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Subtropical Spring Garden Jobs

Aphids, how to manage aphids in the garden organically

Daikon Radish for Clay breaking

How we deal with clay soil

Sarah Heath Basilea Living Herbs

Interview – Sarah Heath, Basilea Living Herbs

Interview – Heidi Merika, Boosting your immunity with Plants

Our Aquaponics System

Summer Garden – What can I grow when it’s too hot?

Sunflower evolution

Surviving Summer in the Vegetable Garden

Growing Garlic in the Subtropics

Growing Garlic in South East Queensland

Zucchini that has been pollinated

My zucchinis aren’t growing and rotting at the ends

QLD Fruit fly

Dealing with Fruit Fly in the veggie patch

Flowers for your veggie patch

Why flowers are incredibly important in your Veggie Patch

Kale, swiss chard, corn, tomatoes & celery

What mulch is best for your vegetable patch?

Tromboncino

Spring! What Vegetables are best to grow in Spring

Closing the Loop - self sufficient garden

Closing the Loop in the backyard veggie patch and becoming more self sufficient

Lessons from an entomologist

How to fill a raised bed on the cheap

How to fill a raised bed for under $10

Spring Garden Update Aquaponics System

Our Journey into Aquaponics

Perennial Edible Plants

Spidermite on Pineapple Sage

Common Pests in the Subtropical Garden

Reasons why your plants aren’t growing very well

Spring Garden Update Back Garden

Things I wish I knew before starting my vegetable garden

Beginners Vegetables to Grow

Vegetables to grow for beginner green thumbs

The ping tungs are coming up with the goods 🍆🍆🍆

The view from the sandpit is getting green again.

The view from the sandpit is getting green again. It’s a tricky spot as seasonal sun is the opposite in summer/winter

End of spring 🌼 lots of beans, beets, trombons,

End of spring 🌼 lots of beans, beets, trombons, eggplants, chillis, cherry tomatoes and the odd capsicum. Lettuce is starting to slow down but we’ve still got enough (just the chickens are missing out now).

I wonder what this years compost pumpkin will be 🤔 we always get the best ones from here

I thought this Ping Tung eggplant was a goner with

I thought this Ping Tung eggplant was a goner with an epidemic of mites and leaf hoppers but with a bit of magic (cow poo 💩) she has bounced back to life 🍆

🤞🍉🤞we’re now in the danger zone of Mr a

🤞🍉🤞we’re now in the danger zone of Mr almost 3 wanting to pick it because it’s apparently ready 🙈

I feel like every time I grow a new type of beet I

I feel like every time I grow a new type of beet I get a new favourite. The flatter looking ones pictured are called early wonder, the more round ones are your standard red Detroit. The early wonder lived up to its name, I planted these waaaay after the Detroits and they are bigger (just flatter). I am growing the cylindricas over summer as I find them more resilient to heat but I’ll give the early wonders a crack too as they matured so quickly in pretty poor conditions. I have seeds available for all these types in my shop, we’re having an end of season sale at the moment with 20% off all seed packs 💃

Anyone who comes to visit is always surprised that

Anyone who comes to visit is always surprised that this garden looks so much smaller in real life. We really do have a small yard, I literally have to squeeze myself up against the house to get this shot. I wish I had more space but also think this is probably enough to manage especially with two tiny humans. Swipe to see what it looked like 2 years ago ➡️

This is the third year of this blue butterfly pea

This is the third year of this blue butterfly pea plant. They die back here over winter and start going again as soon as the humidity arrives (frosts would probably kill them). I’ve got lots of little babies coming up now too. We eat the flowers straight from the vine (tastes like a pea) but you can use them for tea or natural blue food colouring (we’ve used them as paint as well), some people also eat the young pods. We’ve got a couple growing amongst the Madagascar climbing bean on our bean teepee and also some along our chicken run to create shade in summer 🏖

We’ve never had luck with watermelon, usually be

We’ve never had luck with watermelon, usually because it rains at the wrong time and they split. This year I’ve put them in a wicking bed 🤞🤞🤞hoping the moisture stays consistent to avoid splitting but we’ll see how we go 🍉🍉🍉 this one is a crimson sweet

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