When to Give Up … Or Where Do I Put the New Mulberry Tree?
Keen readers of this blog will have noticed the penchant of its author to quote song lyrics by way of …
Tag Archives: Plant
What’s Hot, and What’s Not in 2013
I thought I’d get in early with a list for 2013. The problem lies with the definition of hot. So …
The War On Grass
Years ago, in the days when stuff arrived in the mail, printed on paper, I came across a very funny …
Cultivating Peace of Mind – Sprout Gardens & Community Market
If you would have a mind at peace, a heart that cannot harden, go find a door that opens wide …
The Art of the Garden at Heronswood
A week or so ago, during what might become known as Melbourne’s ‘windy period’, when it seemed like we’d never …
The Chard at the End of the Rainbow
All good things must come to an end. Chaucer, 1374 It is with some regret that I’ve begun to pull …
A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama
At this time of year in Melbourne, as spring begins to look more like summer, I spend a lot of …
A Pocket Full of Seeds
I’ve invariably got seeds of some kind in my pockets, which I’ve collected on my wanderings, or from friends and …
Companion Planting
… my grandfather … was a smiling man and an untidy gardener. When you poked his cabbages, they squeaked with …
Before & After & Beyond
The first time I was actually in this house, and finally got to wander around the huge garden (800sqm approx.), …
The Buzz 