1 January 2025 | Gardening tips, January, Monthly Guides
What to plant in January in Melbourne January is a month in which I sow very little and plant out very little. Instead I put my attention into watering, weeding, and mulching to support the vegies already planted. It is too late to plant out vegies that have a long...
30 November 2024 | Gardening tips
English gooseberries – rare and underrated! Top tips: incorporate organic material into the soil water deeply twice weekly in summer prune to a single stem or develop a vase shape prune every winter. Have you ever considered growing English gooseberries (Riba...
29 September 2024 | Citrus, Fruit trees, QLD Fruit Fly
Defeat citrus gall wasp (and Queensland Fruit Fly) with kaolin clay! Citrus gall wasp, an Aussie wasp originally from Queensland, can affect all citrus but seems most prevalent in lemon, lime, cumquat and grapefruit trees. The galls result from the injection of eggs...
27 August 2024 | Gardening tips, Planting guides
Bad companion plants in the vegie garden What vegetables are bad companions? Good companion plants are those that benefit each other or one benefits the other. Bad companion plants are those that negatively affect each other or one the other. The effect generally...
29 July 2024 | Gardening tips, Planting guides
Preparing a spring/summer vegetable garden The first section here covers soil preparation, watering tips and site selection. With these covered, not much can go wrong! Below this section, are 7 families of vegetables and herbs with specific guidelines for each. It is...
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...
