Gardeners that have problems in the lawn with either of these two pests should take note that both are coming up towards maturity at this time and will do the maximum amount of damage. With porina caterpillars, they live in the soil and come out after dusk to feed at the base of your grasses. […]
This week I thought it would be a good idea to pass on a number of gardening tips which are topical at this time of the year. The idea came about when a reader emailed me this week to get some inside information on growing potatoes. His family have an annual competition on growing spuds, […]
I was in the supermarket the other day and saw that tomatoes are currently up around the $10.00 a kilo price. Well I suppose it is winter and tomatoes are a lot more expensive to buy,even if they are fairly tasteless when compared to your own home grown ones. A lot of the tomatoes sold […]
There is a very good reason for deciduous trees to become available in winter because in the cold months, the trees are dormant and better to lift from their nursery plots and relocated to your gardens and containers. The trees are normally bagged or held bare rooted in bins of wet sawdust to keep their […]
