by Ian Collins | Jul 16, 2022 | Raised beds, Soil
Understanding the impact of La Niña on your garden. If you live on the eastern seaboard of Australia, thanks to La Niña you will probably have experienced some of the toughest garden growing conditions ever. Plants need water, but too much water can be just as bad as...
by Ian Collins | Nov 20, 2021 | Community Gardens, Garden Wicking, Residential Projects, WaterUps Featured
Posted: 20 November 2021 by Eric Sturman Growing Tomatoes in a WaterUps Square Planter How long can I go between filling my reservoir in my WaterUps wicking planters? It all depends on what’s in it. I have been growing two tomatoes in a Square Planter that I planted...
by Ian Collins | Oct 21, 2021 | Community Gardens, Garden Wicking, Residential Projects, WaterUps Featured
Posted: 29th September 2021 by Eric Sturman More tips on growing tomatoes It’s been a few weeks since planting your tomatoes in your Square Planter and they are starting to show their true leaves and get a bit of height. The stem has thickened up and there are side...
by Ian Collins | Sep 30, 2021 | Community Gardens, Garden Wicking, Residential Projects, WaterUps Featured
Posted: 29th September 2021 by Eric Sturman Time for spring planting A not too wise man once said, “Last month of lockdown, first month of spring, if you’re not planting now, you are running late.” Wise words. Stop being sentimental about that ragged old celery, It’s...
by Ian Collins | Sep 29, 2021 | Community Gardens, Garden Wicking, WaterUps, WaterUps Featured
Posted: 2nd October 2021 by Tia Ngawhika After our recent post on this topic, some of our readers asked us to go into more detail about how to set up and run a community garden. In this post we will look at various community garden models from small verge gardens to...
