One of my newer garden additions thanks to a kind online friend who shared many of her seeds with me, is red snake beans. Snake beans (Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis) are native to East and South-East Asia making them ideal tropical and subtropical plants. Whilst they can grow year round in my subtropical garden, the…
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8 Heatwave Gardening Tips
As I write this we have just barely entered summer and yet many places around Australia are already sweltering in >30°C heatwaves. Such extreme heat fluctuations can really cause havoc on a garden but there are a few ways to minimise the damage and help your garden thrive. 1. Mulch Mulch is undoubtedly the single…
