Organic Gardening Tips
Tomato Diseases and Pests in Subtropical Australia
Tomatoes are a beloved garden staple, but cultivating them in subtropical Australia can pose some unique challenges. The warm, humid climate can be a breeding ground for various tomato diseases...
Tomato Diseases and Pests in Subtropical Australia
Tomatoes are a beloved garden staple, but cultivating them in subtropical Australia can pose some unique challenges. The warm, humid climate can be a breeding ground for various tomato diseases...
Protecting Your Vegetable Garden from Australia...
Australia is home to a wide array of unique and sometimes challenging wildlife, and one such character is the Australian bush turkey. Known for their curious and often disruptive behaviour,...
Protecting Your Vegetable Garden from Australia...
Australia is home to a wide array of unique and sometimes challenging wildlife, and one such character is the Australian bush turkey. Known for their curious and often disruptive behaviour,...
Common Pests in the Subtropical Summer Garden
Garden pests eating your lovingly cared for plants can be heartbreaking. There are loads about here in the subtropics that can take over quite quickly if you’re not on the...
Common Pests in the Subtropical Summer Garden
Garden pests eating your lovingly cared for plants can be heartbreaking. There are loads about here in the subtropics that can take over quite quickly if you’re not on the...
How to manage QLD Fruit Fly in your veggie patch
QLD Fruit fly is a devastating pest for us here in the subtropics. It can make vegetable gardening during the warmer months prohibitive if they are out of control. We...
How to manage QLD Fruit Fly in your veggie patch
QLD Fruit fly is a devastating pest for us here in the subtropics. It can make vegetable gardening during the warmer months prohibitive if they are out of control. We...
Pest Strategies for Organic Gardeners
Love growing your own food but hate constantly dealing with pests? No gardens are immune to problems, but we have taken on a wholistic approach in our garden which has...
Pest Strategies for Organic Gardeners
Love growing your own food but hate constantly dealing with pests? No gardens are immune to problems, but we have taken on a wholistic approach in our garden which has...
Our tomato crop after too much rain
In the last 3 months we've received an excessive amount of rain, and with that our tomato season has suffered as a bit of a consequence. In February we received...
Our tomato crop after too much rain
In the last 3 months we've received an excessive amount of rain, and with that our tomato season has suffered as a bit of a consequence. In February we received...
Dealing with excess rain in the Veggie Patch
Tips for dealing with too much rainfall in your vegetable garden.
Dealing with excess rain in the Veggie Patch
Tips for dealing with too much rainfall in your vegetable garden.
Managing Powdery Mildew
Powdery mildew can be devastating to many crops and it is highly infectious so can spread quickly in your garden if you don’t get control of it. It’s not a...
Managing Powdery Mildew
Powdery mildew can be devastating to many crops and it is highly infectious so can spread quickly in your garden if you don’t get control of it. It’s not a...
How to get rid of root knot nematodes from your...
Root knot nematodes or eel worms are those hidden annoyances that you don't really know that you've got them until it's too late. Root knot nematodes are a microscopic parasite...
How to get rid of root knot nematodes from your...
Root knot nematodes or eel worms are those hidden annoyances that you don't really know that you've got them until it's too late. Root knot nematodes are a microscopic parasite...
Aphids, how to manage aphids in the garden orga...
The aphids were pretty insane this year. I know a lot of people had similar issues, and I know the reason I had them was lack of planning and overall...
Aphids, how to manage aphids in the garden orga...
The aphids were pretty insane this year. I know a lot of people had similar issues, and I know the reason I had them was lack of planning and overall...
Why are your Zucchini rotting
Do you have a problem with your zucchini (or squash or pumpkin or cucumbers) being stunted and not progressing past the size of your thumb?Perhaps they are getting to a...
Why are your Zucchini rotting
Do you have a problem with your zucchini (or squash or pumpkin or cucumbers) being stunted and not progressing past the size of your thumb?Perhaps they are getting to a...
Dealing with Fruit Fly in the veggie patch
Growing food is fast becoming a lost art. It’s feared, it’s unknown, it’s challenging, it’s rebellious. But it doesn’t have to be hard. Join me in the Love of Dirt...
Dealing with Fruit Fly in the veggie patch
Growing food is fast becoming a lost art. It’s feared, it’s unknown, it’s challenging, it’s rebellious. But it doesn’t have to be hard. Join me in the Love of Dirt...
Lessons from an entomologist
Growing food is fast becoming a lost art. It’s feared, it’s unknown, it’s challenging, it’s rebellious. But it doesn’t have to be hard. Join me in the Love of Dirt...
Lessons from an entomologist
Growing food is fast becoming a lost art. It’s feared, it’s unknown, it’s challenging, it’s rebellious. But it doesn’t have to be hard. Join me in the Love of Dirt...
Tomato Pest - Tomato Russet Mite
So this week I learnt all about a new tomato pest. Tomatoes are one of my biggest teachers here in this sub tropical climate of ours. I've experienced varying degrees...
Tomato Pest - Tomato Russet Mite
So this week I learnt all about a new tomato pest. Tomatoes are one of my biggest teachers here in this sub tropical climate of ours. I've experienced varying degrees...
Tomatoes rotting at their ends? Could be blosso...
Ever find your tomatoes are growing but seem to be rotting from the bottom up. If it's not fruit fly, you might have a case of blossom end rot. The...
Tomatoes rotting at their ends? Could be blosso...
Ever find your tomatoes are growing but seem to be rotting from the bottom up. If it's not fruit fly, you might have a case of blossom end rot. The...
How to control Spidermite
Have you ever just looked at your plants and think, hmm somethings not right, it's not looking the greatest. It's looking a little insipid, not it's usual sparky green self....
How to control Spidermite
Have you ever just looked at your plants and think, hmm somethings not right, it's not looking the greatest. It's looking a little insipid, not it's usual sparky green self....