Sustainable Gardening in our Continually Surprising Climate
Give me an Australian wasp anytime. The solitary species are so much safer to garden amongst than their vicious ‘social’ European counterpart, Vespula germanica.
For a more sustainable Valentine’s Day, buy your loved one a potted plant. Like love, you can watch your gift grow.
Being eaten alive, from the inside out, is not the kindest death. But it’s ruthlessly efficient.
Heat and windy, sunny weather continue delaying sowing and planting summer crops.
Withering heat, windy, sunny weather continue to delay sowing and planting summer crops.
Question: I’m new to gardening in Brisbane, and I want to grow prince of Wales’ flower. Reply: I reckon prince of Wales’ feathers is one of the most beautiful of tropical ornamental vegetables. It’s often planted at Roma Street Parkland as an ornamental during the warm seasons.
Favourite shots from my trip to Mt (Gunung) Bromo, East Java, 2010.
Food production is quickly changing since summer arrived two weeks early…
After the storms that hit Brisbane yesterday you might expect that I could give watering a rest for a while.
Growth on sound foundations: Kyabra Community Garden, Queensland
In Brisbane, winter crops have finished flowering. Their seed is ripe and ready for harvest.
“With the right breeding and care, food plants have – so far – fed and sustained human civilisation”
Jerry Coleby-Williams 