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• Perfect Christmas gift

  
  Aussie Organic Gardening — Authority: 106
  Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for someone who enjoys gardening? The new edition of my book, ‘ Easy Organic Gardening and Moon Planting ‘ would be an excellent choice. This book is not just about growing food – all your garden will benefit from organic cultivation. It has 500 pages packed with ...
  6 days ago

• Assisting root growth

  
  Aussie Organic Gardening — Authority: 106
  We all know that an adequate supply of phosphorus is essential for healthy root growth but, during hot, dry months, we can further assist some of our vegetables to produce extra roots. Pumpkins produce a huge amount of foliage – too much for the original root system to supply adequate water to the entire vine. ...
  1 week ago

• What to plant in December 2009

  
  Aussie Organic Gardening — Authority: 106
  It can be too hot for lettuce in warmer areas of Australia during summer, although some of the loose-leaf varieties are more heat tolerant. Some light shade and a cool spot will allow lettuces to be grown in containers. Keeping lettuce seeds in an airtight container in the fridge can assist germination in warm ...
  2 weeks ago

• Squash family not forming fruit?

  
  Aussie Organic Gardening — Authority: 106
  The squash or Cucurbit family that includes chokoes, cucumbers, grammas, gourds, pumpkins, rockmelons, squash, watermelons, and zucchinis, produce both male and female flowers on the same plant, and rely on insects, such as bees, to pollinate the female flowers and produce fruit. (Although we eat many of this family ...
  4 weeks ago

• Sun and heat protection

  
  Aussie Organic Gardening — Authority: 106
  The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted ‘El Nino’ conditions until the end of January, which will translate into drier conditions for SE Queensland and most of NSW. Some parts of Australia have been enduring extremely hot weather recently and, apparently, there is more to come. Last summer, a period of intense ...
  4 weeks ago

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