30th Sep 2025
Spring has well and truly arrived, and October is bursting with colour and fresh planting opportunities. After the rain we’ve had, the soil is in perfect condition — soft, moist, and just…
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30th Sep 2025
With October’s arrival, the garden comes alive, beckoning us to embrace the colors, scents, and flavors of spring. This month is the perfect time to sow and plant a variety of vegetables and her…
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1st Sep 2025
The first day of spring is here, and wow — what a season it’s shaping up to be! Everywhere you look the garden is waking up, bursting into colour, and it’s impossible not to get caug…
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1st Sep 2025
As the days begin to lengthen and the temperatures begin to lift, we discover the changes of spring happening all around us. Trees that were bare branches are coming to life. The dullness of winter is…
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1st Sep 2025
Growing Tomatoes from Seed Growing tomatoes from seed is a rewarding experience that allows you to enjoy a wide variety of heirloom and hybrid tomatoes right from your garden. While it may require a b…
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31st Aug 2025
Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) is a serious pest for anyone growing apples, pears, nashi pears, quinces, and occasionally walnuts and stone fruits. The larvae burrow into the fruit, leaving it damaged…
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31st Aug 2025
Woolly aphids, with their distinctive cotton-like covering, are a common garden pest that can cause significant damage to plants. These sap-sucking insects not only weaken plants by draining their nut…
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2nd Aug 2025
Companion planting in Tasmania revolves around understanding the symbiotic relationships between different plants. Some plants, when grown together, can deter pests naturally, enrich the soil with ess…
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1st Aug 2025
August in Tasmania – Plant Now for a Garden Full of Colour and Fragrance August marks the tail end of winter in Tasmania — and while the mornings might still be crisp, the promise of spri…
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1st Aug 2025
August is a fabulous month as the signs of spring begin to come to life. The landscape glows with the gold of wattles in bloom. Spring flowering bulbs push through the cool winter soil, and trees t…
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1st Aug 2025
Leaf curl is a common fungal disease that affects various fruit trees, particularly peach and nectarine trees. This disease, caused by the fungus Taphrina deformans, can significantly impact the healt…
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1st Jul 2025
The shortest day has now passed by and it is the perfect time to sow onion seed or plant seedlings. Choose a sunny well drained position which has been generously limed. If sowing onions from seed ens…
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