How to build a raised bed for vegetable gardening

I’m often asked about the best way to set up a new vegetable garden, and everyone seems to have their preferred method and materials. I personally, like the idea of a no dig garden bed. After all, who wants to break their back trying to dig up hard compacted clay...

“Biota Dining” Restaurant Review & Farmers Market

Biota – bio-ta, noun meaning “animals and plant life of a particular region”. As soon as I saw the name of the restaurant, BIOTA Dining, I thought it had my name all over it! Now this was a restaurant that I wanted to try out …. in fact, I NEEDED to try it...

Blueberries in Pots, Possum Control, Micro-greens, Biological Growth Stimulants, Compost and other new stuff!

Want a sneak peek into some of the new and interesting stuff soon to be launched for the home gardener? Last week I went along to the Green Expo Sydney (GES), a trade show for those working in the Nursery and Garden Industry. I thought I’d share my top 6 gardening...

Barangaroo Headland Park

Both physical and mental health have become a focus for urban planning and development from 2007 when the world’s urban population overtook it’s rural population for the first time in history. The importance of green space has been, at last, recognised as a factor...

Tomatoes

“It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.” Lewis Grizzard Tomatoes originated in South America and date back to the Aztecs. Europeans only started eating them about 500 years ago and even then they were...