider Biome community. Your stories inspire us all to move forward on our sustainability journey....

One girl's journey to simplify her life

The Biome Blog Program invites you to share your healthy harmonious lifestyle choices with the wider Biome community. Your stories inspire us all to move forward on our sustainability journey....

Earthworms for worm habitat

Earthworms for worm habitat

Earthworms for a worm habitat farm are one of nature's hardest working composters. Earthworms spend their existence eating decaying organic matter contained within soil, breaking it down and creating ‘castings'...

Earthworms for worm habitat

Earthworms for a worm habitat farm are one of nature's hardest working composters. Earthworms spend their existence eating decaying organic matter contained within soil, breaking it down and creating ‘castings'...

Local food initiatives we love

Local food initiatives we love

We've rounded up some of our favourite local food initiatives. We've love to hear from you in the comments below this post of any of your favourite local food heroes...

Local food initiatives we love

We've rounded up some of our favourite local food initiatives. We've love to hear from you in the comments below this post of any of your favourite local food heroes...

Bokashi makes kitchen composting easy

Bokashi makes kitchen composting easy

The family behind the Urban Composter recognised the need for an easy to use indoor compost bin. They required an alternative to an unsightly plastic bin on the kitchen bench...

Bokashi makes kitchen composting easy

The family behind the Urban Composter recognised the need for an easy to use indoor compost bin. They required an alternative to an unsightly plastic bin on the kitchen bench...