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...
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...
12 May 2021 | Gardening tips, Recipes
Hints for pressing and curing olives Suzy Sharpe, who designed and manages the Sustainable Macleod website, phoned me the other day with a question about olives that I could not answer. I then phoned David Strutt who has a wonderful olive grove at Arthurs Creek, and...
11 April 2021 | Fruit trees, Gardening tips |
How to reduce the height of fruit trees At the community garden, we want to bring down the height of our fruit trees so that none of us need climb a ladder to pick the fruit. Gone are the days of leaving some for the birds, as we now need to remove any fruit that...
