Homely Capersgardening
Grateful for the flowers
They’re at it again… Good on those Guerrilla Gardeners for taking their time *and money* to make the dull world of a city street scape into something of beauty. The local government where I live has a great gardening program in place to beautify the town, but there are a number of areas that need [...]
Garden Taking off
Last week I spent three days away from home. On my return I went to check how my garden had fared, only to find that it had grown better without me than with me. The Passionfruit vine had gone berserk (a little pruning fixed that), the snake beans have got beans now that are 8 [...]
Waterwise DroughtShield
I was out shopping in the supermarket the other day and saw this new product called Waterwise DroughtShield from Yates. From the packaging it says it protects plants from heat, water loss, drying winds, sunburn, droughts, frost and transplant shock by ‘sealing’ the leaves to reduce the amount of transpiration from the leaves of the [...]
Three Sisters Garden
My neighbor was showing me through his vegetable garden yesterday and his prized area was what he called his Three Sisters Garden. Originally developed by Native Americans many centuries ago, the Three Sisters Garden has three main elements *duh…*. Sown together in a mound are corn (in this case sweet corn), climbing beans and squash. [...]
Moon Planting Experiment
Having a Degree in Applied Science, you can understand that I am quite interested in experimenting with different ideas and seeing what results they yield. After reading What to plant in September on Aussie Organic Gardening I’ve decided to experiment with Moon Gardening. Hypothesis: To test if Dwarf Beans planted in the Last Quarter phase [...]
Recycle old socks and Soft drink bottles
Instructables.com would have to be one of my favorite websites, as it encourages people to get out and create things from stuff that is laying around. I would love to be a teenager again having plenty of spare time and all of my fathers tools to get stuck into a couple of projects each week. [...]
Espalier – Growing Flat Trees
In short, Espalier is the name given to a technique of growing trees into a two dimensional flat plane by grafting, pruning and training. The espalier technique was developed in Europe in the 16th century to help temperate climate fruit grow in cooler climates, by growing them flat against a sunny wall. Gardening Australia has [...]
The new Lemon Tree
Another trip to the nursery on the weekend saw us come home with a swag of new plants, one of them being a lemon tree. After choosing a nice looking specimen the lady at the nursery asked what it’s primary use was. My fiance was not impressed when I told her that all I wanted [...]
More home vegetable gardens as food costs soar
With the rising cost of fuel and food, many Australians are going back to growing a vegetable garden in their back yard to help reduce their household expenditure. Horticulturalist and Assistant Retail Manager of Eden Gardens has recorded that over the past year the sales of fruit and vegetable seedlings has risen 50% on the [...]
Garden Blogger Sessions – This Garden is Illegal
We all love our gardens and love to share what we grow within them. The Garden Blogger Sessions is something I’ve come up with to draw people who blog about gardening together so we can gain some insight into what makes them tick… Hanna from This Garden is Illegal was kind enough to donate her [...]
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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