You can't help but be a little jeoulus of fellow gardeing friends you have that have a beautiful greenhouse 'to play in'. It allows them to grow some truly amazing things for the kitchen for an...
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When cloning cuttings from plants, there are three options – plug cuttings into a neutral grow medium such as rock wool or another type of fiber, plug into soil or a jiffy plug, or use a...
Green tomatoes contain the alkaloid toxin called solanine, which is why they are poisonous. How does this piece of information relate to Jon Avnet’s 1991 film “Fried Green Tomatoes” in which...
Old coffee grounds for the garden Your local cafe is usually very happy to give away free coffee grounds. A typical Australian café produces about 80 kg of coffee grounds every week. This often...
When regular purple eggplant is fully ripe, it goes from having a deep purple color to having a light purple or brown color - unfortunately, it is also bitter when ripe. It is important to pick...
A compost tea is a naturally brewed liquid fertilizer made from garden compost materials. The brewing process allows the transfer of microbial biomass of beneficial organisms, particulate...