While I got a small harvest off the Nectarine last year, the ‘Leaf-Curl’ really stopped it from performing at its best.
Continue reading Nectarine: Beating ‘Leaf-Curl’
Category Archives: Urban Gardening
Here Come The Sweet Peas!
The first Sweet Pea flower has finally ‘Popped’, with promise of many more to come!
The ‘Happening’ Herbs
It’s finally time to plant out the herbs… after long weeks sprouting on the warming mat in my bathroom propagation area and then torture of ‘hardening off’ outside during a Melbourne winter – its time to plant out the herbs!
How To Plant
Great reference website!
2 Dollars closer – 5 days to go
Top Tip: Thin your Carrots
Last year my attempt at carrots was a bit of a disaster. They all grew into each other in gnarled knots and by the time I harvested them they were still tiny but tasted bitter 😦
Linaria Flowers: Now Featuring Aphids!
Ive updated the Linaria gallery again with some cool pics of the Aphids that have started appearing in one of the pots…
The East Side: Then and Now
Here is a gallery of pics showing the progression of the East Side Garden – I managed to find some pics that quite old, so you really get to see how the East Side has changed and progressed over the last few years…
Foam Box Carrots
The Carrots growing in the foam boxes (car-park garden) are doing exceptionally well this year! Even I’m surprised that they are happily growing in such a small space: Continue reading Foam Box Carrots
Kickstarter update:
The Re-homing of the Peas
Moving house is never easy… its exceptionally difficult if you happen to be a 200Kg garden full of Snow Peas!
The sunflower strip – now featuring Sweet Peas!
Converting the ‘Sunflower Strip’ to a ‘Sweet Pea’ garden has been quite an underwhelming (success?)
This particular garden strip battles a few issues: Continue reading The sunflower strip – now featuring Sweet Peas!
Kickstart Me!
Euphorbia (not to be confused with euphoria!)
During the raid on the Reardon’s Garden, there was a plant in flower that really caught my attention. They had striking foliage but what really caught my attention were the flowers! Chris had 2 different types growing and the flowers were Green/ Green yellow!
Continue reading Euphorbia (not to be confused with euphoria!)
Our garden needs you: Kickstarter update
Kick$tarter Update
Now, more than ever: OUR GARDEN NEEDS YOU!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1760707255/mitchell-mews-meadows/posts/949835
(Apologies for ‘tagging’ this post with so many terms – just trying to capture as big an audience as possible. No shame when it comes to repairing / creating productive gardens!)
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The Kiddy Corner
I raise lots of seeds and cutting inside, some on a heat mat… but when its time to go outside, the all ‘harden off’ in the Kiddy Corner:
Reduce Reuse Recycle
I use supermarket packing where I can… why are zucchini packed on foam trays ??
I need a dollar, dollar, a dollar is what i need (heaheah)
Why i love Helebores
Propagation 101
Its rare that i buy a plant or seeding now days… i has to be something that i want desperately and right away… otherwise i propagate!
Whether it is seeds or cuttings, there are a few things that you will need to get started: Continue reading Propagation 101
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