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What a beautiful day for a gardening workshop! 🌱☀️We recently enjoyed a wonderfully informative beginner gardening works...
03/09/2026

What a beautiful day for a gardening workshop! 🌱☀️

We recently enjoyed a wonderfully informative beginner gardening workshop at Links Community Garden led by the incredibly knowledgeable Kat Lavers 🌿

Kat Lavers is a small-space food-production specialist, gardening educator, and permaculture designer. She is also the creator of 'The Plummery', a thriving urban permaculture system that has been featured in several gardening programs and publications. 🏡🍅🐝

Needless to say, the workshop was packed with invaluable knowledge, practical advice, and plenty of gardening tips and tricks! 🪴

The fantastic turnout was such a positive sign that more people are becoming conscious of our food system, personal health, and local ecosystems, and are seeking a deeper connection with the land. 🌏💚

Thank you to Links Community Garden for hosting, and a big thank you to the City of Whittlesea council for helping make this wonderful workshop possible! 🙏🌻

Spring and summer usually mean zucchinis, tomatoes and cucumbers overflowing in the garden 🍅🥒🌿But what else can you grow...
03/09/2026

Spring and summer usually mean zucchinis, tomatoes and cucumbers overflowing in the garden 🍅🥒🌿
But what else can you grow?

Let’s look at the different gardening zones across Australia and what you can start planting right now. This isn’t a complete list, just a beginner-friendly starting point and a handy reminder of what grows well in each region 🌱

Main towns per zone:

Temperate: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra
Tropical: Darwin, Townsville, Cairns, Mackay, Palmerston
Sub-tropical: Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba, Rockhampton
Arid: Mildura, Alice Springs, Kalgoorlie, Broken Hill, Mount Isa
Cool / Mountain: Hobart, Launceston, Ballarat, Bendigo, Orange

In temperate and cool/mountain regions, you can start many warm-season crops indoors or in a greenhouse, then transplant them outside once the weather warms up, usually around mid-October ☀️

Remember: your microclimate matters. Frost pockets, wind, shade, soil type, and raised beds can all shift your planting timing slightly.

Let me know if you have any questions in the comments 👇
Happy growing! 🌻🌱

Hello Spring! I'm happy to be back after a little while! This is a little collection of beautiful blooms from my garden ...
01/09/2026

Hello Spring! I'm happy to be back after a little while! This is a little collection of beautiful blooms from my garden and around my neighbourhood in the Northern suburbs of Melbourne. Just to say that I have been looking forward to seeing the flowers, sunshine, bees, and butterflies again.

This winter was a bit harsh for me as I had an accident a few months ago that left me with several broken bones, requiring surgery, and needed lots of rest. In the meantime, my winter veggie patch was taken over by snails and slugs, and most veggies were eaten. I still managed to plant a second late winter batch that is still slowly growing! I will tell more about my accident in a post soon. I am glad to say that I am 90% recovered and am starting the spring garden soon, plus I'll have some exciting new projects in the works involving workshops and garden designs!

Happy gardening, and enjoy the sunshine! 🌞 🌼 🐝 🌸 🦋

23/07/2026

Is it not ironic, sad, and concerning that nature’s healthiest foods come with a chemical coating?

19/06/2026

If you are in Melbourne CBD, stop by this little laneway oasis, where you will find some cute cafes and good vibes among the plants! This is Guildford Lane, also known as Brick Lane ! 🪴☕️🌵🌼🌿

It's a wrap for the pepper season! 🫑 📅 Did you know that peppers are perennials(live several years) instead of annuals(...
17/06/2026

It's a wrap for the pepper season! 🫑

📅 Did you know that peppers are perennials(live several years) instead of annuals(one season only) in temperate areas! Here in Melbourne, they do not like the cold and frost, so most gardeners treat them as annuals.
Now, I am considering whether pulling them all out, giving them a trim, and storing them in a pot with light potting mix, stashed the greenhouse to overwinter, then repotting them in spring! OR I could just let them in the pots, with a little trim, and store them in a protected area under some clear plastic tarp, perhaps. The former method that i tried last year had a 35% success rate of plant revival, some died, and others were diseased with pepper molt!( which is quite normal for plants that get their branches and roots pruned heavily)

