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One of the joys many gardeners have is going outside into the garden to deadhead roses. I have never met anyone who does not get some kind of pleasure in doing this. Each time you cut one there is always the chance a new bud with shoot through and develop into a stunning rose. So, how [...] I went to see the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show on Thursday. I arrived about 9.00am by train which was such an easy way to get there. I got out at Parliament Station and it’s just a 3 minute walk to the main gate of the exhibition. I was amused to see the two [...] Today I visited a dear friend ‘up the country’ and while she was attending to some other visitors I used her computer to check my emails. Just outside her office window I noticed my Dad’s birds nest fern in full flourish. Memories came flooding back of Dad and how he used to tend his ferns on [...] Little did I know when I moved to the country it would be another nine years before I would attach a garden hose to mains water and hand water plants. We had moved onto five acres in an area gripped by disastrous drought and there is still no sign of it abating. Of course [...] Clever vegetable garden design will always ensure you achieve healthy plants and an abundance of food. I guess it might take another vegetable gardener to appreciate just how lovely it is to visit someone’s home for dinner and wander out with the host to their garden and help select fresh produce for the meal. There [...] I finally learned how to make Risotto! May seem like a small thing to those of you who already knew but I had been trying for years to make a decent one and failed every time. I even paid and went to an evening cooking class to learn but walked away defeated. Well, life has changed [...] It seems many of our house sits these days also include looking after chooks (hens, chickens,fowl). It certainly adds a lot of flavor to gardening when you can use their manure for compost and they also help by keeping garden pests under control. Recently we returned to one of our rural house sits. In July 2009 [...] With mulch the use of the word organic comes from fact the ingredients have derived from living organisms, that is, they originate from animal or vegetable life, it has nothing to do with the health of the mulch at all. My intention in writing this article is to help clean up any confusions that exist [...] One of the key components of any Permaculture course is about learning how to grow some of your own food from your own garden. It is possible to supply approximately 80% of your annual food requirements within 50 metres of your home. Think about that, 80% of your food would be organically grown, chemical free, [...] Welcome to News From A Garden. You might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to keep up to date. This feed will also keep you up to date with new pages. I hope you enjoy yourself here and find the information useful. Haopy gardening Robyn |
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