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How Do I Grow Sword Beans?
Or more importantly, what are sword beans? Think of sword beans (Canavalia gladiata) as haricot bean alternative. Both are vines and sword bean needs a garden in a frost-free climate to grow really...
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Sumptuous Pomelo
At last weekend’s open day, Rosa, a gardening neighbour, gave me two pomelo fruit. So I had two opportunities: to grow my own tree and to make refreshing pomelo salad. Rosa had grown her trees from...
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Where Do I Get Seed For That Plant?
Chia seed, Salvia hispanica, an annual seed crop. Currently popular for its nutritious seed containing Omega 3 Fatty Acids Most of the seed sold in Australia is imported, harvested from plants farmed...
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In Production Today – May
Bellis food garden in May Warm, humid, sunny conditions have allowed most crops to grow well. Showery conditions have ceased and windy conditions have dried up dewfall. As a consequence, bacterial leaf...
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Autumn Open Day at Bellis
See and learn how using Hailguard and correctly positioning this netting on fruit trees prevents fruit losses to birds and fruit bats without harming wildlife Every time I open my garden there is...
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Looking Back: Autumn Open Day at Bellis
A queue was unavoidable. Apologies! An Open Day is a great way to get feedback from gardeners on what you’re growing and how you’re doing. Despite the cool, showery weather, about 2,000 gardeners...
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Kew Guild Grand Reunion Garden Party
Hakea victoria, Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia Thirty four years ago, I graduated at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. I’ve been asked by the President of the Kew Guild, Jim Mitchell,...
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Open Day At Bellis, August 2014
Bellis garden mid-winter solstice 2014 FULL DETAILS SEE: www.opengarden.org.au Leave Brisbane’s suburbs behind as you visit 813 square metres of rural Wynnum. Check out my award-winning, thrifty...
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In Production Today: August 2014
Subtropical food garden in winter Here’s my subtropical food garden’s winter menu: Edible roots Arrowroot, Canna edulis Carrot, Daucus carota ‘Paris Market’ Cassava, Manihot esculenta Cassava, Manihot...
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Want A Rainforest Garden? Then Plant Dry, Not Wet…
Queensland Lacebark, Brachychiton discolor The word rainforest makes you think of hot, humid, dense, leafy, evergreen forest, such as the Daintree, the world’s most ancient rainforest in far northern...
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Bellis Open Day, Mother’s Day Weekend, 7 – 8th May 2016
MEDIA RELEASE: Everyone’s talking about living sustainably these days. But what does it actually mean? And how can you do it in your own backyard? Don’t miss this opportunity to visit the amazing and...
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Bellis Open Day, Mother’s Day Weekend, 13 – 14 May 2017
Dawn at Bellis. Built 1914. Retrofitted 2004. MEDIA RELEASE: This is your opportunity to visit the amazing and affordable sustainable garden of well-known Gardening Australia presenter, Jerry...
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Bellis Open Day, 12-13th May 2018
Bellis garden, autumn 2018 The annual Open Day at Bellis garden in subtropical Brisbane will be on Mother’s Day Weekend, 12-13th May 2018. Over 500 different climate-appropriate plants grow at Bellis...
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Where Do I Get Seed For That Plant?
Chia seed, Salvia hispanica, an annual seed crop. Currently popular for its nutritious seed containing Omega 3 Fatty Acids Most of the seed sold in Australia is imported, harvested from plants farmed...
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Breathe Magic Into Your Rainforest Garden
Phaleria clerodendron, scented daphne. There is one rainforest plant from northern Australia every coastal garden should grow: Phaleria clerodendron, the scented daphne. This compact tree can be grown...
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Women In Agriculture, North West Plains Sustainability Group To Form New...
Rural gardeners unite for human, community and environmental health near Walgett, NSW. Last weekend I was delighted to speak to a regional gathering of gardeners between Walgett and Carinda, NSW....
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At last weekend’s open day, Rosa, a gardening neighbour, gave me two pomelo fruit. So I had two opportunities: to grow my own tree and to make refreshing pomelo salad. Rosa had grown her trees from...
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Where Do I Get Seed For That Plant?
Chia seed, Salvia hispanica, an annual seed crop. Currently popular for its nutritious seed containing Omega 3 Fatty Acids Most of the seed sold in Australia is imported, harvested from plants farmed...
View ArticleHow Do I Grow Sword Beans?
Or more importantly, what are sword beans? Think of sword beans (Canavalia gladiata) as haricot bean alternative. Both are vines and sword bean needs a garden in a frost-free climate to grow really...
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