Food Forest Plants

Food Forest Plants

Combatting Erosion and Harvesting Water at the Same Time

The best way to understand how the water flows on your property is to put on the gumboots and a raincoat and walk on your property when it’s pouring down. In this way you will discover things you would miss otherwise. Rain falls on the landscape. Some water soaks into the soil and whatever doesn’t […]

Spring – Why Not All Plants Wake Up at the Same Time

It’s end of August in Tea Gardens and it’s warming up during the day. Many plants are already busy growing. Have a look at the picture above. The mulberry is going for it. Flowering, soon fruiting, all the leaves are out. The papaya in the background is not so sure. Its leaves are battered, most […]

Wormwood Against Fruit Fly?

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Fruit Fly Season High season for the dreaded fruit fly- every gardener knows about it. Just to make sure that everyone understands, I am talking about the Queensland fruit fly, not the vinegar fly! I would gladly accept one million vinegar flies in exchange for one Queensland fruit fly. I you want to google here […]