Hello and welcome to iGarden. Anyone who knows me will know that I am 'The Compulsive Gardener' - I love everything about gardening.
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Many of us when we start out gardening tend to ignore leaves. In our infatuation with flowers, we don't care about their accompanying foliage. Yet most flowers are there for only a few weeks, whereas leaves are there all the time on evergreen plants, and three-quarters of the year on deciduous ones. As we evolve as gardeners, we do come to appreciate that the enduring greenery of leaves is the backbone of any garden, without which there would be just a flummery of fleeting flowers. We also begin to discover the world of colourful leaves, which bring exciting and long-lasting hues into our garden that ... Read On »
See the full list of what's flowering in my garden this month.
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December is a busy month, when there is not so much time for gardening! However, there are a few important tasks to remember. Read More »
Vegetables are coming along well now and need to be kept well watered and given regular fertilising. Keep an eye out for insect pests and deal with them early. You can still plant seedlings of vegies such as tomato, capsicum, corn, eggplants, silverbeet, beetroot, beans, rocket and parsnip as well as all herbs.
Keith asks:
This is the second one that is dying any clue as to the cause?
Thanks
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