Emmaline Bowman is one of the new generation of Landscape Designers. A woman brought up in the Gippsland countryside, Emmaline practices what she preaches. Her belief in using native plants was seen first hand in this years Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show where she won first prize in the Boutique Garden Competition. Now her …
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A major revolution in mulch is here.
Here is a new mulch that was developed by the proud 4th generation farmer and agronomist Sarah Curry. It was back in 2009 and she was pregnant with her first child at the time and was thinking how messy and time consuming mulching can be. Those bales can also be very dusty – what else …
The hungry little caterpillars
By James Wall There are times when some of us want to destroy caterpillars. I know those ones on the broccoli in February are really annoying. There is however a couple of nurserymen who love caterpillars on their plants. In fact they grow them especially to feed the caterpillars. This is what I discovered behind …
Gardening World Cup goes to Australia.
By James Wall with reference to a Jim Fogarty written article in The Age on Saturday October 22nd. Well, the kiwis may have won the rugby world cup, but while all that was happening, there was a much more exciting World Cup of Gardening event going on in Japan. Who said gardening wasn’t a sport …
Googling a few peas turns up Gregor Mendel.
Mendel, this Czech-German guy did some amazing experiments on peas and then bees – what a nerd!
Hydroponics Made Easy – the Autopot System.
New Book Release: Hydroponics Made Easy, by Jim Fah.