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Random Articles

Welcome to our online advice library. Here’s some random articles from it. You’ll probably find it a little easier to navigate from the menu above!

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This Month in the Garden
For what to plant now in Melbourne, and other garden ideas, check out our monthly tips and tricks. Read on…

Vegetable Lore
Every vegetable has a story to tell.  Put your ear to the ground, and come along for a horticultural, pharmaceutical, gastronomic and historical tour of the characters in your veggie bed. Read on…

May in the Garden

Rainbow chard, kale and mibuna freshly planted at HH Skinner Reserve Community Garden in Albert Park.  What to plant and […]

Tomatoes

Solanum lycopersicum Family: Solanaceae Ah the red in red-blooded, the wonderful ubiquitous tomato. How on earth did the Italians identify […]

Holistic Management(R) and VEG: Part Two – Articulating an Holistic Context

By Dan Palmer, March 2014 NOTE: Dan has HUGELY evolved and updated this content since it was first written in […]

Tank mistakes

The first common tank mistake is getting too small a tank, or hooking it up to too small of a roof […]

Holistic Management(R) and VEG: Part Three – Putting Your Holistic Context to Work

By Dan Palmer, April 2014 NOTE: Dan has HUGELY evolved and updated this content since it was first written in […]

November in the Garden

What to plant and do in the Melbourne garden this month Spring. You giveth wamth, and then you taketh away. […]

La Niña – is she bringing the rain party or not?

If you’re in Melbourne and you’ve had a niggling wonder as to why you’ve needed to water your garden a […]

January in the Garden

What to plant and do in the Melbourne garden this month This month will be your absolute last chance to […]

Rocket

Rocket or Arugula – Eruca Sativa Family: Brassicaceae Rocket is an annual that grows up to a meter in height […]

An Understanding Weather course? Tell us more!

VEG’s Jeremy is running the Understanding Weather course again this year (2020) so we sat him down for a chat […]

August – September Recipes

It may be late winter, early spring but in our home gardens there’s broccoli, cauliflower, rainbow chard, beetroot, lettuce, oranges, […]

December in the Garden

What to plant and do in the Melbourne garden this month The days are long and the heat is definitely […]