Category Archives: Gardening

Gardening has become a passion for me. Although still very much a novice I am learning fast. Watch this category to see the various successes, failures, and experiments as my knowledge grows in the garden.

All I Needed Was Garden Stakes

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Dean

Yesterday I needed some garden stakes to assist my now bushing beefsteak tomato. It has stopped rocketing skyward and is now going sideways. One of the longer branches was as such in need of staking. So rather than trapes to … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Herb, Fruit and Vegetables | Tagged cherry tomato, coral lettuce, fruit, green coral lettuce, lettuce, plant, planter, pot, potting mix, red coral lettuce, tomato bush, tub, vegetables, wheeled planter, yates | 6 Comments

Maggot Wars: Return of the Worm

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Dean

I have checked the worm farm today and was greeted by a magnificent site. Worms wonderful worms everywhere. The little buggers have bred prolifically and have a large food reserve to chomp through. There was still the unmistakable aroma of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cat and Pest Control, Gardening, Worm Farm/Vermiculture | Tagged compost, flowers, fruit, herbs, maggot wars, maggots, plant, vegetable, vermiculture, worm compost, worm farm, worm tea, worms | 4 Comments

A Tale of Woe

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Dean

As I have written numerous times I like the taste of zucchini. In fact on Saturday I cooked a rather safe beef stir fry that had an entire home grown Lebanese zucchini sliced up and quartered. However, this article is … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Herb, Fruit and Vegetables | Tagged blackjack, blackjack zucchini, flower, fruit, garden, lebanese, lebanese zucchini, stir fry, vegetables, woe, wollongong, zucchini | 7 Comments

Location, Location, Location

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Dean

As with real estate success in the garden often has a lot to do with location. In my garden I have noticed that some plants are thriving, yet sister plants in a different location are struggling to continue. So I … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Herb, Fruit and Vegetables | Tagged barbecue, Beefsteak Tomato, burrow, chilli, conditions, cooking pot, dwarf lavendar, ebony fire, ebony fire chilli, fruit, garden, Gardening, grape tomato, grosse lisse tomato, growing conditions, growth, herbs, jalapeno, jalapeno chilli, lavendar, location, mexican, mexican guitar playing burrow rider, pink rosemary, pot, root bound, roots, rosemary, stainless steel, stainless steel cooking pot, steel, Tomato, vegetables | 7 Comments

Easy Peesy Snail Traps

Posted on January 6, 2008 by Dean

Yesterday it rained a bit in New South Wales. Thankfully, it did not rain as much in Sydney as it did in the Northern Rivers area, check out (Flooding in the Northern Rivers). However, rain is a double edged sword … Continue reading →

Posted in Cat and Pest Control, Gardening, Nifty Thrifty Ideas | Tagged ale, aluminium container, beer, container, destruction, garden, Gardening, pest, pest control, pests, recycle, slugs, snail, trap, weapon, weapons of snail destruction | 14 Comments

Category Archives: Gardening

All I Needed Was Garden Stakes

Maggot Wars: Return of the Worm

A Tale of Woe

Location, Location, Location

Easy Peesy Snail Traps

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