Autumn harvest in April at home in Ballarat. Unfortunately, the heat wave summer did not help to robust the self-production of my organic gardening without using greenhouse. First photo are balls of Zucchini with its baby pecked by wildlife birds flying and visiting over our garden. Second and third photos did not pan out to become its potential size, which is Queensland pumpkin or squash.

Queentulip Zucchini Fruits

Queentulip Squash (Queensland type)

Basic knitting for babies requested from our church charity few years back. It was fun to do since I do not have baby yet. I am posting here for my personal archive photo storage. I could not devote my time to knit at the moment but I do have crocheted projects to post soon here on my blog.

Knitted Baby Clothes

Knitted Baby Clothes

Autumn collection photos of Lake Wendouree taken in 2012. The water reeds were fresh and have not trimmed yet at that time. Some parts of the lake often have designated areas for the wildlife birds, ducks and swans.

Autumn trees like fire background in nature.

Mt. Warrenheip at the background of Lake Wendouree.

Arachnophobia? Living in Australia has deadly and hazardous spiders, I must admit. Here is a free chart sent in my electronic mail we can utilise in handy for identification. We conventionally get the White-tailed spider at home indoor and outdoor but very facile to kill if I find them indoor only. I have to kill it myself because my hubby is more trepidatious than me :-)  I just leave spiders outdoor if I visually see them.

Growing up from the Philippines, we did relish playing spiders when we were at school or at home, we used to keep the innocuous spiders in those tiny matches box and play two spiders on a stick for fighting. Some kids will play and exchange it for any toys or trade with rubber bands whichever spider won the fight. These days, I am not sure if rubber bands or spider fights are still a game in the remote or country sides in the Philippines, which I doubt it.

At last, I have seen the deadly Red-back spider in our garden later after I post this, accidentally squashed with the garden weeds with it before I realised there's a red colour at its back?!

Queentulip organic garden after spring vacation with all the weeds hovering around bolting Radicchio, Radish, etc.

Every year, thousands of chemicals poured into the environment, and millions of gallons of water are needlessly wasted. How?

By growing plants.
Sure, sizably large agricultural producers do most of this, but some of it still done in private gardens and that signifies that you can make a difference by transmuting your gardening practices. Many agricultural practices who have done it and you can utilise the same tricks to avail your own garden, and the planet.

Pick congruous plants.
Not all plants are harmonious for the area you live in. While you might be able to control the temperature, humidity, and rain conditions inside your house, you cannot do it out in the garden. If you pick felicitous plants for your area, you may be able to evade utilising fertilisers and saving on water additionally. Research, what plants are native to your circumventing areas and endeavour to plant them in your own garden. Wildflowers are just that, they can assuredly be isolated and will thrive in most regions.

Pick natural repelling plants.
You do not need to rely on poisons to keep away garden ruining pests. Many plants engender chemicals that repel these animals naturally. By putting them in or around your garden, you can keep your garden safe with little effort and no chemicals. Moreover, you can pick components of these plants and utilise them to make products to repel them from you additionally.

If you do not want to plant natural repellents in your garden, you can utilise them to spray your plants without harming them or integrating artificial chemicals to your garden. Many herbs like hot pepper, vanilla, and lavender can avail repel insects from your garden.