10 January 2021 | Fruit trees, Gardening tips, QLD Fruit Fly
Microwave your Queensland Fruit Fly infected fruit At the Sustainable Macleod Community Garden we have been experimenting with destroying fruit fly by microwaving bowls of infected fruit for 10 minutes on high. Soft patches or sting marks on the skin indicate the...
13 December 2020 | Gardening tips
Which mulch? Last year, prices for organic mulch were at record highs with lucerne bales $60 each. The news this year is better but by no means is mulch cheap. Lucerne is down to $32.95, pea straw $24.95, wheat straw $19.95 per bale and sugar cane mulch is $17.95 a...
12 December 2020 | Gardening tips, Planting guides
Shade cloth- need, purpose and options Shade cloth structures, whether temporary or permanent, are likely to be ever more necessary for home gardeners as we experience more heat waves and higher temperatures. Even a single day of scorching heat can do irreversible...
8 November 2020 | Brassicas, Gardening tips
Growing salad greens Top hints for growing salad greens use seed that is less than a year old germinate in the light keep seed well watered until rooted grow in well prepared soil containing compost and nitrogen. What are salad greens? Salad greens include hearting,...
8 November 2020 | Gardening tips
Plant identity alert – Calamint Identity alert! Calamint is being mistaken for oregano once again. Some years ago it was given away at the vegie swap incorrectly identified. The plant in the first photo is calamint; the second is oregano. Note the rounded tips...
8 November 2020 | Fruit trees, Gardening tips, News, QLD Fruit Fly
Sustainable Macleod blitzing fruit fly! Sustainable Macleod has made a bulk buy of Fruit Fly Eco-lures; these are sure to make a tremendous impact on the Queensland Fruit Fly which arrived in Macleod from the Yarra Valley last summer. Orders for 105 lures have been...
