Seaweed extract is not a fertiliser for plants but a tonic – a bit like a multivitamin. It is actually made from seaweed that is harvested from areas of the ocean where the seaweed is overgrown. Products with seaweed in them are almost magical for a vegie and flower garden. Even though they aren’t a…
Compost is a mixture of decaying organic matter such as leaves, manure and kitchen scraps which, once it has broken down, is used to improve the soil in the garden. It is rich in nutrients and when it is mixed through the garden bed it provides food for the plants, encourages worms into the garden…
Compost is gold for the garden! It does wonderful things to the soil such as helps it hold water better, encourages worms and other good bugs to live in the soil and it has lots of nutrients in it which the roots suck up like a sponge. The best thing about compost is that you…
Making compost is just like baking a cake but sometimes you get the ingredients wrong and it just doesn’t work out. Luckily, it can be fixed! Question: Why is the compost so slow to break down? Compost needs to be warm for the microbes inside to start breaking everything down so if it’s winter or…
Indoor plants have pores in their leaves just like you do and these get clogged with dust and oils from the house and the kitchen and makes it difficult for them to breath and photosynthesize. Just like you need to wash your face and hands, plants also need to have a wash every now and…
Most states of Australia have very strict rules on when a household is allowed to water the garden. These are called ‘water restrictions’. To find out what the water restrictions are in your state, visit the website of your local water authority. Fortunately, most plants in the garden don’t need as much water as we think they…
Just like your own bed has a blanket, a garden bed needs a blanket too. But, it’s not called a blanket, it’s called mulch. Mulch can be made out of lots of material such as straw, lucerne hay, composted leaves or the chopped up bark from trees and is spread over the soil at a thickness of…
Potted plants look wonderful around the house or indoors but they have a problem. They live in pots! Potted plants can only get the nutrients that are in their pot. They can’t send their roots out in search of more food so if they run out, they just turn yellow and might even die. Feeding…