…n thorny material and graft onto commercial root stock (commonly the trifoliate rootstock). ‘Pink Ice’: Slightly bitter – think of grapefruit – wonderful as a garnish in drinks or seafood ‘Pink Champag…
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Edible Gardening in Small Spaces
…are better fresh and can be used immediately in the kitchen. And don’t forget the kitchen sink! Fresh sprouts are one of the easiest and fastest ways of growing food inside. Alfalfa, mustard, snow peas…
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…shly turned healthy soil. They decompose a wide array of material but are especially important in degrading the hard to decompose organic matter to forms other soil micro-organisms can use. They are mo…
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…are eaten fresh, cooked, or most commonly dried, when they look and taste very much like a raisin. Commonly describes as having a pear flavour with cinnamon and clove overtones. An extract of the seeds…
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…ll gardens or as tub specimens. Chamomile – Lawn Flowering (Roman) (LT) Chamaemelum nobile Mat-forming, evergreen perennial with ferny, apple-scented foliage. White and gold flowers on tall stems in su…
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…the chooks. They make wonderful composters I still use a compost heap but it doesn’t get fed nearly as much as the chooks. Fruit and vege peelings and weeds get thrown into their run. If they don’t li…
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…our local insect numbers. The Eltham Copper Butterfly is a good example, its life cycle is closely tied to an ant species and a plant species (Sweet Bursaria). Loss of habitat led to its near extinctio…
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Black Aphid
…ystemic insecticides have been recommended for treating this type of infection. However, recent scientific research has started to question the impacts of such chemicals including potential links betwe…
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Perfumed Gardens
…imber Over arches, pillars Rosa ‘Freesia’ Yellow Floribunda Bush Rose Rosa ‘Charles de Gaulle’ Mauve Hybrid Tea Bush Rose Rosa ‘Fiona’s Wish’ Pink Hybrid Tea Bush Rose Rosa ‘Abraham Darby’ Apricot Davi…
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…n fruit and vegetable varieties. Commercially grown fruit and vegetables must have certain qualities such as uniformity, ease of harvesting, good travel and storage qualities all of which can be ignore…
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…planted in full sun, the plant becomes a dense spreading shrub, while in shady areas it will be a fairly open ground cover. It is a good choice for sandy coastal situations although it must be protecte…
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…e soil. This extra nitrogen will compensate for any nitrogen being taken up by the gradual decomposition of the mulch. 6. Lay your mulch thickly (7-8cm deep), keeping the area directly around plants fr…
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…ia mearnsii Cassia bicapsularis Chamaecytisus palmensis Tree Lucerne Ozothamnus ferrugineus Westringia fruticosa Cotoneasters (other than C. dammeri) Cotoneaster Spyridium parvifolium NSW Christmas bus…
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