27 November 2023 | Gardening tips
Beat the heat wave with quick, easy and temporary shade structures When the temperature soars, it’s time to shade our fruit and vegies, but how? We can build permanent structures that come at a hefty price and will be permanent, but that may not suit our garden...
27 November 2023 | Gardening tips
Worried about your plants over summer? Here’s what to do! Are you planning on being away for a few days during the hotter weather, and are worried about whether your vegies will survive and be productive? There are things you can do such as using a timer with...
26 November 2023 | Gardening tips, Monthly planting guides and jobs |
Urgent jobs in the garden for December Cover tomatoes, chillies, capsicum and eggplant with exclusion netting and weigh down the hem with soil, mulch or heavy objects so Queensland Fruit Fly cannot enter beneath the netting. Net your fruit trees with exclusion...
19 November 2023 | Gardening tips, Monthly planting guides and jobs |
What to plant in December in Melbourne Plant in punnets It is too late to raise most summer vegies in punnets because, by the time they are big enough to fruit, the season will be almost over. The following quick growing vegies and herbs are the exception: lettuce,...
28 October 2023 | Gardening tips, Root Vegetables
Hilling all root vegetables ‘Hilling’ or ‘hilling up’ of potatoes is a well-known technique for producing more tubers and preventing ‘greening’, which is toxic to potatoes. Less well-known is that hilling up all root vegetables will...
28 October 2023 | Fruit trees, Gardening tips
Transplanting advanced trees About 12 months ago, Bulleen Art and Garden (BAAG) donated 3 advanced fruit trees to the Sustainable Macleod Community Garden. They were growing along the BAAG driveway that led to the landscaping yard and had to be removed to make way for...
