…ses – Get the lowdown early on upcoming classes! * Gallery and Art Workshops – Exhibition information and Art Workshops * BAAG Vegie Swap – Held on the 3rd Saturday of each month at BAAG, often with fr…
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Water Chestnut
…square metres. Soil needs to be free of sharp sticks and stones which can damage the delicate skin of the chestnut. Once the stems are 20cm high the soil should be kept flooded with 100mm to 300mm of…
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…ike starts to fail. The leaves become floppy and often lose their lustre and even become a bit wrinkled. All perfectly normal and lasting only one to two months. Think of it as your orchid regrouping f…
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Wattle Seed
…xic, but the one generally grown commercially for seed is A.victoriae. This is either a short lived shrub or a small tree from 2-9m. This species is not generally available in nurseries in Melbourne, p…
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Beneficial Bugs
…in the next rain shower – they become part of the makeup of the garden and reside in the soil, stored in plant cells and the run off goes into our water table. It ends up in the food we eat and the wat…
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…s reliable in this cultivar, but come in pale green shades. 2.5m – 5m tall Grace: (named for Grace Dummer, wife of the propagator Peter Dummer). A hybrid between Cotinus coggygria and C. obovatus, the…
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…owering, delicate yellow tassels open before the leaves, providing great winter interest in the garden. Lime green heavily veined leaves follow, which provide a good backdrop for the brilliant red frui…
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…your root crops. They will love it! You may find your bales have totally collapsed into a rich mound of compost. This is perfect for adding to containers, mulching your garden beds or tossing in the co…
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Improving Sandy Soils
…good garden soil has these three components plus manure, compost and humus. Then over time, the action of the living elements in the soil combine all these ingredients into the rich productive garden s…
More...Silver Birch
…r Birch, produced as a standard, commonly a 1.5m silver/white stem with a tight green ball in the top, eventually as much as 1m across in diameter. Green foliage changes to yellow in autumn. Prune in s…
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