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Cultivating Curmudgeon's Homestead

G’day! I’m Iain, and this is The Cultivating Curmudgeon. If you want a garden that actually feeds you—without the "influencer" fluff—you’re in the right place. I’ve spent my career in engineering research, and I apply that same "tinker and test" logic to my backyard in East Victoria Park.

What we do here:
Rare Crops: Growing unusual fruits and veg you won't find at the shops.
The "Science" of Pest Control: We test what works, like our pungent homemade garlic-oil sprays.
Real Food: We’re making real cheeses, cultivating mushrooms and bake with organic, old-time grains.
Smart Self-Sufficiency: Practical tips for DIYers and retirees who want to use their heads as much as their hands.
This is for the doers who value honest results and a bit of dry wit. Subscribe and let’s outsmart the fruit flies and bake some real bread together.

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#Cheesemaking
#MushroomGrowing
#PreservingRecipes
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Mushroom Spawn Prep - Lion's Mane, White Elf & More

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How I Taught Beginners to Grow Their Own Mushrooms - Free Course at the Community Garden

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The easiest way to germinate tricky seeds | Seed Snail Guide

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I Tested 2 LC Mixtures - Here's What Happened

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The Peanut Harvest Gamble: Working For Peanuts (Literally) 🥜⛏️

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Stop Buying Seedlings! Why You’re Wasting Money & How to Fix It

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Wine Cap Inoculation: Liquid Culture, Grain Bags, and a Classic DIY Blunder 🍄🍷

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Gardening Over 60 Doesn't Have to Hurt | My 10 Must Haves

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From Milk to Cheddar in Under 5 Hours – Simple Steps!

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From Beginner Blocks to Mushroom Madness: Our Winter Tent Update 🍄⛺

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Lupin Straw Substrate Preparation | Hot Bath vs Lime Bath

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DIY Mushroom Lids Without the Rust Disaster

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The Blade Battle: Reciprocating Saw vs. Mini Chainsaw vs. Power Secateurs 🪚🔋

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Grow More, Save Space: Vertical Gardening Made Easy with Temu!

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The Great Strawberry Shuffle: Runners, Risk, and Over-Fertilizer Regret 🍓🌿

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One Wrong Breath and It's All Mold | Spore Print Reality

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I spent $1000 on a laminar flow hood | Was it worth it?

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Upgrading My Mycology: The Complete Setup Breakdown

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Kombucha vs Tepache vs Ginger: Fermented Beverage Flavor Battle

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Supermarket vs. Seed: The Great Spud Experiment! 🥔🇦🇺

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Planting Raspberries, Currants & Strawberries in Winter Works?🍓🫐

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Will Winter Passion Fruit Ripen? Here's What I Found

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Homemade focaccia bread with olive oil that tastes like Italy

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Is This The Perfect Cheese? | Fontina & Wensleydale Review

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This Liquid Culture Trick Saved Me Hundreds

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Contaminated petri dishes: what went wrong?

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Mushroom growing hack: Expanding Maitake, Yellow and Pink Oyster cultures

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Is This the Ultimate Home Brew? Tasting My First Tepache Batch

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14 cubic meters of free mulch: Was it worth it?

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Don't throw away that pineapple! How to make Tepache and grow a new plant

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Banana tree rescue: Is the fruit salvageable?

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DIY Wine Cap Spawn: Save Money and Grow More

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The Autoclave Stress Test: Are Amazon Mushroom Lids Safe?

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Don't plant grass! Try these free native plants instead

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Transform Pig Waste into Spice Gold | Turmeric Planting Experiment

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Stop wasting money at nurseries! (do this instead)

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Trichoderma Taking Over? The Isolation Protocol That Saved My Harvest

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Budget Monotubs and Magnetic Stirrers from Temu and Amazon

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Harvesting sunchokes from felt planter - Here's what we got!

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Lion's Mane Hulk variety melting bags in autoclave—here's how I fixed it

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This mulberry tastes like aged balsamic | Here's how to grow it

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From Pre-Made to DIY Spawn | The Jump That Paid Off

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I Lost 50% of My Crops—Here's What Changed

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This One Mistake Is Destroying Your Mushroom Harvest

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Making Kimchi That Your Gut Actually Needs #fermented #lactoseIntolerance #kimchi

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Fontina Cheese From Scratch | Italian Cheesemaking for Beginners

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These Australian Plants Taste NOTHING Like You'd Expect

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Low Maintenance Wicking Bed Keeps Insects Away & Soil Moist

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Testing kombucha fermentation | Which tea makes the best brew?

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Provolone Cheese Making: The Aroma Tells You Everything

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Your Fruit Trees Are Hiding Free Clones (Here's How to Get Them)

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Unedited asmr garden wander with Primal Fruits

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Propagate blueberries in azalea mix step by step

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My greenhouse assembly took longer than expected here's why

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Planting Alphonso Mango Seeds Starting Free Fruit Trees

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Will mango seeds from the shops actually grow?

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King Oyster Growing Experiment: Will My Bucket Theory Work?

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HUGE TEMU Garden Haul | Sprayer, Knife & More Tested

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Rare Fruit Trees from Primal Fruits - What I Bought

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Winter Wonder vs Big Boy vs Ruby Red - rhubarb varieties planted

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