I am worried about my eggplant. I put them in at the beginning of summer, but they are still little stunted things. Certainly they are flowering, but there is no sign of the big purple fruits I adore. None of my gardening books help. Could it be that the soil needs more care? I doubt […]
I think there must be a direct neurological connection between the receptors in our noses and our emotions. Nostalgia, joy, revulsion and depression can all enter through the nostrils, proving that we are still creatures of sense as much as sensibility. This is one of the reasons the garden is such a rich place to […]
It’s hard to believe that a few days ago Melbourne was shrouded in smoke from the bushfires burning all round the city, and that it seemed as though it would never rain again. For weeks now our parks and gardens have been brown and dessicated. Even the eucalypt trees are showing signs of water stress […]
Happy Christmas to all gardeners. May your carrots be long, your compost steaming and your flowers perfectly formed.
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What do you know! I was looking through some old files and found this photo, about four years old, of me and the kids in our old garden in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. We were on our way to the local pageant, hence the fancy dress (we don’t usually look like this!!) […]
I have been asked to give some advice on composting for people with small gardens. There are several possible solutions to this dilemma, but my favourite is worms!
Composters and would-be composters are usually stuck between two choices. Either you can have a classic heap, but be stuck with the need to aerate it by turning […]
In my vegetable patch, one plant towers over all the rest - taller than the beans, the tomatoes and even the dwarf apple tress. It is the parsnip I grew from seed two seasons ago. It takes up a whole corner of the garden. I fancy the root must now be thicker than my leg, […]
I met Mrs Ponda again yesterday morning, except now I know that her real name is Mrs Benn. She lives in a beautiful old brick house at the top of Flemington Hill, and her front garden is full of old roses. Some of them have been there more than 30 years. She has neatly staked […]
Gertrude is the matriarch of the community gardens. She is the one who presides over the waiting list for plots. She is the one who decided that there should be a communal lemon tree, and where it should be planted. She arrives about once a week, grey hair wispy and eyes peering through bottle-top glasses […]
How does one become a gardener? I should say at the outset that although I harbor a strong and mostly secret belief that gardening is what life is really all about, I am not a real gardener. I cannot tell you the common names of many plants, let alone their botanical names. My garden is […]
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