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The Author's Page of Geoffrey Ian MillerI was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1959. I first became interested in gardening at the age of 15 when I started growing climbing beans. From that I worked general garden maintenance. In 1979 my parents bought a farm at Nambour on the Sunshine Coast. We grew avocadoes and macadamia nuts commercially and vegetables for ourselves. At this point I realised the harm synthetic pesticides were doing to our environment. In 1985 we sold the farm. I bought 4 acres in another part of the coast and grew custard apples. I sold the farm in 1989 so I could study for an Associate Diploma in Horticulture. In 1992/93 I was an intern with the Ohio State Agricultural Exchange Program. I worked at a mixed horticultural business in Columbus, Ohio for 9 months. For the final 3 months I worked at a Nursery in Los Angeles. After coming back to the Sunshine coast I bought into a nursery co-operative. In 1996 I decided that I needed more brain stimulus, so I sold the business. I began studying environmental science while developing a talent for writing. I changed over to arts communication in 1998. I have written organic gardening material for various websites. Some follow-up guides will be vegetable growing, propagation and fruit trees and vines.
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