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Yearly Archives: 2018

Edible Garden Veggie Garden Healthy Produce Tastes Better — Spring is the busiest time of the year for working in the garden: The days are increasing in length Daytime temperatures are increasing The soil is starting to warm up Melbourne’s rainfall is typically plentiful All of this means that plants (including weeds) will thrive and […]

Spring Planting Guide for Melbourne

This entry was posted in How to Grow What to grow What to plant on August 22, 2018 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Tomato Growing Guide Melbourne — There are tomato varieties of many different shapes, sizes and colours avaiable to the home gardener in Melbourne To me, nothing says Melbourne summer like the smell of tomato plants as you brush past them in the garden. The smell of tomato leaves (and basil) as I water the garden […]

How to Grow Great Tomatoes in Melbourne

This entry was posted in How to Grow on August 16, 2018 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Photoperiodism bolting plants Melbourne — Around late October and early November, we start getting a lot of inquiries related to coriander, silverbeet and parsley. Usually the inquiry is from a puzzled gardener who has been growing great plants all winter, but suddenly everything has bolted (flowered), and is about to set seed. The process of […]

Day Length and Plants (Photoperiodism)

This entry was posted in In Our Garden on July 30, 2018 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Best Raspberry Varieties for Melbourne Victoria — Raspberries are a great addition to any edible garden. They are easy to grow and can be highly productive. Raspberries are best trained up a trellis so they can make great use of vertical spaces. For those of you worried about prickles… you can even get thorn-less varieties! Best of […]

How to Grow Raspberries

This entry was posted in How to Grow on June 6, 2018 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

How to grow sweet potatoes Melbourne — Sweet potatoes are a subtropical crop that grows very well in Melbourne. We’ve grown them over the past two summers and have had some good results. Here’s what we’ve learnt about growing sweet potatoes. Propagation of Sweet Potatoes The easiest way to grow sweet potatoes is by taking cuttings from […]

How to Grow Sweet Potatoes in Melbourne

This entry was posted in How to Grow on May 2, 2018 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Codling moth can cause significant damage to your apple and pear crops What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple? Half a worm! And that worm is likely to be the larvae of the codling moth (Cydia pomonella). Codling Moth larvae are usually prevalent in apple, pear, nashi and […]

What’s eating my apple? Codling Moth!

This entry was posted in Garden Pests on February 2, 2018 by Leaf, Root & Fruit