Tag: Victoria

January 2023 Do I need to cover carrot crops? To grow great carrots insect barriers are effective. A good barrier can protect carrots from pests such as carrot rust fly […]

General Food-producing shrubs for Victoria area Vegetables Carrots: Do I need to cover carrot crops? Peas: Edible peas and sweet peas Fruit Quince: How to tell when fruit is ripe. […]

February 2023 Water lily not producing flowers. Why? Water lily is the common name given to flowering plants in the botanical family Nymphaeaceae. Not to be confused with lotus flowers […]

Is it better to start edible peas indoors or out and is it the same for sweet peas? Edible Peas (Pisum sativum) are a member of the Fabaceae family and […]

Oct 2022 I want to leave one of my large vegetable beds ‘vacant’ for now to give it a rest. What is the best way to do this? If I […]

Soil CareLetting a garden bed lie vacant (fallow)

Oct 2022 I want to leave one of my large vegetable beds ‘vacant’ for now to give it a rest. What is the best way to do this? If I […]

Container Plantings Ornamental Edibles Perennials Flowering Heathers: Can I grow heathers in pots? Foliage Pond Shrubs and trees Flowering Rhododendrons. Remove spent flower spikes? Foliage

Oct 2022 What kinds of ingredients should be considered when preparing for ornamental plants in a container? Please provide any hacks you may have for container gardening. We all like […]

We get a lot of questions at our garden clinics and don’t always have the time or the tools to give full answers, but we take note of the questions […]