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Yearly Archives: 2017

District Docklands Community Garden Design — District Docklands (formerly known as the Harbour Town precinct) has created a new community garden. Leaf, Root & Fruit is proud to work with the District Docklands team and Development Victoria to design and implement a productive, aesthetic and exciting space for children and their families enjoyment. Address: Corner of […]

District Docklands Children’s Community Garden

This entry was posted in Projects on November 1, 2017 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Recently, I posted some observations and theories that I have been developing on citrus gall wasps. To test out the theories, I’m setting up a trial to see which treatment regime might produce the healthiest and most productive trees. Setting up the gall wasp experiment In August 2017 I purchased […]

Experiment: Control of Citrus Gall Wasp

This entry was posted in Citrus Growing Guide Experiments on October 5, 2017 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Controlling Citrus Gall Wasp Melbourne — What is the Citrus Gall Wasp? Citrus Gall Wasps (Bruchophagus fellis) emerging from a citrus gall. Around Melbourne, Citrus Gall Wasp (Bruchophagus fellis) has become a large problem for backyard citrus growers. It is a small, 3 mm in length, shiny, black wasp that is native to Australia. It originated […]

Treating Citrus Gall Wasp in Melbourne: An alternative approach to ...

This entry was posted in Citrus Growing Guide on July 3, 2017 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Edilbe Gardening Job Permaculture Melbourne — Due to a recent staff promotion, Leaf, Root & Fruit Gardening Services have a position vacant in our team of edible landscapers and urban farmers. This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic team player, keen to share the excitement in encouraging the development of sustainable, edible gardening in Melbourne. […]

We need another Urban Farmer to expand our team

This entry was posted in Job Vacancies on May 1, 2017 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Which Bunnings Fertilizer is Best? — I purchased a range of “off-the-shelf” fertilisers from Bunnings and tested their performance. This summer I conducted an experiment to test the performance of a range of potting mixes. While setting that experiment up, I expanded it to investigate a range of “off-the-shelf” fertilisers (mostly certified organic ones). For those […]

Which Commercial Fertiliser is Best?

This entry was posted in Projects on May 1, 2017 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Harbour Town Docklands Apple Crate Herb and Veggie Patch Melbourne — Lately we’ve been spending some time at the Harbour Town precinct at Docklands where there’s some big changes in the pipeline. Residents, shoppers and visitors to the centre have all been excited by the arrival of our temporary pop-up-patches. The apple-crate pop up patches have been placed throughout the centre […]

Harbour Town, Docklands Pop-Up-Patch

This entry was posted in Projects on April 14, 2017 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Which Potting Mix is Best? Melbourne — When people try to grow plants in containers, one of the most common pitfalls that I see, is the use of poor quality soil, or potting mix. Last summer I conducted a small experiment to demonstrate the importance of soil in growing great vegetables. It produced some very interesting results, […]

Which Potting Mix is Best?

This entry was posted in Projects on April 3, 2017 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

Edible Garden Melbourne Job Advertisement — Our friends, Conversion Partners at the Harbour Town Precinct in Docklands are looking for someone to manage their garden installations. We’re helping them out with the recruiting. They are after someone that can: Have input into future landscape design of the shopping centre precinct. Carry out procurement and installation […]

Job Opportunity: Gardener at Docklands Harbour Town

This entry was posted in Job Vacancies on January 13, 2017 by Leaf, Root & Fruit