I cleared out my old broadbeans the other day - I now have 3 almost empty beds out of 4 - I need to plant more vegies!!!!

Welcome Milk_Man! you got some chilli plants for me yet? I can give you a tomato plant or two :) I do actually! I've saved you a couple of Jamaican Scotch Bonnets, and there are some Asian Birdseye you can have as well if you are keen. Awesome! Will need to arrange a trade this week :)

Powerfeed will break down clay quicker than gypsum. Any soil you introduce into the garden needs to be dug through the existing soil so that you do NOT create layers - you want it all blended

Don't forget that gardening is an ongoing project with a living organism - if it's not all level and smoothed out now you can fix that with time and top dressing so don't panic

Aphids are terrible this year in Melbourne :([/quote] You could always pop over to my house and collect some of the many ladybirds I've seen on a few of my plants, they feast on aphids when they are mating. I've got a heap of lady birds now - it was a bit late though for when I really needed them b...

Welcome Milk_Man! you got some chilli plants for me yet? I can give you a tomato plant or two :)

So there is clay and then shale?

A few weeks ago I dug up a new patch of dirt and planted some vegie seedling, unfortunately these seedlings got attacked by something (I think snails and slugs) and they literally disappeared - it seemed that each morning something would be gone. This is how the bed ended up - with only 6 corn plant...

Get organic soil or compost or a mix but make sure it's organic if you can. Don't get mushroom compost - it burns the plants if it's too strong - my neighbours can only now grow things 2 years later after making that mistake. Can you dig into the shale at all? If so then get the soil delivered and g...

For melbs, Salce pet food in Thornbury and Epping. $10 for 5 kg bucket at Thornbury. Also Petstock in South Morang sell it

Mirco Bros here in Perth. Elders Landmark a few City Farmers shops. Gardeners Direct Fu - can you please be more specific - e.g. some addresses - as I've been asking around and nobody seems to have it. I checked Micro Bros, Elders and Landmark on the net and I'm getting nowhere. I live in the hills...

You want to get the tallest widest pot that will fit the space you have

::angry:: you would think they would tell you when you purchase the land!! not when you go for your building permits. I wouldn't be so peed off about it. I was advised of this when I bought my block, but that was a while ago now and staff may have changed but it was also picked up by my conveyancer...

oh no, I haven't tried that, I might have to thanks!

Our chooks stay out in the rain too-and they love snails! ::lol:: I think they like to get the bugs etc that come out in the rain. Mine don't seem to eat the snails - very disappointed by that, maybe with time?

Yay! the weekend is here! Lets go go go!!!!! Lots to do.... Jealous! I'm busy all weekend, infact all weekends for the next 4 weeks :( Boo

I have a slight snail problem, see - this was taken after today's rain http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/lisanne77/VegieGarden/59a67db0.jpg I put my snail stomping gumboots on and squished them all! At first I didn't really like it but then got into it thinking about how they ruin my vegies by ...

What is the big drama with staking them (other than using TP)? Is the idea that they it makes the plants somehow reliant on the stake? Exactly correct

I think the greatest achievements this shows is that you can do a heap more than stare at an empty yard having just built. This is all done by being clever with money and materials. Cost are kept to a minimum and food bills are offset by growing things your self. Most readers will be in new areas a...