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...
30 January 2023 | Tomatoes
What is eating my tomatoes? If your tomatoes have large bites out of them or are half eaten, it will be rats or possums. If they have round holes that contain a calloused concave depression with solid edges, it will be the green caterpillar as seen in the photo below....
28 January 2023 | Gardening tips, QLD Fruit Fly
Net for success! We are repeating this article written in November 2021 because, now more than ever before, it is urgent to net to protect fruit and vegetables from Queensland Fruit Fly. Without the right kind of net, properly secured at ground level, you can expect...
10 December 2022 | Gardening tips
Why Wild May Works – Queensland Fruit Fly Prevention Preventing Queensland Fruit Fly destroying your fruit and vegies Wild May works because ‘teenage’ male Queensland Fruit Flies (QFF) cannot produce the pheromone needed to attract females without...
10 December 2022 | Gardening tips
Tracking your seeds Have you ever planted some seeds, or seedlings you’ve produced yourself, only to wonder later what the variety was or even what you’ve planted? Was it a pumpkin, zucchini, cucumber or squash, for example? Here are some tips to keep...
20 November 2022 | Australian Natives
Midyim berry – an easy to grow Australian edible native Midyim berry (Austromyrtus dulcis) is a perennial, native to eastern coastal regions from northern NSW to south-east Queensland, and is a member of the myrtle family. It is a low growing, spreading bush...
