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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
The first thing to do after the rain is to check where the water pooled and ran around the garden, house, shed, property etc.
Rain is just one form of Skywater on offer in our Unpredictable Highland Climate. It comes in many forms, and I’m grateful for them all.
I visited my garden to see what the clear, cold night had delivered. To my surprise there was no frost evident but the leaves on some plants had turned black