21 June 2025 | 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...
21 June 2025 | 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...
21 June 2025 | Garlic, July
Garlic Hint – July 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, healthy heads? Action taken from...
21 June 2025 | Gardening tips, July, Planting guides
Captivating Kale Did you know that there are over 150 known cultivars of kale, with an array of colours, tastes and textures? Kale is easy to grow as long as it is protected from insect attack. An ideal winter plant Kale thrives in the cold, doing well in frosts and...
13 May 2025 | Gardening tips, Garlic, June, Monthly Guides, Root Vegetables
June garlic hint There is not much to do for garlic in June – it is now too late to plant it. Presuming you have weeded, mulched and watered your patch, you have done all you need to. Now it is time to wait until the shortest day after which garlic heads will...
13 May 2025 | June, QLD Fruit Fly
Queensland fruit fly alert – June This is the time to put out Wild May to mop up any males young enough to survive over winter. Females will be dying as winter approaches. Mopping up young males will largely protect your early summer fruit from QFF attack as...
