Tims Articles
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Grow Lettuce In Pots!! - Apr 10, 2026
Dear gardening friends I spoke to a customer recently who told me she had never planted a tree. I was shocked, she was at least 70. We've grown Native Frangipani trees here from seeds and this amazing fast growing tree has the most beautiful highly perfumed yellow flowers!!!! We've grown them so your children can come in...
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Have You Made French Potato Soup? - Apr 2, 2026
Dear gardening friends We are open all Easter Weekend including Good Friday and Easter Monday from 9am to 4pm.You really must find the time to come and see us.Autumn is the best time to garden and we have so many fabulous plants waiting here for you. Some of our customers got a nice surprise to see Costa and The Gard...
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It’s Time To Plant Garlic!! - Mar 27, 2026
Dear gardening friendsLots of anxiety in the community at the moment with war and fuel prices going up, it's easy to become absorbed by doom and gloom. But when you look up, you'll see beauty all around you. This Lemon Scented Eucalyptus wasn't just looking good, it was smelling great too.It made me smile. When tou...
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It’s Time To Plant Garlic!! - Mar 19, 2026
Dear gardening friendsIt's time to plant Garlic, we've got Purple Garlic bulbs from Tasmania. Break up the bulb into cloves. Plant the cloves just below the soil into Tim's Best Potting mix or your prepared Vegetable garden. Plant Cloves 10cms apart then cover with soil. Water daily until they pop up. Harvest your Garlic in Nove...
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We’ve Gone International! - Mar 12, 2026
Dear gardening friendsDrove through Menangle this morning where they are doing the roadworks and noticed the historic Kurrajong tree had been cut down opposite The Menangle Store.It made me feel sick. The tree had been tortured over the years with pruning to keep the foliage away from the wires. It was twisted and distorted, it wa...