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International Compost Awareness Week
International Compost Awareness Week started on Sunday and today I installed a new compost bin from Aerobin. It took an hour: Click to view slideshow. Select a reasonably shady site CLOSE TO THE...
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Big Solutions Create Bigger Problems
Glenda Pickersgill is a passionate conservationist and leading light in the Save the Mary River campaign. ABC news on line reports that the Queensland Premier believes that the proposed Traveston...
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King Tides Now – Commoners By 2050
Rising sea levels have major implications for coastal gardens. Yesterday’s king tide gave us the perfect opportunity to see what will be commonplace by 2050. One corner of the world that is...
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How Can I Avoid Buying Plastic Bagged Potting Mixes?
Question Hi Jerry, I don’t know if you remember me…I’ve seen you at lots of Save the Mary things and on Gardening Australia, which I love! I have a vege and herb garden in pots and need to find a soil...
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Citrus: Avoiding The ‘Danger Zone’ To Achieve Abundance
Trish & Malcolm have finally solved their citrus fruit drop problem. Click to view slideshow. Autumn is an important season for citrus maintenance, especially if they’re growing in areas with...
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In Production Today: July 2012
Thanks to a damp, mild and gloomy Brisbane winter, succulent mushrooms have boosted my menu from a low of 112 taxa last month to 157 taxa. July Menu at Bellis While autumn sown radish and turnip have...
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International Compost Awareness Week
My garden produces 4 tonnes of compost a year ‘Bellis’, Brisbane’s sustainable house and garden, produces 4 metric tonnes of compost a year. Using low till, ecologically sustainable gardening...
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In Production Today, September 2014
Spring is over in my garden. Winter crops are flowering – my garden is transitioning into its seed saving phase. I’ve replaced several unsatisfactory fruit trees and used the opportunity to increase...
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Success With Pumpkin In The Subtropics
Pumpkin, Cucurbita moschata ‘Jap’ aka Japanese or Kabocha Question: When do I sow pumpkin? I read in gardening magazines pumpkin can be sown from spring to autumn in the subtropics. But advice on seed...
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Organic Win: Nematodes Defeated In Wynnum
nematode-free Beetroot, Silverbeet, Mangelwurzel Root knot nematodes can be a curse in warm, moist garden soils. Feeding by these minuscule, transparent, work-like creatures inside the root tissue of...
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Why Do Fresh Woodchip And Potting Mix Turn Mouldy And Repel Water?
Mass fungal growth in potting mix Question: “Dear Jerry, In the last year, I have had a soil problem that looks normal on the surface, but when you dig into the mulch, it is grey and looks like a...
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Mealybug: Kill! Kill! But How?
Species 473: Solenopsis mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis on peanut Question: “Hi Jerry, This year I have had the worst infestation of mealybug ever. My garden has never had them in the past, but this...
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Hell’s Bells – Ugly lemons! What’s gone wrong?
From sick to healthy: the organic control of Lemon scab disease. Help! The fruit on my lemon are distorted and covered in ugly warts. What’s gone wrong? Can my tree be saved? Is there an organic...
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Grandad’s Organic Grasshopper And Caterpillar Solution
Grandad Connor’s thrifty molasses caterpillar and grasshopper spray In my subtropical food garden, grasshopper control starts in my sweetpotato. Grasshoppers lay their eggs in my sweetpotato during the...
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Help! Why Do Marigolds As A Companion Planting Fail To Deter Grasshoppers?
Trialling Tagetes as a soil biofumigant. Bellis, Brisbane, 2010. Help! If planting marigolds (Tagetes spp.) in Australia to deter grasshoppers actually helps these pests to breed and succeed, why do...
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You’ve Sown And Planted Food – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Caterpillar of the pale brown hawk moth, Theretra latreillii. Caterpillars hide during the day and feed on taro (and other plant) leaves at night. They have quite an appetite! Suddenly, a public health...
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Safer Solutions To Help Beginner Gardeners Put Food On The Table
Fuss free food: Figs growing in this enclosure avoid sun, hail, frost, wind and pest damage. Premium crops are more profitable and cost less when grown sustainably. Northern NSW. Novice gardener?...
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