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Category Archives: Winter Planting
Peter Cundall & More Potato Experiments
I occasionally buy Organic Gardener magazine. There is an article by Peter Cundall in this months issue about growing beans, carrots, and pivotally for this post, potatoes. I love Peter Cundall – he is definitely one of my heroes. For anyone … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn Planting, Potatoes, Spring Planting, Summer Planting, Winter Planting
Tagged Potatoes
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Growing Tomatoes in Melbourne – Part 1
As you will have no doubt noticed this blog is called Suburban Tomato, but unless you read my “about” page (pretty recently if your memory is anything like mine…) you wont necessarily know why. Well this is why: Tomatoes are pretty … Continue reading
Winter Wednesday – The Joy of Germinating Tomatoes
I really enjoy gardening in winter. This hasn’t always been the case, in London it was bloody miserable, freezing earth, cold hands, drizzle, not much daylight and frankly not nearly enough reward. But Melbourne is different, kitchen gardening in Melbourne in … Continue reading
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July – The Wrap Up
I am sitting here after one of the warmest August weeks in Melbourne ever – it did include the warmest day for the first week of August ever – 23 degrees from memory. Unfortunately the forecast is for normal service to … Continue reading
Enough Water for Watercress?
In the last few years I was in the UK before coming home to Australia I reckon the sales of watercress there probably quadrupled – everyone it seemed to be eating it. I suspect this probably coincided with some study or other revealing a … Continue reading
Radishes
Radishes are one of those things that I think it can be quite hard to get truly passionate about. Tomatoes – well the ‘love apple’ moniker says it all, chillies have fire, eggplants are tactile, broccoli is good for you and … Continue reading
June – The Wrap Up
This last week in June has been lovely and mild, a fabulous finish to what has been a bit of a hit and miss month garden wise. I feel like I have learnt a lot this month, mostly simple (and … Continue reading
Growing Fenugreek
The plant: I have a mound of soil which I hope to grow pumpkins on later this year. In order to prepare it for planting I thought I would be a good idea to grow a green manure crop on it. … Continue reading
Battling the Aphids – Growing Broccoli
Apparently the name broccoli comes from Italian broccolo, which means something like: ‘the flowering top of a cabbage’. I read this on Wikipedia – I love Wikipedia - I find that even if the info on there isn’t true its usually entertaining … Continue reading
Planning your garden – To raise or not to raise…
Most of the people I know grow veggies in raised beds (with a couple of notable exceptions). My father uses raised beds, my grandfather had raised beds, quite possibly his before him did too, but do you need them? They create … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn Planting, Planning, Spring Planting, Summer Planting, Winter Planting
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