June Gardening Guide – Mediterranean Climate (Image Credit: Paul Goodsell) Adelaide is cooling down now after what seemed a brief autumn, and the outlook suggests we’re likely to have a wet winter. After that though, we appear to be leading into the El Nino pattern of a hot dry spring and summer. All this means that… View more
Benton Rise Farm Market 150 Coolart Road, Tuerong, Victoria Owner: Ryan & Debra Sharpley Phone: 0410 663 702 Facebook | Website What sort of business is Benton Rise Farm Market? Benton Rise Farm is a community focused fresh fruit and vegetable market on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. We focus on growing and sourcing the freshest local produce… View more
June Gardening Guide – Tropical Climate (Image credit: Steele Plant Company) What to Plant in June? • There is still time to plant the European style vegetables and be able to harvest them, before the fierce heat and heavy rain of the wet season. • Peruse seed catalogues and plan for next wet season. Maintenance… View more
INHABIT – A Permaculture Perspective. “One of the best permaculture docos of the last thirty years” according to permaculture co-originator, David Holmgren. And, after a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, touring permaculture demonstrations far and wide, and stacks of hard work, this visual and musical permaculture feast has arrived. You can watch INHABIT – A Permaculture… View more
May Garden Guide Mediterranean Climate (Cover image credit: Travel Diary – Alex L.) We must have had proper rain in Adelaide at last – the soursobs are up! So are the sweet peas (and all the others, tall and short: snowpeas, telephone peas, dwarf peas and sugarsnap peas). Mushrooms and toadstools are appearing, as the multitude of… View more
May Garden Guide Tropical Climate (Cover image credit: The Raw Food World) What to Plant in May? There is still time to plant all the Asian greens including the mustard leaves like komatsuna, , Chinese cabbage, basil, beans of all sorts except those that require really cold weather like broad beans, beetroot, broccoli, cabbage, capsicum and chilli,… View more
May Garden Guide Cool Climate (Cover image credit: Uplift Farm Blog) What to Plant in May? All the things we talked about last month are good to go again this month. Garlic, brassicas such as broccoli and cauliflower, broad beans, peas (sugar snaps, snow peas or podding peas, either climbing or bush varieties), silver beet, English… View more
Nadja’s Garden Adelaide, South Australia Owner: Nadja Osterstock Phone: 0410 636 857 Facebook | Website What sort of business is Nadja’s Garden? I apply permaculture design to home gardens, mainly in the south-western suburbs of Adelaide and occasionally in the hills and country SA. My motto is “grow your own green thumbs” – I aim to help… View more
Permaculture Respects The Soil: Let’s Celebrate Both Not only is this Sunday International Permaculture Day 2015 (#IPD2015), it’s an opportunity to celebrate the soil in this, the International Year of Soils (#IYS2015). From the organisers of #IPD2015: The first Sunday in May is a day of celebration and action for permaculture around the world. Open homes, gardens… View more
The Garden Shed & Pantry 4 Winns Road, Cygnet (Also, the Cygnet Market – 1st and 3rd Sunday each month) Owner: Kate Flint Phone: 03 6295 0658 Facebook | Website What sort of place is The Garden Shed and Pantry? My home shop brings together growing and cooking food. The Garden Shed refers to my desire to… View more
April Garden Guide Tropical Climate What To Plant in April? • What to plant is determined by the weather. My notes are relevant to the areas where you plant the tomatoes in the dry season. This is my test of whether it is a sub-tropical or tropical climate. Tomatoes planted for the wet season will grow long… View more
April Garden Guide Mediterranean Climate Veggies and Flowers to Plant in April Veg: Artichoke & asparagus crowns, beetroot, broad beans (S), carrots (S); broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, endive, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, onions, radish, rocket, silverbeet, spinach, swede, turnip, watercress (S = seed) Flowers: pansy, viola, cineraria, cyclamen, nemesia, primula, stock, sweet pea. Spring-flowering bulbs… View more
