This Mild Coastal & Warm Inland monthly planting guide is based on information drawn from six planting guides for South Eastern Australia, both contemporary and
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
This Ballarat & District planting guide was put together by John Ditchburn with input from a number of experienced vegetable gardeners in the Ballarat area,
The easiest way to grow your own seedlings is with a Styrofoam seedling propagation box. This page explains how to do this. MATERIALS REQUIRED STYROFOAM
There is nothing wrong with using bought vegetable seedlings, especially if you are a novice gardener. But they have both advantages and disadvantages over their
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
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
I harvested my main pumpkin crop on the weekend (2nd May 2020), the last to be harvested of the three pumpkin varieties that I grow.
This planting guide was put together by John Ditchburn with input from a number of experienced vegetable gardeners in the Ballarat area, only vegetables that
Historical Women’s Weekly seed planting guide circa 1974. To make it easier to understand it has been reformatted, though it remains true to the original
If you grow a single chilli plant far enough away (beyond bee flight range) from any other plants of the genus capsicum it would still
Google vegetable gardening and you will get any number of sites with reams of information on a range of garden styles and techniques, including subjects
The first thing you should do when there are signs that pests are damaging your crops is to consider the percentage factor. By this I