ANY suggestions are welcome! Do you leave them in pots or pull them out to later repot? ✨️ 💕

A very common question that I get asked is, what do you grow in winter? Here is an overview of what you can grow right n...
10/06/2026

A very common question that I get asked is, what do you grow in winter? Here is an overview of what you can grow right now, depending on where you live in Australia!

You can absolutely start growing in winter, although some veggies will be slow to take off due to the cold. But once they get going, they thrive, and you can expect a harvest in spring, right in time to swap them out for summer crops.

It is best to plant seedlings grown in the greenhouse for barassicas (Cauliflowers, broccoli, cabbage, kale), beetroot, spinach, silverbeet, leeks, celery and asian greens, and transplanting when they have a few true leaves.

Radish, peas, asian greens, carrots, turnips, and broadbeans are best planted straight in the ground. 👌
Another crop that can be grown in winter is potatoes, but they need to be protected from the frost or grown under cover!

I love my winter veggies 🥦🥬🫛 but if gardening in winter does not appeal to you, grow a cover crop that you can chop and drop once spring is here.

05/06/2026

Why are we sick? Here are the top 10 pesticides used in Australia. There are way more, but just to show you what goes into your food.

1. Paraquat - Wheat, pulses, vineyards - Lung toxicity, kidney/liver damage, Parkinson’s concern
2. Diquat - Pulses, potatoes, canola - Very toxic to aquatic life, eye damage, nervous-system toxicity
3. Atrazine - Sugarcane, sorghum, maize - Endocrine disruption, groundwater contamination, reproductive/developmental issues
4. Chlorpyrifos - Cotton, sugarcane, vegetables - Neurotoxicity, developmental brain issues, aquatic/insect toxicity
5. Dimethoate - Berries, fruit crops, vegetables - Nervous-system toxicity, organophosphate poisoning risk, child exposure concern
6. Fipronil - Bananas, brassicas, potatoes - Bee toxicity, aquatic invertebrate toxicity, bird/reptile/native fauna risk (Extensively used to kill native and commercial bees to try to 'contain' varroa outbreaks)
7. Imidacloprid - Cotton, vegetables, citrus - Bee toxicity, aquatic invertebrate toxicity, nervous-system effects
8. Mancozeb - Grapes, potatoes, tomatoes - Thyroid disruption, reproductive/developmental issues, cancer concern via ETU metabolite
9. Carbendazim - Tomatoes, potatoes, grapes - Reproductive toxicity concern, developmental toxicity , endocrine/liver concern
10. 2,4-D - Wheat, barley, sugarcane - Spray-drift damage, occupational exposure concern, endocrine disruptor /carcinogen.

Now is a good time to start growing your own food folks! 👌

Hello June! Half a year has already gone by, and the rainy cold days of winter are upon us. Recently, I have been thinki...
01/06/2026

Hello June! Half a year has already gone by, and the rainy cold days of winter are upon us. Recently, I have been thinking a bit more about seasonal living and what it means for how we live our lives. ✨️

This modern world puts us in a hyperactive state all the time, where the city never sleeps, digital coin needs to be earned, and moved around to settle debts, quarterly objectives, spreadsheets, trackers and other (con)(trap)tions to be manipulated... the race is always on. 🧀 🐀

But has it always been like this? Does it have to be like this? How did our ancestors live over the seasons, what foods did they consume, and what rituals guided them through the chages around them? 👨‍🌾

This is where we need to rethink our habits. A more intentional living, according to the seasons, is what comes to mind. Slow down, recharge, protect, reconnect, unlearn, relearn, nurture, protect and transition.🌬

What are your plans for this winter? ❄️

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