by Rohanne Young | Apr 4, 2022 | Edibles, Gardening, Vegetables
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...
by Rohanne Young | Jan 12, 2022 | Beneficial Insects, Edibles, Organics, Pest Control, Vegetables
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...
by Rohanne Young | Oct 7, 2021 | Edibles, Fruit, Health, Living sustainably
Blueberry Hill? I am thinking of renaming my place Blueberry Hill after the number of blueberry bushes that I now have producing fruit! The only problem being that I am at the bottom of the hill, not up the top? How it started? It all started with one little blueberry...
by Rohanne Young | Sep 27, 2018 | Edibles, Fruit
My Top 10 Fruit trees to grow in the Sub-tropics I was giving a presentation to a Horticultural group the other day about Edible Gardening, and mentioned that my Tropical Apricot fruit tree has finally deigned to flower! The group were very interested in an Apricot...
by Rohanne Young | Sep 13, 2018 | Edibles, Herbs
I was going to call this Blog The Top 10 Herbs to grow in your vegetable garden. But Herbs are just such awesome plants that I like to plant them throughout my garden, not limit them to the vegetable or herb garden! There are over 100 different herbs that grow easily...
