Organic Gardening Tips

Thriving in November: A Guide to Vegetable Gardening in Subtropical Australia

Thriving in November: A Guide to Vegetable Gard...

Nicki Mckay

As November unfolds in subtropical Australia, your vegetable garden takes centre stage with its vibrant colours and abundant growth. The weather is warmer, and there's an aura of excitement in...

Thriving in November: A Guide to Vegetable Gard...

Nicki Mckay

As November unfolds in subtropical Australia, your vegetable garden takes centre stage with its vibrant colours and abundant growth. The weather is warmer, and there's an aura of excitement in...

Thriving in the Subtropical Sun: Protecting Your Vegetable Garden in Hot Conditions

Thriving in the Subtropical Sun: Protecting You...

Nicki Mckay

The subtropics offer an enticing combination of warm weather and abundant sunshine, making it an ideal location for gardening all year round. However, growing a thriving vegetable garden in hot...

Thriving in the Subtropical Sun: Protecting You...

Nicki Mckay

The subtropics offer an enticing combination of warm weather and abundant sunshine, making it an ideal location for gardening all year round. However, growing a thriving vegetable garden in hot...

October Subtropical Veg Garden To-Do List

October Subtropical Veg Garden To-Do List

Nicki Mckay

October is a time of abundant growth and promise in your subtropical Australian garden. With the arrival of spring, it's an ideal time to focus on growing food.

October Subtropical Veg Garden To-Do List

Nicki Mckay

October is a time of abundant growth and promise in your subtropical Australian garden. With the arrival of spring, it's an ideal time to focus on growing food.

Most cost effective vegetables to grow at home

Most cost effective vegetables to grow at home

Nicki Mckay

Growing your own food can be a cost-effective way to provide fresh, healthy produce for your family. Here are our top choices of cost effective vegetables to grow.

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Most cost effective vegetables to grow at home

Nicki Mckay

Growing your own food can be a cost-effective way to provide fresh, healthy produce for your family. Here are our top choices of cost effective vegetables to grow.

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Growing food in pots and containers in the subtropics

Growing food in pots and containers in the subt...

Nicki Mckay

Growing food in containers is a great way to have a vegetable garden just about anywhere. However it can be challenging here in the subtropics, where the weather can be...

Growing food in pots and containers in the subt...

Nicki Mckay

Growing food in containers is a great way to have a vegetable garden just about anywhere. However it can be challenging here in the subtropics, where the weather can be...

Common Subtropical Pests

Common Pests in the Subtropical Summer Garden

Nicki Mckay

Garden pests eating your lovingly cared for plants can be heartbreaking. There are loads about here in the subtropics that can take over quite quickly if you’re not on the...

Common Pests in the Subtropical Summer Garden

Nicki Mckay

Garden pests eating your lovingly cared for plants can be heartbreaking. There are loads about here in the subtropics that can take over quite quickly if you’re not on the...

What we're planting to survive summer in our subtropical Veggie patch

What we’re planting to survive summer

Nicki Mckay

Growing food in summer during the subtropics is very challenging. It’s too hot, often humid and it’s either too wet or too dry. Bugs and diseases are extreme. It’s enough...

What we’re planting to survive summer

Nicki Mckay

Growing food in summer during the subtropics is very challenging. It’s too hot, often humid and it’s either too wet or too dry. Bugs and diseases are extreme. It’s enough...

How to manage QLD Fruit Fly

How to manage QLD Fruit Fly in your veggie patch

Nicki Mckay

QLD Fruit fly is a devastating pest for us here in the subtropics. It can make vegetable gardening during the warmer months prohibitive if they are out of control. We...

How to manage QLD Fruit Fly in your veggie patch

Nicki Mckay

QLD Fruit fly is a devastating pest for us here in the subtropics. It can make vegetable gardening during the warmer months prohibitive if they are out of control. We...

Rodent Proof Compost Setup

Our suburban rodent proof compost setup

Nicki Mckay

Our compost setups have evolved over the years, but a main priority has been to keep rats out (and also inquisitive beagles). We've had tumblers in the past but found...

Our suburban rodent proof compost setup

Nicki Mckay

Our compost setups have evolved over the years, but a main priority has been to keep rats out (and also inquisitive beagles). We've had tumblers in the past but found...

Growing Potatoes in the subtropics

Growing potatoes in the subtropics - Latest Exp...

Nicki Mckay

Potatoes can be super tricky to grow in the subtropics, but after 9 years of experimenting with different timing, location and soil combinations we have now had success. It has...

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Growing potatoes in the subtropics - Latest Exp...

Nicki Mckay

Potatoes can be super tricky to grow in the subtropics, but after 9 years of experimenting with different timing, location and soil combinations we have now had success. It has...

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October Spring Subtropical Garden Tour

Mid Spring in our Subtropical Veggie Patch (VLOG)

Nicki Mckay

Mid spring here in our Subtropical veggie patch is when we really start thinking about our Summer Plantings. It's been a bit unseasonably wet which but things are still growing...

Mid Spring in our Subtropical Veggie Patch (VLOG)

Nicki Mckay

Mid spring here in our Subtropical veggie patch is when we really start thinking about our Summer Plantings. It's been a bit unseasonably wet which but things are still growing...

Pest Strategies for Organic Gardeners

Pest Strategies for Organic Gardeners

Nicki Mckay

Love growing your own food but hate constantly dealing with pests? No gardens are immune to problems, but we have taken on a wholistic approach in our garden which has...

Pest Strategies for Organic Gardeners

Nicki Mckay

Love growing your own food but hate constantly dealing with pests? No gardens are immune to problems, but we have taken on a wholistic approach in our garden which has...

Raising Seeds using soil blockers

Raising Seeds using Soil Blockers

Nicki Mckay

Are you looking for a plastic free solution to raising seeds with minimal transplant shock? We've recently moved to using soil blockers for our seed raising and haven't looked back....

Raising Seeds using Soil Blockers

Nicki Mckay

Are you looking for a plastic free solution to raising seeds with minimal transplant shock? We've recently moved to using soil blockers for our seed raising and haven't looked back....

Early Spring in our Subtropical Veggie Patch

Early Spring In our Subtropical garden (VLOG)

Nicki Mckay

Traditionally Spring is quite hot and dry for us here in the subtropics. However during the La Niña we have been experiencing a mild spring and a wet one too....

Early Spring In our Subtropical garden (VLOG)

Nicki Mckay

Traditionally Spring is quite hot and dry for us here in the subtropics. However during the La Niña we have been experiencing a mild spring and a wet one too....

How we grow fish and veggies in our backyard aquaponics

Grow Fish and Veggies in your Backyard with Aqu...

Nicki Mckay

Did you know you can grow your own fish to eat in your backyard and the fish will feed your vegetables? It's called aquaponics. We get asked a bit about...

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Grow Fish and Veggies in your Backyard with Aqu...

Nicki Mckay

Did you know you can grow your own fish to eat in your backyard and the fish will feed your vegetables? It's called aquaponics. We get asked a bit about...

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replenish a garden bed no dig style

How to replenish a garden bed ready for planting

Nicki Mckay

The benefits of no dig garden beds are amazing. Here's how to apply this method to replenish your garden beds for the next crop. Why no dig? Firstly I never...

How to replenish a garden bed ready for planting

Nicki Mckay

The benefits of no dig garden beds are amazing. Here's how to apply this method to replenish your garden beds for the next crop. Why no dig? Firstly I never...