Organic Gardening Tips

Growing tomatoes in the Subtropics

Growing tomatoes in the Subtropics

Nicki Mckay

Tomatoes can be tempermental to grow in our hot humid climate, pests and diseases thrive during the summer. After years and years of experimenting I've finally found the key to...

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Growing tomatoes in the Subtropics

Nicki Mckay

Tomatoes can be tempermental to grow in our hot humid climate, pests and diseases thrive during the summer. After years and years of experimenting I've finally found the key to...

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Growing Rosellas

Growing Rosellas

Nicki Mckay

Rosella, QLD Jam Fruit, Roselle, Jamaican Sorrel, Edible Hibiscus...This plant has a few names and here in the Subtropics it's a good set and forget plant with an incredibly abundant...

Growing Rosellas

Nicki Mckay

Rosella, QLD Jam Fruit, Roselle, Jamaican Sorrel, Edible Hibiscus...This plant has a few names and here in the Subtropics it's a good set and forget plant with an incredibly abundant...

Growing Sweet Potatoes

Growing Sweet Potatoes

Nicki Mckay

Sweet potatoes would have to be hands down one of the easiest set and forget crops for us here in the subtropics. They are pretty resilient and hardy and grow...

Growing Sweet Potatoes

Nicki Mckay

Sweet potatoes would have to be hands down one of the easiest set and forget crops for us here in the subtropics. They are pretty resilient and hardy and grow...

Growing Mini Blue Popcorn

Our Harvest of Mini Blue Popcorn

Nicki Mckay

Traditionally we've only grown sweetcorn for the table, so this year we decided to go with a popcorn just for fun. Our first go at Popcorn was with a mini...

Our Harvest of Mini Blue Popcorn

Nicki Mckay

Traditionally we've only grown sweetcorn for the table, so this year we decided to go with a popcorn just for fun. Our first go at Popcorn was with a mini...

Thai Pink Egg Tomato

Favourite Tomatoes to Grow

Nicki Mckay

My favourite time to grow tomatoes is Autumn. Here in the subtropics we struggle with them over summer due to disease and fruit fly, so I just don't bother now....

Favourite Tomatoes to Grow

Nicki Mckay

My favourite time to grow tomatoes is Autumn. Here in the subtropics we struggle with them over summer due to disease and fruit fly, so I just don't bother now....

Water melon Radish

Quick things to grow in a crisis

Nicki Mckay

Whilst people have gone mental hoarding toilet paper (which I am so confused about by the way) I am focusing on the easy wins for the veggie patch, and hoarding...

Quick things to grow in a crisis

Nicki Mckay

Whilst people have gone mental hoarding toilet paper (which I am so confused about by the way) I am focusing on the easy wins for the veggie patch, and hoarding...

Growing Garlic in the Subtropics

Growing Garlic in South East Queensland

Nicki Mckay

If you watch certain garden shows, they will tell you that you shouldn't even try growing garlic in our climate. 'Stick to garlic chives they say', but seriously it's not...

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Growing Garlic in South East Queensland

Nicki Mckay

If you watch certain garden shows, they will tell you that you shouldn't even try growing garlic in our climate. 'Stick to garlic chives they say', but seriously it's not...

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Why are your zucchini rotting and not growing

Why are your Zucchini rotting

Nicki Mckay

Do you have a problem with your zucchini (or squash or pumpkin or cucumbers) being stunted and not progressing past the size of your thumb?Perhaps they are getting to a...

Why are your Zucchini rotting

Nicki Mckay

Do you have a problem with your zucchini (or squash or pumpkin or cucumbers) being stunted and not progressing past the size of your thumb?Perhaps they are getting to a...

Flowers for your veggie patch

Why flowers are incredibly important in your Ve...

Nicki Mckay

Growing food is fast becoming a lost art. It’s feared, it’s unknown, it’s challenging, it’s rebellious. But it doesn’t have to be hard. Join me in the Love of Dirt...

Why flowers are incredibly important in your Ve...

Nicki Mckay

Growing food is fast becoming a lost art. It’s feared, it’s unknown, it’s challenging, it’s rebellious. But it doesn’t have to be hard. Join me in the Love of Dirt...

Closing the Loop - self sufficient garden

Closing the Loop in the backyard veggie patch a...

Nicki Mckay

Closing the loop on your veggie patch is basically being able to self sustain it without having to bring in extra resources to keep it going. You may hear some...

Closing the Loop in the backyard veggie patch a...

Nicki Mckay

Closing the loop on your veggie patch is basically being able to self sustain it without having to bring in extra resources to keep it going. You may hear some...

Perennial Edible Plants

Perennial Edible Plants

Nicki Mckay

Growing food is fast becoming a lost art. It’s feared, it’s unknown, it’s challenging, it’s rebellious. But it doesn’t have to be hard. Join me in the Love of Dirt...

Perennial Edible Plants

Nicki Mckay

Growing food is fast becoming a lost art. It’s feared, it’s unknown, it’s challenging, it’s rebellious. But it doesn’t have to be hard. Join me in the Love of Dirt...

Growing Common Mint

Herbs to grow in Autumn

Nicki Mckay

Sometimes we really struggle to get certain herbs growing in our subtropical climate and wonder why, herbs are the easiest thing to grow! But generally the reason is it's too...

Herbs to grow in Autumn

Nicki Mckay

Sometimes we really struggle to get certain herbs growing in our subtropical climate and wonder why, herbs are the easiest thing to grow! But generally the reason is it's too...

Reasons why your plants aren't growing very well

Reasons why your plants aren't growing very well

Nicki Mckay

Growing food is fast becoming a lost art. It’s feared, it’s unknown, it’s challenging, it’s rebellious. But it doesn’t have to be hard. Join me in the Love of Dirt...

Reasons why your plants aren't growing very well

Nicki Mckay

Growing food is fast becoming a lost art. It’s feared, it’s unknown, it’s challenging, it’s rebellious. But it doesn’t have to be hard. Join me in the Love of Dirt...

Brazilian Spinach

Spinach alternatives for sub tropical growers

Nicki Mckay

Who doesn't love a salad full to the brim with baby spinach leaves... maybe my toddler, oh and spinach is probably the only thing my beagle wont eat too.. but...

Spinach alternatives for sub tropical growers

Nicki Mckay

Who doesn't love a salad full to the brim with baby spinach leaves... maybe my toddler, oh and spinach is probably the only thing my beagle wont eat too.. but...

Tomato fruit rotting at the bottom

Tomatoes rotting at their ends? Could be blosso...

Nicki Mckay

Ever find your tomatoes are growing but seem to be rotting from the bottom up. If it's not fruit fly, you might have a case of blossom end rot. The...

Tomatoes rotting at their ends? Could be blosso...

Nicki Mckay

Ever find your tomatoes are growing but seem to be rotting from the bottom up. If it's not fruit fly, you might have a case of blossom end rot. The...

African Blue Basil

Growing African Blue Basil

Nicki Mckay

If you love eating basil all year round and want a beautiful edible plant that will bring the bees to your garden then without a doubt you have to get...

Growing African Blue Basil

Nicki Mckay

If you love eating basil all year round and want a beautiful edible plant that will bring the bees to your garden then without a doubt you have to get...