SOMETHING TO BRIGHTEN A WINTER GARDEN Tagetes Lemmonii, the Mexican Marigold If you have never grown this marigold and you like a cheery garden in winter, then it’s time you searched for one of these. It’s a perennial which is well worth growing for the deliciously fragrant leaves, quite apart from the fact that it…
Winter in a Canberra Garden Winter is a quiet time in the garden for some but for me, mid-winter is an exciting time for spring is nearly here and the plants are starting to move. As well as being a time to get a range of jobs done in the garden, it can also be…
VEGIES IN AUTUMN AND EARLY WINTER By Graeme Davis As it gets colder we do less and less in the way of planting in the vegetable garden. But that does not mean there are not things to do. The focus at this time of the year is on getting the garden ready for the growth…
VEGETABLES IN MID SUMMER By Graeme Davis This time of the year the vegetable patch should be in full growth and we should be being kept busy weeding, watering and picking. For most of us there are not too many vacant spaces to be filled so we are not concentrated on what to plant. But we…
SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER VEGETABLES By Graeme Davis A great display by members of the Canberra Organic Growers Society at the Horticultural Society’s Autumn Flower Show Early November is an exciting time of the year in the vegetable garden. The frosts are over and we can start to plant out all those…
GREEN MANURE CROPS By John Woodfield Much mention is made from time to time of the planting and use of green manure or green crops. While these crops are often associated with vegetable gardens, they are a great way of adding nutrients and organic matter to any area of soil that can be…