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All The Dirt Gardening, Sustainability and Food

Oct 26, 2018

Eighteen years ago three friends created a meeting place where people could learn how to live more sustainably. Environment House in Bayswater has grown to become a community hub that promotes climate protection, river and wetland care and a range of sustainability issues.
 
On this week’s podcast Deryn and Steve talk...


Oct 19, 2018

Deryn talks to gardening presenter Angus Stewart about composting waste; the benefits of worm farming and other practical composting methods.


Oct 13, 2018

Nick Gillett is a farmer in Bencubbin, in the North Eastern Wheatbelt of WA.

He talks to Steve and Deryn about the challenges of farming on 300mm annual rainfall (about 175mm in the average April to October growing season) and how farmers are adapting to new technology and reduced use of...


Oct 5, 2018

As a boy Dr Terry Houston was fascinated by the natural world and has spent more than 50 years studying Australia's 2000 native bees.

He talks with Deryn and Steve about their important in our bush and gardens and reveals some of their unusual, and to our human understanding, quirky behaviours.