Simple, Organic and Sustainable
Hello and welcome to the Australian Urban Garden, I’m Alexander taking over for Stephen this week. Exciting news! We’ve moved to a great little house in the heart of Prahran in Melbourne and we have the opportunity to do something new and fun with our little front yard. While it’s about as big as three…
You can greatly increase the amount of food you can grow in the same space by taking advantage of the vertical area in your garden. For vining crops like Melons and Cucumbers I love to use Simple Teepee Trellis. Today I show you how I install these cheap and effective trellis in my garden. They…
Soil pH is one of the most important factors that can be overlooked in the garden. pH has impacts on the availability of nutrients and of the plants ability to take them up. If the pH of your garden soil is not in the optimal range for the plants you are trying to grow…
Companion planting is defined as a method of closely planting two different plants to enhance each other’s growth or protection from pests. Companion Planting is where both the Testing Garden Assumptions Series and Urban Gardening Series intersect on today’s video. I am going to touch on a few of the claims made about companion planting…
Surprise I had some time so I replaced the beds around my family heirloom grapes. This re-build of my raised bed was made much easier by the fact that I used recycled un-treated lumber to originally build them. They were rotten and due to be replaced. What is your favourite perennial? Last week we spoke…