Tims Gardening Column
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Fresh Cut Christmas Trees Are Coming! - Nov 20, 2025
Dear gardening friendsThis is what I come home to after a hard days work. It relaxes me straight away, it's the colour green. It's also the beautiful shade that these trees cast. Have you noticed how your body reacts when you walk under trees on a hot day? You feel instant relief. I planted most of my trees in the garden...
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Fresh Cut Christmas Trees Are Coming! - Nov 13, 2025
Dear gardening friendsI rescued a tree this week, growing in a park in Camden. It has been vandalised, someone had cut it off at ground level. This beautiful Pin Oak grows into the most amazing shade tree but someone had decided they didn't like it. This often happens to trees all around Australia. They get cut or broken...
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He’s The Ginger Bread Man - Nov 6, 2025
Dear gardening One tree can make such a difference to your life. I turned up to a party once, it was a kids pool party, the parents could stay if they wanted but they all didn't. I ended up helping cook the bbq while watching the kids swim. I became the unofficial lifesaver. It was in a fancy suburb, the back yard faced ...
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A Tree That Smokes? - Oct 30, 2025
Dear gardening Fayaz just came in looking for Native grasses. You don't want native grasses mate, show me a photo of your garden. He showed me a photo, the garden was all prepared, it was even covered in mulch. The house next door was huge, one of the windows looked straight into Fayaz's front garden. You need a tree mat...
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You Need A Pelargonium. - Oct 23, 2025
Dear gardening I'm sitting here having a coffee, you see things here in Queen street, it's theatre. I've just watched Tookie water this tree with her water bottle. She had one bottle for herself and one for the tree. I watched her water the tree yesterday too, she has adopted this tree. It's very methodical, she tips the...