25 April 2023 | Brassicas, Gardening tips
Silverbeet, spinach, Swiss chard, rainbow chard… what is the difference? Top planting tips: prepare soil to a fine tilth soak silverbeet/chard seed but not spinach seed add compost or well-rotted manure keep well watered Silverbeet, spinach, Swiss chard and rainbow...
2 April 2023 | QLD Fruit Fly
QFF success at the community garden! Sustainable Macleod has succeeded in having a summer season with NO infection of fruit and vegetables at the community garden! We are proud of this achievement and inspired to spread the word about how we did this throughout the...
2 April 2023 | Gardening tips
Comfrey Comfrey In the 1970s, comfrey (Symphytum Officinale) was the ‘in’ herb. Countless articles, papers and books were written on the subject, trials held and societies formed to promote it. Sadly, it is rather obscure these days partly because in spite...
2 April 2023 | Gardening tips
10 tips for winter vegetable planting in Melbourne Brassicas – cauliflower, cabbage, cabbage, kale 1. Before planting out, dip seedlings in Dipel, an organic bacterium that takes care of green caterpillars, the eggs of which may already be on the underside of...
28 February 2023 | Garlic
The shelf-life of garlic: choose cultivars to last year round Garlic isn’t just garlic! Garlic encompasses a wide range of flavours from spicy to buttery, nutty to sweet, mild to hot and more. There are 11 groups, several of which are not grown in Australia, and...
28 February 2023 | Gardening tips
Turn autumn leaves into gold! Recently I saw an unusual site – a Banyule City Council worker was blowing leaves from the gutter onto the nature strip. Usually, it is the other way round, I see people blowing leaves from the nature strip or their driveway into...
