7 secrets from the local farmers market

If you want all the local gossip, then all you need to do is to get yourself down to your local producers or farmers market to find out who’s who and what’s what! So that’s exactly what I did recently to catch up with all that’s been happening in the Southern...

Friends & Foes in Australian Gardens

BOOK REVIEW PESTS, DISEASES AND BENEFICIALS – Friends and Foes of Australian Gardens. David Hockings AM, March 2014, CSIRO publishing. Paperback, 280 pages. RRP $39.95 PESTS, DISEASES AND BENEFICIALS – Friends and Foes of Australian Gardens is a book for...

Win a composter for your garden or balcony valued at $199

How would you like free fertiliser for your plants forever? Do you like the idea of composting but a compost bin won’t fit on your balcony? Does your compost take forever to break down before it’s ready to use on the garden? Well here’s your chance...

Foam Box Gardens

Gardening doesn’t have to be expensive. Some people are put off growing their own veggies because they think the initial outlay of materials will outweigh the cost saving of home grown produce. But there are many ways that you can save if you think creatively. Growing...

Saving Vegetable Seeds

Some years are better than others when it comes to harvesting your own home grown vegetables. When a bumper crop comes around the best thing you can do is to save the seed from this harvest to ensure your best chances of success and reproduce those same results next...