Is your garden rather boring and bland? Does it need a lift? Well, never forget that all nurseries and plant shops sell plants in full flower these days. There are geraniums, dipladenias, dahlias and the wonderful New Guinea Impatiens. If you need colour on the...
The humble garden hose has a thousand uses. For instance, if you want to set out curves in your garden beds or lawn areas, bend your hose to establish smooth even curves. Then use a sharp spade to carefully cut the lawn edge to the new shape. Hoses naturally form...
Agricultural shows are where you find the REAL Australia and they are where you should take the kids for fun and learning. This month there are many agricultural shows on all over Australia… Are you ready? Well here we go: In New South Wales: Wauchope Macksville...
April is very much the time to harvest the food that you have grown in your backyard. This is the real FUN part of backyard food growing. So – a few notes on when to pick: Avocadoes ripen a few days after picking – they don’t ripen on the tree All olives will ripen...
After the recent frozen berry scare where diseases were detected in imported frozen berries, many people are thinking of growing their own berries. Berries are fun to grow at home, but most only produce a few berries each day, meaning that you need 10 to 20 berry...
Much of Australia has been inundated with heaps of rain over summer, so many lawns are struggling. Mow the lawn often, do not fertilise it & try not to walk on it too much. Walking on it causes leaf scrapes which allow fungal diseases to rot the leaves, turning...
Currently we are being deluged by complaints about garden weeds. This last summer was constantly wet in so many areas leading to weeds growing as never before …. What do you do? If your weeds are really daunting, just tackle small areas at a time. But some more...
Are you looking for a small, cute, fluffy, white dog? You are? Well there are two main rivals for your attention – the Maltese and the West Highland White Terrier. Firstly, the Maltese. I am sure there are good Maltese dogs, however when we researched dumped dogs...
Would you like to do your bit for a rare and endangered native animal? You would? Great! Now, what can you do?… Well, if you plant the She-Oak also known as the Black Oak – this will produce cones for the endangered Glossy Black Cockatoo. The Black Oak is an...
Probably the best electrical innovation to come along in the last 20 years is the LED light. These lights use very little power – far less than quartz halogen lights or old fashioned light bulbs. LED lights in torches or small devices have revolutionized portable...