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Deterring Cats and Birds from Garden Beds, Humanely
Cats and birds are best kept off garden beds humanely and lawfully. Here are the cheap, effective methods, including the all-important wildlife-safe netting rule.
Insect Hotels: How to Support Native Bees and Beneficial Bugs
A good insect hotel shelters native bees and the predators that eat pests, but only if it is built, placed and maintained well, and the garden...
Citrus Gall Wasp: How to Prevent and Control It
Citrus gall wasp causes woody swellings along citrus twigs, and no spray cures it. The one control that works is pruning out galled wood before the...
Giloy: the stick that looks dead, and the vine it becomes
A Giloy cutting arrives looking like a dead stick. Here is what it becomes, where it will grow in Australia, and the one safety fact worth...
Why Your Zucchini Keeps Flowering But Not Fruiting, and How to Fix It
A zucchini covered in flowers but no fruit is usually a timing or pollination issue, not a sick plant. Here is how to tell what is...
10 Unusual Vegetables You Can Grow in Australia
Ten unusual vegetables worth a corner of the bed, what they actually are, and the handful that need a sensible boundary in an Australian garden.
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