Tims Articles
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Time to plant tomatoes! - Sep 2, 2011
Dear gardening friends We have been so busy in the nursery again this week it seems everybody has fallen in love with gardening. The weather has been so nice and the soil is still moist from all the rain. But the main reason we have been so busy is that spring has started. Pig has given his milkcrate a spring makeove...
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Tim gets the bug - Aug 28, 2011
Dear gardening friends We have had fantastic gardening weather this week so many of our regulars are popping in to see us. It seems everyone is getting the gardening bug early this spring. Yes I know spring doesn't officially start until next week but have a look at all the blossom trees in flower. My Manchurian Pear trees are covered...
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Passion back in fasion - Aug 26, 2011
It's spring, so now is the best time to plant almost everything in your garden. If you have a bare looking pool fence then perhaps you might like to cover it with a passion fruit vine. Passion fruit cost around 50 cents each in the shops and a mature vine will produce between 300 and 400 fruit every year. That's $200 worth of passion fruit ev...
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Do you love you dog? - Aug 19, 2011
Dear gardening friendsIt has been so wet lately you may not have been able to spray your lawn for Bindii. The bad news is time is running out and soon the bindii seeds will have set and then it will be too late to spray. This means your poor dog will be stepping on painful bindii all summer long. We have had great ...
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Get ready for spring! - Aug 11, 2011
I had my shorts on this week so spring is near. I didn't realize I had so many freckles. In the next couple of weeks you will get the spring gardening bug. This bug makes you go outside and suddenly realize that your garden has been over taken by weeds. You will find yourself buying weed killers and fertilisers in an attempt to bring ...