This Ballarat & District planting guide was put together by John Ditchburn with input from a number of experienced vegetable gardeners in the Ballarat area,
If earwig numbers build up enough they can cause considerable damage to your vegetables. Here are some methods I have used to keep earwig numbers
DEFEND This page is part of the “DEFEND” section of the Three Ds Pest Control program, which is a gradual three stage approach to protect
dETER This page is part of the “DETER” section of the Three Ds Pest Control program, which is a gradual three stage approach to protect
dETER This page is part of the “DETER” section of the Three Ds Pest Control program, which is a gradual three stage approach to protect
When faced with pests eating vegetables many people instinctively reach for a powerful poison, but this should be a last resort only. A better way
This Cool Mountainous monthly planting guide is based on information drawn from six planting guides for South Eastern Australia, both contemporary and historical. The general
While the easiest way to produce seedlings is to grow them in a STYROFOAM SEEDLING BOX or similar large box seedlings that do not like
Here in the Rat (Ballarat) the food gardening Holy Grail is to get ripe tomatoes by Christmas. Yet food gardeners often tell me that they
While most of the seedlings I grow are planted straight into the ground sometimes I pot them up into pots before planting them out as
My June pea planting experiment As an experiment I planted bush and snow peas in my main vegetable patch at the start of June, a
A bit early to tell but it looks like it is shaping up to be an early asparagus season for the Ballarat area. This photo
Following up from my Early Start To The Asparagus Season blog post back on 11th August. It has indeed turned out to be an early
Some twenty years ago I put together a planting guide specifically for Ballarat and District vegetable gardeners. What went into the guide was based on
Not every vegetable is suitable for planting as a seedling. This seedling planting suitability chart explains which vegetables are best suited to be planted as
How much fertiliser should be added to a vegetable bed depends on three things: THE VARIETY OF VEGETABLE BEING GROWN THE TYPE AND STRENGTH OF