Digger Dan’s August gardening tips
Digger Dan tells us what needs doing in our garden this month.
Tag: "Vegetable Gardening"
Aug 03, 2011 | 0 comments
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Wally Richards – the Psyllid pest: enemy of the home gardener
Wally Richards advises on management of the psyllid pest in potato and tomato crops.
Digger Dan – July gardening tips
Digger Dan offers advice and tips on what needs doing in your garden during July.
Jul 07, 2011 | 0 comments
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Wally Richards – July is potato planting month
Wally shares information and advice on growing your own potatoes and imparts a secret technique for producing the best spuds ever.
Jun 28, 2011 | 0 comments
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Digger Dan’s April Gardening Tips
The Fruit & Vegetable Garden Pull out spent tomatoes, bean vines and corn etc. Plant winter cabbages, caulis and other members of the Brassica family – it’s best to dig through Living Earth Compost to break up compacted soils and help retain moisture. Avoid high nitrogen fertilisers as they can encourage sappy, weak growth – […]
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 comments
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Tomatoes – Summer’s Bounty
This season tomatoes have grown wonderfully well- the La Nina weather pattern has certainly suited them this year! I grew several new varieties of heirlooms this year and am particularly impressed with one called Hungarian Heart. I have known of this one for a while but was only able to find seed last year. It […]
Mar 08, 2011 | 0 comments
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Gardening in February
February is usually the driest and hottest month of the year and the time when a lot of the earlier plantings of vegetables have reached maturity and been harvested. It is the second to last month to plant out crops for winter harvesting so make sure the empty spaces are manured and replanted with winter vegetables this […]
Feb 14, 2011 | 0 comments
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Digger Dan’s Monthly Garden Tips
The weather patterns for this spring are diverse to say the least! This gives rise to some key things to watch out for as you begin gardening in earnest this October:
Oct 01, 2010 | 0 comments
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