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Monthly Archives: September 2014

Week two of the Edible Trellis Project was a quiet one compared to the previous week. We’re waiting for the beans and peas to germinate and establish prior to phase two of planting. The snow peas are just starting to push through the soil 10 days after sowing. Companion Plants […]

Giant Edible Trellis Project: Week Two, Flower Power and Herb ...

This entry was posted in Giant Edible Trellis on September 30, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Yesterday was a fantastic, sunny day. It was a great day for a caterpillar search and destroy mission in the garden. We’ve had real problems with caterpillars in our garden in the last year or so. They love to munch through beetroot, potatoes, rocket and many of the other leafy […]

Caterpillars: Search and Destroy

This entry was posted in In Our Garden on September 30, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Our lemon tree is bursting into bloom with the warmer weather I’ve got a lemon tree growing in a large pot at the back doorstep. It’s just bursting in to bloom at the moment. Unfortunately it is also starting to get a bit of scale appearing on the undersides of […]

Controlling Scale on Citrus Trees

This entry was posted in In Our Garden on September 27, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Building the Giant Edible Trellis Frame We built our trellis frame using old steel water pipe. We twitched it together with fencing wire and stabilised the three A-frames using star pickets. A final test that it would be strong enough, was to swing on each of the A-frames. We’re happy […]

Giant Edible Trellis Project: Week One, Set-up of trellis and ...

This entry was posted in Giant Edible Trellis on September 24, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

We all know that trellises are great for maximising our use of space by growing plants vertically. Quite often they are used in edible gardening for growing cucumbers, beans, peas and other vine veggies. I’ve come across a few images on Pinterest that have inspired me to get out in […]

Vertical Gardening on a Giant Edible Trellis: Our latest project

This entry was posted in Giant Edible Trellis on September 19, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

We had a family dinner at Mum’s last week. Before dinner I popped out to inspect the veggie patch and couldn’t believe the size of the broccoli. I wanted to take a photo to share on our social media pages, but I needed something to give perspective. So, we got […]

Aussie the Broccoli Bandit

This entry was posted in In Our Garden on September 15, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Our parsely pesto was so tasty, and such a vibrant green — With all the warm, sunny, spring weather lately, you might have noticed that your herbs have started growing a lot more vigorously. If you don’t cut them back regularly during this flush of growth, they’re going to go to seed. Going to seed spells the beginning of the end for […]

Parsley Pesto Recipe

This entry was posted in Recipes on September 8, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

White oil is among the safest and most effective organic ways of controlling many sap sucking and leaf chewing pests in the garden. Gardeners have been using white oils for centuries, so they’ve been thoroughly tested. The best thing about white oil is that you can make it yourself! White […]

How to Make White Oil

This entry was posted in How to make on September 4, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Rose Creek Estate in East Keilor held their annual Open Day on the last Sunday in August. Leaf, Root & Fruit took the opportunity to visit this impressive family garden. Without the queue of visitors, the house on the corner of Craig Street would look just like any other in […]

Rose Creek Estate Open Day 2014

This entry was posted in Events on September 1, 2014 by Leaf, Root & Fruit