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Episode 10: Costa in the Community -Blue Mtns Organic Farm, Apple Walk

Established in 1995 The Blue Mountains Community Gardens in Katoomba, west of Sydney is an amazing community nexus with a lot of different things going on.

Episode 10: Costa in the Community - Dark Ages Re-enactment

Wouldnitbe Garden is the brainchild of Mitch Luke and is maintained by several Historical Re-enactment groups in the Blue Mountains area. Its aim is to give the local clubs a place to train as well as display the lifestyles of the time periods they cover (eg. Saxon, Viking, and Pictish).

Episode 10: Obscure Green Rd - Mandala Garden

This week Costa headed to the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales and met Mark Brown who runs Purple Pear Organics, a commercial 14 acre market garden and Permaculture teaching facility that grows organic produce for the local community.

Episode 10: Pimp My Plants - Worms 101

There isn’t much Peter Rutherford doesn’t know about worms as Costa discovered when he paid a visit. Pete believes worm farming is another great way to compost food scraps. They will eat most of your kitchen waste and process it into rich, plant food.

Episode 10: Water Works - Rising Damp

Rising damp increases the humidity in a house, and aside from creating an unpleasant odour it can create an ideal breeding ground for dust mites and fungus. Both can be extremely hazardous to people with serious asthma allergens.

Episode 10: Zen Shed - Hinduism and Nature

One of the world’s oldest faiths, Hinduism is more than a religion - it is a way of life that has, in one way or another influenced nearly every other religion.

Next On

Episode 2 : Costa's Garden Odyssey

Thursday 03 September 2009, 8:00PM

Four years ago, Macquarie Fields in Sydney’s South West, was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons when local youths clashed with...

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Tackling a big garden project? Decided to jump on board and be water wise? Then Costa is here to help - just ask! Send email to: ask_costa@freehandtv.com.au