Should You Mulch?
There are times when you should with hold mulching. But...do you find you are always watering your vegie patch or garden beds because the soil dries and goes crisp? Do [...]
There are times when you should with hold mulching. But...do you find you are always watering your vegie patch or garden beds because the soil dries and goes crisp? Do [...]
Powdery Mildew is so common in our summer gardens. It’s a real pest for gardeners, appearing as fine dustings of ‘powderiness’ on the surface of leaves on plants that look [...]
I love the sensual pleasures of a garden. Fragrance, colour, silky smooth petals, and the sheer unadulterated pleasure of just growing things. It’s exciting, gratifying and so rewarding-most of the [...]
I’m still feeling positive so have just put in some sunflower seedlings. I’m hoping the dwarf plants will give a lingering, although small, crop of sunflowers. I love the petals [...]
The Melbourne Flower and Garden Show was on at the Exhibition Buildings from Wednesday 21 March 2018. I was invited to speak this year on the main stage and on the Diggers [...]
When we lived in Ballarat, my mum-in-law returned from a Queensland holiday with family, raving about how wonderful it was to pick and eat fresh bananas from the backyard for [...]
Growing Ginger - How to grow ginger easily and successfully & my favourite ginger recipes Culinary Ginger: Zingiber officinalis If you live in a warm climate and have a frost [...]
What to grow when you’re told you can’t grow a thing! I know things can get tough in the garden over summer, for plants as well as for gardeners. Heat, [...]
I’ve been sharing the wonders of edible flowers for ages now. First when teaching at TAFE, then at Ecobotanica classes and now with my book, ‘A Delicious Bunch, growing and [...]
Do you have a favourite plant? A plant/tree/flower that you would not be without in a garden? I have a few edibles on the list of course. When we came [...]