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My Garden Survived
After three weeks away getting married and on our honeymoon, my garden has survived an average top temperature of 35 degrees C. There have been a couple of casualties, but nothing that was not expected, and a couple of nice surprises. My Arrowroot plants have been belted around by the wind a fair bit and [...]
Mealy Bugs on Tomatoes
How many mealy bugs can you fit on a tomato stalk? I was not sure myself until I found this branch in my garden over the weekend!
Garden Survival while on Holiday
My three week holiday is coming up very quickly, and since I won’t be around to water and tend for my garden I thought I would share with you a few of my plans to keep the garden alive in this warm weather we are experiencing. Mulch: Reducing the amount of water lost to the [...]
Fresh Tomatoes
What a day! It all seemed better when I came home from work to find there were heaps of ripe tomatoes on my bushes. It has been a battle with the intense heat, lack of heat, lack of water (for a little bit), too much water, mealy bug attack, caterpillar attack… the list goes on, [...]
Meet Stephen Ryan – The new host of Gardening Australia
With Peter Cundall retiring from his role as the face of Gardening Australia towards the end of 2008, the show continued on with the other hosts taking turns to introduce the show. It was with great surprise, and was very refreshing, when I watched episode one for 2009 to find Stephen Ryan as the new [...]
Caterpillar Mayhem
With record rainfall in January 2009 (524mm) there has been an outbreak of insects. Between the grasshoppers and moths inundating my house and workplace (they smell bad when they die in large numbers), my garden has been getting a flogging. My 19 Arrowroot plants which were going great guns have been attacked by a plague [...]
505mm of rain in 25 days
It has been a very wet start to the year, my garden has been flooded at least 10 times with water above ankle deep, so much so the fish in my pond could nearly swim to freedom. But the good news is our town water supply is at 98% (I can’t wait to get photo’s [...]
Diggers Garden Club – Australia
“Just six hours a week, that’s all it takes to create a beautiful garden that’s self-sufficient in flowers and food,” says Clive Blazey, founder of the Digger’s Club. For Christmas this year I recieved a 12 month subscription to the Diggers Garden Club. Formed in 1978 in a tin shed in Melbourne, the club has [...]
Lawn Aeration
With the recent down pour of rain at my house, I stepped out with my jacket on to aerate my lawn. Not only is it great exercise, but my lawn will grow at an astonishing rate when the cloud lifts and the sun comes out. Lawn aeration is crucial to keeping your patch of grass [...]
About Me
My name is Ben, and I'm a self confessed gardenoholic. My other interests include growing plants, looking at plants, drinking coffee and taking the odd photo. My wife thinks I'm mad, but is getting into the whole garden thing, possibly going mad as well. In my spare time I'm a geologist (must be something about dirt and rocks...)- Get me on Twitter
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