Category Archives: native plants

December Garden Guide

Posted on December 5, 2017 by

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

Posted on July 31, 2017 by

  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 →

Posted in Food, hanging out in the garden, herbs, manure, markets, native plants, planning, planting, propagating, raised garden beds, seedlings, seeds, soil, trees, vegetables, winter

April Garden Guide

Posted on April 3, 2017 by

As expected, March this year was far drier than average in Adelaide and a couple of degrees warmer than usual, both by day and by night, setting the scene for a warmer and drier than usual autumn and perhaps even … Continue reading →

Posted in autumn, fertiliser, Food, food storage, fruit, hanging out in the garden, herbs, maintenance, manure, native plants, planning, planting, propagating, raised garden beds, seedlings, seeds, soil, storms, vegetables

What a difference a couple of years make

Posted on July 30, 2016 by

Nearly two years ago I visited Brigitte’s new home to help her design her garden. At that stage, it was a blank canvas – front and back yards had been carved out of very alkaline, compacted clay subsoil and covered with … Continue reading →

Posted in clay, compost, hanging out in the garden, maintenance, native plants, permaculture design, pruning, resilient gardening, soil | 1 Comment

“How’s the garden holding up in the heat?”

Posted on December 18, 2015 by

While Adelaide swelters through what’s forecast to be “the most severe December heatwave on record“, the most frequent greeting I’ve been met with is “How’s your garden holding up in this heat?” “Better than me!” I’m inclined to think. I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, fruit, hanging out in the garden, heatwaves, maintenance, microclimates, native plants, permaculture design, summer, water

November Garden Guide

Posted on November 3, 2014 by

Zone 0: Spring cleaning is largely over, and yielded great opportunities to share no-longer-needed items with the community, as well as providing loads of carbon-rich compost material (i.e. paperwork)… Zone 1: Tomato and capsicum seedlings have gone back into our … Continue reading →

Posted in fruit, native plants, permaculture design, permaculture principles, planning, planting, raised garden beds, spring, vegetables, vertical gardens, water, zones

Planting Australian native plants

Posted on June 5, 2013 by

Last weekend at Belair National Park was a great event called “Grey Box Day” – a national park open day and native plant sale aimed at restoring and maintaining grey box grassy woodland, the once typical but now endangered bushland … Continue reading →

Posted in native plants, planting, wildlife, winter