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Monthly Archives: June 2014

Next time that you are cooking with eggs, don’t throw the eggshells away. Did you know that eggshells are a great gardening resource? Let the eggshells dry out for a day and then you can crush them up and sprinkle them as a barrier around seedlings. Slugs and snails hate […]

Using Eggshells in the Garden

This entry was posted in How to Grow on June 27, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Thanks to a fellow gardener, Laura for providing us with this delicious quiche recipe. She prepared the quiche using Winter greens she’d grown herself in half wine barrels and pots. You can substitute the Baby Kale, Sorrel and Silver Beet for any other leafy greens. Great comfort food for a […]

Winter Veggie Quiche Recipe

This entry was posted in Recipes on June 18, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Aphids hate the cold. At the moment, with the unusually warm weather they are thriving in protected micro-climates in gardens all over Melbourne. Today, when I was out pottering in the garden, I noticed that all of my parsley and coriander plants were covered in aphids. The plants have been […]

Attack of the Aphids!

This entry was posted in In Our Garden on June 13, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Strawberry runners on a apllet planter box — This blog post is specifically about planting strawberry runners. Why not check out our guide on How to Grow Strawberries as well? Strawberries can “reproduce” either through seeds or from runners. Strawberry runners are horizontal stems that run above the ground and produce new “baby” clone plants at the end […]

How to Plant Strawberry Runners

This entry was posted in How to Grow on June 11, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

This week Leaf, Root & Fruit have spent some time at Heathmont Pre School. We’ve had a great time exploring edible gardening with each of the 4 year old classes. During the first session on Monday, we discussed how the vegetables that we eat at dinner time usually come from […]

Edible Gardening Program at Heathmont Pre School

This entry was posted in Events on June 5, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Gardening With Soul is a documentary split into four parts, Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn. It follows the daily life of Sister Loyola Galvin as she oversees the gardens and grounds of the Home of Compassion in Wellington, New Zealand. It’s as far removed from a Hollywood blockbuster as you […]

Movie Review: Gardening With Soul

This entry was posted in Media on June 2, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit