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Mid-Winter at last! Not too long before the days start warming up again. While it is chilly outside the thought of venturing out into the garden may not be quite as alluring. However there is no time like the present to undertake the following gardening projects.
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“Look around, leaves are brown and the sky is a hazy shade of winter”. The Bangles knew a thing or two when they sang these lyrics in 1987. Winter is here and better than the brown leaves on the ground it has brought along some joys to be admired in the garden.
I visited Christian Tenace, of Direct Plants in Greenvale and asked him to share the 10 plants that are his “winter wonders”.
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Winter is the time to get your hands dirty and plant bare root stock. Bare root season commences in June when deciduous trees are in a dormant state due to the colder weather, and can survive out of the ground for a short period of time. Gardeners successfully establish many thousands of bare rooted plants every year. It can be a very efficient and economical way of planting deciduous trees and shrubs.
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Children’s gardens and associated activities allow for learning and expression of creativity. I’m into my second year of sharing the joys of gardening with fresh minds. In Autumn, I delivered two childrens’ gardening workshops in conjunction with Diaco’s Garden Nursery in Mornington.
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I am taking time to reflect on the year that was 2015. A rollercoaster ride filled with hard work, great achievements and centred together with timeout for reflection and growth.
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I was awarded Victoria State Winner of the Nursery and Garden Industry Australia Heather Rumsey Young Leader Award at the Nursery and Garden Industry Victoria 110th Gala Dinner.
This year is certainly shaping up to be an exciting year for Garden Soirée after setting up the foundations in 2014.
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I was recently asked when is the best time to plants tomatoes. In Melbourne, it was traditionally always the week of the Melbourne Cup but many people including myself start planting tomatoes much earlier than Cup Day.
I’m going to share with you my Top 10 tips to growing lots of flavoursome tomatoes:
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Coriander is one herb that I love to cook with and its flavour teams up well with many other herbs and spices including garlic, ginger and chilli. I always have coriander growing in my herb garden and I’m going to share with you the secrets in successfully growing flavoursome lush green coriander.
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