Gardening down under
Jul 17th 2006 | 9:07 pm
#16
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Re: Gardening down under
I live on the Sunshine Coast area and thankfully we have a bore and we use all the grey water. We moved into this house last March and found that the builder had installed an automatic watering system using the bore water, its incredible, we have several spouts that shoot 30 ft spurts of water in all directions completely watering the garden & plants. I really recommend reusing grey water it makes such a difference.
As for what to grow my 9 year old has had complete success with all herbs, parsley, dill, rosemary, basil, mint, oregano as well as carrots, sweet potato, radishes & onions. My roses have done brilliantly as well as ferns & wisteria. All this in only 4 months, I love it.
I suggest you go to Bunnings and kit yourself with every bug killer you can lay your hands on.
As for what to grow my 9 year old has had complete success with all herbs, parsley, dill, rosemary, basil, mint, oregano as well as carrots, sweet potato, radishes & onions. My roses have done brilliantly as well as ferns & wisteria. All this in only 4 months, I love it.
I suggest you go to Bunnings and kit yourself with every bug killer you can lay your hands on.
Originally Posted by harryed
Hi guys,
As a keen gardener here in the UK I'm bothh excited and nervous about the prospects of starting a new garden in Australia - getting used to new conditions, what will grow what won't and getting used to the new bugs
Was worried about watering but after the hosepipe bans over here have figured don't need half as much as I thought and can adapt with different plants etc.
Just wondering what the ex-pat experience has been like - what's been difficult and what's been great? (BTW we're moving to Gold Coast).
Cheers,
Ed
As a keen gardener here in the UK I'm bothh excited and nervous about the prospects of starting a new garden in Australia - getting used to new conditions, what will grow what won't and getting used to the new bugs
Was worried about watering but after the hosepipe bans over here have figured don't need half as much as I thought and can adapt with different plants etc.Just wondering what the ex-pat experience has been like - what's been difficult and what's been great? (BTW we're moving to Gold Coast).
Cheers,
Ed
Jul 17th 2006 | 9:22 pm
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Re: Gardening down under
I'm fairly interested in gardening, to the extent that I tried a worm composting business at one stage. I'm not to sure about the SE Qland soils, but here in the Northern subs of Melbourne, the soils are pretty tricky and need a lot of conditioning. Which I've done succesfully with using worms and plenty of compost. Bugs are a major problem as well, so it's very difficult to grow successfully without using chemicals. I've been using grey water for years, however my system is very simple. I've got a large diameter sectioned length of pipe coming of the outlet of my washing machine, which I move around my garden, Depending on need. I'd say I've got the best example of Bananas in my back garden for miles, quite an achievement in Melbourne, complete with fruit.
I've not really mixed with dedicated gardeners here, but I'd say one could grow incredible yards capes here, if you put your mind to it. The main trick is water.... you have to work out how to utilise as much of it as cheaply as possible. I know someone nearby has grown some very good Mangoes.
I'm taking a great deal of interest in these Upside down pots at present... I think they could be a bit of a fad like money spinner.
http://www.topsyturvys.com/
I've not really mixed with dedicated gardeners here, but I'd say one could grow incredible yards capes here, if you put your mind to it. The main trick is water.... you have to work out how to utilise as much of it as cheaply as possible. I know someone nearby has grown some very good Mangoes.
I'm taking a great deal of interest in these Upside down pots at present... I think they could be a bit of a fad like money spinner.
http://www.topsyturvys.com/
Jul 21st 2006 | 10:29 am
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Re: Gardening down under
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
I'm fairly interested in gardening, to the extent that I tried a worm composting business at one stage. I'm not to sure about the SE Qland soils, but here in the Northern subs of Melbourne, the soils are pretty tricky and need a lot of conditioning. Which I've done succesfully with using worms and plenty of compost. Bugs are a major problem as well, so it's very difficult to grow successfully without using chemicals. I've been using grey water for years, however my system is very simple. I've got a large diameter sectioned length of pipe coming of the outlet of my washing machine, which I move around my garden, Depending on need. I'd say I've got the best example of Bananas in my back garden for miles, quite an achievement in Melbourne, complete with fruit.
I've not really mixed with dedicated gardeners here, but I'd say one could grow incredible yards capes here, if you put your mind to it. The main trick is water.... you have to work out how to utilise as much of it as cheaply as possible. I know someone nearby has grown some very good Mangoes.
I'm taking a great deal of interest in these Upside down pots at present... I think they could be a bit of a fad like money spinner.
http://www.topsyturvys.com/
I've not really mixed with dedicated gardeners here, but I'd say one could grow incredible yards capes here, if you put your mind to it. The main trick is water.... you have to work out how to utilise as much of it as cheaply as possible. I know someone nearby has grown some very good Mangoes.
I'm taking a great deal of interest in these Upside down pots at present... I think they could be a bit of a fad like money spinner.
http://www.topsyturvys.com/
Very curious about using grey water especially as we send so much usable water down the drain here in the UK - however I have heard it can damage the land? And I suppose it means using envrionmentally friendly detergents etc.
The hope is to have an acreage with a dam and being able to irrigate when necessary
