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February Garden Guide
How is your garden looking at this time of year? Have those couple of heatwaves battered it around a bit? Here we haven’t lost many plants, but we’ve seen some of those prized mangoes get sunburnt, along with many baby … Continue reading
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December Garden Guide
It’s been a busy couple of days in the garden, clearing out, rearranging and replanting a couple of vegetable beds, and planting new fruit trees, while the weather is mild enough for plants to settle in without getting either sunburnt … Continue reading
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August Garden Guide
Reflections… It’s been a week spent between home in the ‘burbs and visiting the hills… remembering my teens when the frost and fog of the Adelaide Hills were an essential part of winter, missing the lush landscape and wildlife, … Continue reading
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June Garden Guide
What a frosty start to winter! Here’s hoping this means good fruit set for all the cool temperate fruit trees this year. HARVESTING All sorts of goodies have been turning up around here lately – some seasonal, some surprising – … Continue reading
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February Garden Guide
Just one sleep to go until the new school year. Not that anyone’s counting. Tomorrow I will remember just how short the working day is when it’s squeezed between school drop-off and pick-up and moth-holed with appointments, and I’ll remember … Continue reading
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May Gardening Guide – Mediterranean climate
Welcome back, my old friend May, with your drizzling rains and your shorter days! With your soft sun inviting me out to play! Other old friends are back too, like soursobs and thistles – they do no harm, but to … Continue reading
2016 Adelaide Seedling Subscription
Happy New Year, fellow gardeners! I know it’s the middle of summer and your vegie patch may be wilting now and then, but autumn is not far away and my seedling subscription vegies will be sown very shortly ready for your … Continue reading
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December Garden Guide
Summer has started early here, with some serious hot spikes, strong winds and a devastating early bushfire north of Adelaide. In suburban gardens, water, shade and timing are everything. This is a weekend for planning, monitoring and keeping cool! … Continue reading
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Nadja’s Garden NEWSLETTER – January 2015
WELCOME Happy 2015, gardeners, and welcome to the first Nadja’s Garden newsletter. Are you, like me, still bracing for the real summer heat to hit our gardens? So far this summer has brought a welcome holiday break to our family, … Continue reading
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Adelaide Gardening Calendar out now
There are so many wonderful gardening books and magazines out there, and I’m really looking forward to delving into some of them this summer! But there are times when it’s useful to have a simple reminder of what to do … Continue reading