Monstera deliciosa fruit
Monstera Deliciosa – a Delicious Fruiting Vine
Today I picked my last monstera deliciosa fruit of the season. This is a fantastic edible plant to have in your garden for multiple reasons. For me, the biggest plus…
...planted using both "Backyard Orchard Culture" and "Long-stem planting" techniques
Unconventional Techniques for Planting Fruit Trees
I am a controversial gardener. I never go with the norm and am constantly trying new ideas. Bury the entire tree until just the top leaves are showing? Check! Three…
Garden Retrofit Ideas & Tips
Over my Christmas break I plan to start my project converting some unused stables into a teaching venue and turning the land around the stables into an example of a…
Vietmanese mint
Using Your Pond to Grow Other Herbs
Keeping water up to the plants in my garden which are particularly thirsty can be an issue for me since I am solely reliant on tank water on my property.…
Beating the Cabbage White Butterfly
I have been seeing lots of posts around Facebook over the last few months with gardeners having issues with Cabbage White Butterflies (Pieris rapae). Lots of well-meaning people are advising…
Instant Edible Garden
Well, maybe it isn’t exactly “instant” but there are plenty of things you can do today to put fresh produce on the table within a very short time. With the…
Fallen Tree becomes Summer Shade, Trellis and Fertiliser
When the storm a few weeks ago brought down two wattle trees on top of my vegetable garden I was (understandably) devastated. I was desperate to bring in the chainsaw…
My two apple trees grown from seed showing how close they are planted
Planting Multiple Trees in one Hole
About 2 years ago I went to get some fruit trees from Engall’s Nursery at Dural. I targeted Engall’s (rather than one of my more local nurseries) not just for…
Holiday Herb Basket – Taking your Garden with you
There is no need to limit yourself to dried herbs in a jar when you go on holidays just because you have left your herb garden at home. I wanted…
