…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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…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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…umn. Very showy as it ages and becomes more dense. Good in containers. Acer palmatum ‘Skeeter’s Broom’ Acer palmatum ‘Ukigumo’ Acer palmatum ‘Villa Taranto’ A graceful, rounded small growing tree to ap…
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…redatory stage of the ladybirds. Commercially available ladybirds include: Australian Spotted Ladybird (Harmonia octomaculata) Common Spotted Ladybird (Harmonia conformis) Cryptolaemus montrouzieri – g…
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…e best materials available. They come in a wide variety of colours and materials. Anything from barks to pebbles are commonly used. These products are normally inexpensive and do not require any specia…
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…ait. You’ll see the green manure come up within a week. It’ll grow like crazy, if only the broccoli grew that fast! Dig it in at flower fall (as flowering finishes, before seeds develop) or at least 1…
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…How can we sell more Broccoli?”. Common Broccoli has a relatively small window for commercial growing due to its love of cool weather. However its cousin, the Chinese Broccoli, aka Gai Laan, or Chinese…
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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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…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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