…at the end of the branches on a compact 0.5m shrub (can grow taller in warmer climates). Attractive divided ferny type leaves (prickly) and flowers that appear all year round have made this a very pop…
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Jujube Trees
…ur jujube into a soil mixed with compost and manure. Half soil, half compost/manure mix. BEWARE: Rabbits love to eat every bit of this plant. If you have rabbits you will need to fence/protect it until…
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…e fifth of the water compared to commercial growers per $ value of produce. 2) Eliminates food miles. This means our fruit and vegetables don’t use excess energies: they aren’t being machine harvested,…
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…Dwarf : Freestone, yellow flesh. Compact tree for small gardens. Nectarine – No Bubble No Trouble: An easy care nectarine due to its high resistance to leaf curl. Lovely round medium sized fruit colour…
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…ild winters as well. Hosts For a comprehensive list of fruit that can host Queensland Fruit Fly, please click this link. Life cycle Eggs The female lays white eggs inside fruits and vegetables. The egg…
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…and growth of the meadow it is recommended that the area be cut twice a year using a brush cutter. The optimal times to cut the meadow is in early summer after spring flowering and late autumn. The cut…
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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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…ack of hollows in their habitat. Common Brushtail possums utilise tree hollows for resting and nesting during the day, and are pretty happy to do so. But, the removal of remnant trees in urban areas ha…
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…of the renewed understanding of complex natural ecosystems. If we want our cities to sustain a wide variety of native wildlife, then we need to provide an environment in which they can move from place…
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…s and is achieved over time with compost, manure and mulch. Capture, store and use energy within your garden. Turn food scraps into compost, leaves into mulch, manure into fertilizer and direct water i…
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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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…from a landscape yard (as these commonly have no clay component). April is also a good month to give your Buffalo lawn a feed. Buffalo lawns are growing very strongly at this time of year, and a feed…
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Melons, Canteloupe, Rockmelon
…ivel and the fruit pulls away easily. Once all fruit are off, chop up the old vines and compost, or bin if too full of powdery mildew to safely go into the compost….
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