depending on where you live, you should start planning for planting garlic from the March equinox through to July. The warmer the climate the sooner
Last year I planted some garlic but I didn’t get a very good yield. They grew ok but the (more…)
One of the many trees with a vigorous root system surrounding my garden.
Tree roots can annoy me. Especially in a suburban environment when you have some 30 metre gum trees, large mango trees and enormous Silky Oaks within 10 to 30 metres of your gardens and compost piles.
Every time you work with the soil you find pesky tree roots taking advantage of all the soil improvement being done. Not that you can blame the trees for taking advantage of the available nutrients, but it dampens my gardening enthusiasm.
I can’t tell you all the trees surrounding me, but I have highlighted the ones in red that I recognize. (more…)
Grasshoppers love sweet potatoes. They can hide in there and also feed on the leaves. You know you have a problem when your leaves are full of holes and when you disturb what leaves are left grasshoppers jump everywhere. (more…)
A FERTILE SOIL IS A CALCIUM-SATURATED SOIL
In this benefits of calcium pt 3 there is an explanation of a soil colloid and what it does, which is something I have always had trouble trying to understand.
Below is one of the best and more easily understood explanations of what a soil colloid does to effect the exchange of minerals from the soil to the plant. And how adding crushed limestone improves all soils with low (more…)
I have been doing some reading on the net about Calcium. Always an enjoyable past-time for me as it leads me all over the place. As I read an article, I see a reference, look it up and find something else of interest to sidetrack me.
At the moment I am reading a pdf written by V.A. TIEDJENS. It is about his purchase of a farm when he retired. The farm he purchased was in an area of poor soils and his in particular was known throughout the community as “worn out” (more…)