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Simon Webster

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Recent articles by Simon Webster

Vegie grower avoids jail
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Vegie grower avoids jail

Media attention and public outrage means gardener won’t go to prison after all, reports SIMON WEBSTER.

Namyangju Organic Museum
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Korea opens organic museum

At last, there’s a museum that takes vegie growing seriously, reports SIMON WEBSTER. 

Dirty Dozen list isn't dinky-di
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Dirty Dozen list isn’t dinky-di

Australians shouldn’t read too much into pesticide residue figures from the US, reports SIMON WEBSTER.

Football club gives chemicals the boot
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Football club gives chemicals the boot

Groundsmen bung on the dung to give the environment a sporting chance, SIMON WEBSTER reports.

Jerry cans
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Peak oil has ‘already happened’

Energy industry experts fear the worst, reports SIMON WEBSTER.

Simon Websters shows us how to maintain a permaculture swale
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Swale maintenance

SIMON WEBSTER gives the fruit trees in his permaculture food forest some much-needed tender loving care.

The British Museum sets up an Australian landscape
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Brits at home among the gum trees

You can almost hear the kookaburras in central London, reports SIMON WEBSTER.

Corn flattened by wind
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Unmulched corn takes a battering

Mulch proves just champion in a storm, reports SIMON WEBSTER.

Jordan Wadi Rum herding
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Permaculture in the Middle East

Jordan will soon play host to permaculture designers from around the world, reports SIMON WEBSTER.

The eldest sister, sweetcorn, is stealing the limelight from the snake beans and
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How to grow the three sisters: part 4

The eldest sister, sweetcorn, is stealing the limelight from the snake beans and watermelon in SIMON WEBSTER's three sisters experiment.

The pros and cons of mulching
Compost & mulch

The pros and cons of mulching

Nothing is perfect – not even mulch – writes SIMON WEBSTER.

Simon Webster wards of rats from attacking his organic crops, and succeeds!
Vegetables

How to grow the three sisters: part 3

The rats have been seen off, for now, and all three sisters are growing, reports SIMON WEBSTER.

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