11 July 2021 | Biodiversity, Gardening tips |
Biodiverse planting for pest control in the orchard and vegie garden One of the best strategies for preventing insect attack in the fruit and vegie garden is to plant a wide array of flowering plants that attract beneficial insects. Beneficial insects are great at...
11 July 2021 | Biodiversity |
Under Threat: A rare tree that’s been hiding in plain sight Image courtesy of Banyule City Council. If you’ve ever walked through Cherry Street Reserve in Macleod you’ll have seen one of the endangered unique trees we’re lucky enough to have growing on our doorstep....
29 April 2021 | Biodiversity, News |
Kulin nation plant use: a free downloadable resource for our area I’m reading Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe, a book I’ve been meaning to read for ages. It’s a fascinating read in which Pascoe says that Indigenous Australians were not only hunter-gatherers. He talks about...
11 April 2021 | Biodiversity |
How to deal with rats while protecting owls and other birds of prey Like lots of others, I’ve got more rats in my backyard than I’ve ever seen. And I really hate them, and as ridiculous as it sounds I’m actually scared of them. The growing conditions have created a...
13 March 2021 | Biodiversity
Plant local and they will come Autumn is all about harvesting the end of summer vegetable crops and getting your vegie beds ready for winter crops. But, it’s also the perfect time to be planting local native plants. Native plants come from anywhere in Australia....
11 February 2021 | Biodiversity
Water for wildlife This summer has been a pretty wet one thanks to the end of the drought and the onset of La Niña. That said, we’ve had a couple of extremely hot days, which put our local birds, reptiles and marsupials living in the suburbs under extra pressure....
