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Grow Your Own

Growing your own produce is an exciting experience, but all sorts of factors can affect growth. You'll need to know the right environment, what feed to use and how to make sure they survive! Our guides will show you how.

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Monthly Planting Calendar (downloadable)

Growing your own vegetables and fruits is rewarding, but it takes quite a bit of experience and know-how to do it successfully. To get the best results, you need to know: what to plant when to plant...

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How To Germinate Seeds: A Beginners Guide

Growing a plant from seed is an incredibly satisfying achievement. Some seeds germinate easily and quickly while other...

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Mini Munchies for Kids: The Best Bite-Sized Fruit & Veggies to Grow

Fill lunchboxes with homegrown goodness and enjoy plenty of small yet tasty snacks fresh from the garden!

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The easiest flowers and vegetables for beginner gardeners

Easiest Flowers and Vegetables to Plant for Beginner Gardeners

Beautiful weather and lots of sun are usually enough to entice most of us outside, even in the middle of winter...

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What to do in your garden in May

Top Plant & Garden Trends from Melb Flower Show

6 Melbourne Flower Show 2023 Plant & Garden Trends To Try At Home

Take inspiration from the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show, where the biggest names in garden design compete...

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Essential Guide to Growing Citrus

The Essential Guide to Citrus (Downloadable)

Growing your own juicy citrus doesn't have to be a dream! From trustworthy Eureka Lemons to Aussie Native Finger Limes...

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10 Cut Flower Garden Ideas

Flowers picked fresh from the garden bring vibrancy and life into the home! A cut flower garden not only looks beautiful...

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Discover the things to do in your garden every month

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How to grow strawberries

Nothing beats the flavour of strawberries picked fresh from the garden. Warm and oozing with sweetness, perfectly ripe...

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How to Grow and Care for Tasty Tomatoes

There’s nothing like the flavour of home-grown tomatoes picked fresh from the plant. They’re aromatic, juicy and packed...

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Carrots

How to grow carrots

Growing your own vegetables is all about having better looking, fresher, tastier crops than those generally available...

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Growing herbs

The Ultimate Beginners' Guide to Growing Herbs

Herbs are some of the easiest plants to grow, and the most delicious. Grow them in the garden, on a windowsill or in...

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Potting Mix 101

Potting Mix 101

If you’re looking at growing your own herbs and vegetables in pots or containers, then you need to invest in the best...

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Grow your own greens

Grow your own greens

Summer salads just aren't the same without a collection of colourful leaves. Plant a range of lettuce, spinach, kale...

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Pot plants

Choosing the right pot for your crop

Home-grown vegetables and herbs are essential for the food lover and amateur cook and, luckily, they are easy to grow in...

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Healthy soil = healthy plants

Growing your own delicious, healthy fruits and vegetables starts from the ground up. Improve your soil and you‘ll be...

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Choosing Premium Or Organic Potting Mix

When it comes to gardening, there are three main groups of people: Those who don't have any particular preferences and...

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How to Make A Garden Bed

Creating a beautiful outdoor space is one of the privileges of having your own home, where you can literally put down...

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Dry proofing your garden

We’ve uncovered the simplest ways you can dry proof your yard to ensure it remains looking fresh and healthy.

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Pruning & training

Pruning allows trees, hedges and flowers to grow thicker and healthier. Check out how to do it successfully.

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