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 | Gardening tips, Planting guides
Why used coffee grounds might harm your plantsJul 11, 2021 | Gardening tips, Planting guides | 0 comments Why sprinkling used coffee grounds on your plants might be harming them – ABC Everyday This is a must read article and I am very glad to have read it. Last...
13 June 2021 | Gardening tips, Planting guides |
Crowns – rhubarb, strawberry, asparagus and horseradish Some fruit and vegetables are grown from crowns and these require careful planting. A crown is defined as a part of a plant where stem and roots meet. Examples are rhubarb, strawberries, asparagus and...
13 June 2021 | Fruit trees, Gardening tips, QLD Fruit Fly |
Queensland Fruit Fly strategy #2 – 5 simple steps Sustainable Macleod’s 5 simple steps Hang pheronome lures (Ecolures) in trees from May onward to monitor male Queensland Fruit Fly and to kill those males overwintering in evergreen trees, especially lemon...
12 June 2021 | Fruit trees, Gardening tips, QLD Fruit Fly |
Queensland Fruit Fly Strategy #1 – Start right now! Sustainable Macleod is developing a simple and effective Queensland Fruit Fly Strategy for Banyule. We will be rolling it out in a series of blogs and seminars and collecting data to help keep track of results....
12 May 2021 | Gardening tips, Planting guides |
Quick composting of autumn leaves Nature is currently providing us with an abundance of raw nutrients for next season’s garden in the form of leaves and grass clippings, both excellent ingredients for composting. Deep rooted trees pull trace minerals from deep in the...
