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Creeping Indigo
Hello, I'm Creeping Indigo Botanical Name Indigofera spicata DESCRIBE YOURSELF I am a short-lived perennial plant. My leaves can go a sort of pinky purple during summer, hence my name. I set a lot of seeds when I flower and my seed heads look a bit like an arrowhead....
Burr Medic or Burr Clover
Hello, I'm Burr Medic Botanical Name Medicago Hispida Syn M. polymorpha DESCRIBE YOURSELF I am an annual plant of the legume family. This means I am great at fixing nitrogen in your soil. And I have a really deep tap root, which makes it hard to dig me out of your...
What is the importance of Soil pH for plant growth?
Why the pH of your Soil is soo important? Many people who are new to gardening don't realise the importance of soil pH. In fact I have spoken to many people who have been gardening for a long time and they are not aware of how important soil pH is either! The wrong...
How to create a frog friendly garden
I am so excited to be welcoming frogs back into my frog friendly garden! During the last lot of rain I heard the calls of three different stripey marsh frogs around my garden!I also heard the deep calls of a green tree frog! This is so exciting because it has been a...
The How-to of Growing Potatoes
Growing potatoes Growing potatoes in the Redlands can be tricky, as potatoes are a cool climate crop. This means they grow well in Australia's the southern states, but don't like our coastal humidity! In southern states potatoes are a summer crop because they are...
Powdery Mildew
What's that white powdery substance on my plants leaves? I had a query recently asking what a white powdery substance was on a grape leaf? They actually said "it looks like powdery mildew, but it's not on zucchini"! It looked like powdery mildew because it was powdery...