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Birds of Bombay NSW I spend a lot of time laying in the garden watching the cloud rolls by, watching the patterns, meditating and processing whatever puzzle my biological computer is working on. Then right when I’m at my most blissed, I hear a new bird nearby. The birds of Bombay NSW are amazing and […]
Congratulations! All your effort in spring, and the risks you took, have resulted in an amazing summer garden. Its been a good growing season, the recent rain has really boosted growth and now the summer heat is ripening tomatoes early.
Nutrient Cycle Nows a great time to cover your garden in mulch to keep the moisture in. Mulching as discussed previously, is critical to your soil health. I do it every 3 months on veggie beds. Without mulch on top of your earth, your soil will become dirt very quickly. Soil is alive, dirt is not.
Bombay Spew – Sodic Soil A wild start to summer! 200mm+ fell here in the first 24hrs and delivered 2-10mm a day, for 5 days after. When I first became custodian of my ‘rubbish block’, I naively thought it was because of the Kunzea dominated woodlands and total lack of pasture. It didn’t take long
Tomato Staking & Pruning Its finally Summer, so how do your tomatoes grow? If you’ve been playing along at home, you’ve got a substantial tomato plant or plants in your garden. Its not just me, this has become a collective experience. The data suggests if your soil temp guides you, its best to get your
Is Hand Watering ruining your garden? When I first moved to the region, I used to mow lawns in Canberra. Every now and then I would encounter a tree root growing above the ground with the top sliced off. It looked like the lawn had receded while the tree root was sometimes 50mm above the