Inside The Backyard

There are some things in life we can replace. A dead lawn, a failed crop, a broken fence, a struggling garden. But water? Clean, ancient underground water systems that have taken thousands upon thousands of years to form beneath our feet? Once they're damaged, contaminated, or depleted… there’s no quick fix for that. This is why so many people across the Limestone Coast are deeply concerned right now about the proposed lifting of the fracking moratorium in our region.

For generations, gardeners have used woodfire ash in the garden as a kind of free homemade fertiliser. Grandparents swore by it. Old orchard growers scattered it beneath fruit trees. Veggie gardeners sprinkled it around the tomatoes and roses. But does wood ash actually help the garden… or is it just another one of those old gardening myths that’s been passed down over time?