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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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The Grass Is Not Greener

I Stumbled Upon this today and laughed so hard.

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Australian Christmas Carols

One of my twitter followers asked about Christmas in Australia, and not having snow. Here is a christmas carol that is somewhat popular over here. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Merry Christmas!

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Direct Sowing Tomatoes

It’s too hot at my place to plant seeds in pots to grow into seedlings, they get very dry very quickly and never seem to make it. Any place with enough light for them gets up around 40 degrees C, and the potting mix dries out. Time for some direct seeding! In the veggie patch [...]

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Mealybug Control

In the summer when its nice and warm with an increase in humidity Mealybugs begin to cluster on new shoots of plants. Mealybug females feed on plant sap. They attach themselves to the plant and secrete a powdery wax layer which is used for protection while they suck the plant juices. This waxy layer protects [...]

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How to Compost – Videos

Sitting in the airport yesterday while being delayed, there happened to be a free wifi connection available (thanks Qantas Club!). 7 hours of delay gave me plenty of time to browse through some great YouTube videos on my iPod Touch. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video This one armed [...]

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