Category Archives: Top 5

Top 5 – Kitchen Utensils

My first ever top 5 post was on the Kitchen Gadgets I thought I might need.  Since writing that in January I have actually acquired 2 of them – a microplane and a salad spinner.  Thank you to everyone who … Continue reading

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Value Space Rating – Autumn Top 5

About 3 months ago I wrote a post about the value space rating of my summer crops, you can find it here.  Value Space Rating is basically a way of determining the value of growing a given plant.  If you … Continue reading

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Top 5 (well actually its a Top 7 this week): Seeds to sow over winter

It’s the time of the year when my mind turns to ordering seeds – seeds to sow over Winter for the coming Spring and Summer season.  These are my top 5 food crops to sow over the next 3 months, provided … Continue reading

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Top 5 – Melbourne’s garden oriented places to visit with kids

As you can tell by the summery weather in some of these photos this is a post I’ve been working on for some time.  This weeks Top 5 is: The best places to visit in Melbourne to look at gardens (particularly … Continue reading

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Top 5 – Ways to Kill a Tomato Plant

OK so the title is a little over the top, but my daughter has been particularly melodramatic of late and I think its rubbed off.  What the post is really about is the mistakes I have made over the years, … Continue reading

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