25 February 2024 | Gardening tips
While some mustard greens are widely used (especially in Asian cuisine), most are not well known in Australia. This is a pity as they are healthy, tasty, quick growing, and definitely best when harvested fresh from the garden. Just as mustard has quite a bite, so do...
28 January 2024 | Gardening tips, QLD Fruit Fly
Take action now to prevent QFF in your garden next season If you were hit by an outbreak of Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF) this season, now is not the time to give up. In fact, now is the time to get busy and reduce your risk of an outbreak next season. The key task is to...
24 January 2024 | Gardening tips
The joy of thornless berries Do you love berries but groan at the price, despair at how quickly they can become mouldy and dislike being pricked as you harvest them? The answer may be to grow a thornless variety – you’ll have an abundance of berries at no...
27 November 2023 | Gardening tips
Beat the heat wave with quick, easy and temporary shade structures When the temperature soars, it’s time to shade our fruit and vegies, but how? We can build permanent structures that come at a hefty price and will be permanent, but that may not suit our garden...
27 November 2023 | Gardening tips
Worried about your plants over summer? Here’s what to do! Are you planning on being away for a few days during the hotter weather, and are worried about whether your vegies will survive and be productive? There are things you can do such as using a timer with...
28 October 2023 | Gardening tips, Root Vegetables
Hilling all root vegetables ‘Hilling’ or ‘hilling up’ of potatoes is a well-known technique for producing more tubers and preventing ‘greening’, which is toxic to potatoes. Less well-known is that hilling up all root vegetables will...
