15 July 2024 | August, Gardening tips, Garlic, Monthly Guides, Root Vegetables
August Garlic TipAug 15, 2021 | Gardening tips, Garlic This hint covers the end of winter and the beginning of spring which have slightly different requirements. The first thing to do is observe your garlic plants and note whether there is any yellowing on the tips or...
6 July 2024 | Gardening tips, July, Monthly Guides
What to plant in July in Melbourne A guide to what to plant in July can be found in self-sown plants in the garden. In my garden, there is an abundance of self-sown parsley, coriander, lettuce, other salad greens and tomatoes. Begin planting seeds in punnets for...
6 July 2024 | Gardening tips, July, Monthly Guides
Urgent jobs in the garden for July Make compost. Plant out second crop of autumn/winter vegetables. Cut strawberry runners and pot up in potting mix. Cut back leaves of strawberries – you can even mow them down on a high blade – and dispose of them. Divide...
23 June 2024 | Gardening tips
It may be pretty but is it delicious? The dangers of cross-pollination When your pumpkins ripened, you may have noticed that what grew was not what you thought you had planted. Did you, for example, grow a long, green or bluish-striped pumpkin when you thought you...
23 June 2024 | Gardening tips, Garlic
July – September: key months for garlic success! Now that the shortest day has passed, garlic planted in the autumn will have developed a strong root system and healthy green shoots but what next? How do we support the swelling of the bulbs into good-sized,...
19 May 2024 | Gardening tips, Herbs
Growing exceptional herbs In the late 1970s, herbs became fashionable in Australia and people (not only gardeners) planted extensive culinary herb gardens. They often planted herbs for medicinal use, insect repellance and dyeing, as well as fragrance. Herb nurseries...
