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Help! My plant is sick!
Healthy Indoors plants Written and edited by Tammy 6th March 2025 Diagnosing what’s wrong with a sick or dying plant can be tricky stuff,...

Tammy Johnson
Mar 66 min read


Micro-Climate-How to Create a Garden, Within Your Garden.
Delicate shade loving plants Watch any gardening shows on tv, and you’ll often hear them use the term ‘Microclimate’ but what IS a...

Tammy Johnson
Jan 193 min read


12 of the best Silver Grey foliage plants
The 12 must have silver grey foliage plants for your garden.

Tammy Johnson
Jan 37 min read


How to save water in the garden💦👀
Cost efficient ways we can all save water wastage in our gardens.

Tammy Johnson
Dec 15, 20243 min read


The perfect Christmas garden made simple
Written and edited by Tammy 8th December 2024 With less than 3 weeks to go till Christmas the race is on to have our menus planned,...

Tammy Johnson
Dec 8, 20245 min read


How to Grow Healthy Tomatoes Successfully🍅
Learn how to grow healthy tomatoes successfully.
Never buy supermarket tomatoes again.

Tammy Johnson
Nov 14, 20245 min read


How to grow Seedlings Successfully
Written and edited by Tammy 28th September 2024 Despite the cool, mild and gloomy start to Spring we’ve had so far here in our region,...

Tammy Johnson
Sep 28, 20245 min read


Meyer Lemon Marmalade 🍋
Meyer Lemon Marmalade written and edited by Tammy 1st September 2024 You’ve heard me say it before and I’ll say it again, “when life...

Tammy Johnson
Sep 1, 20242 min read


When is the Best Time to Fertilise Your Garden and What Products Should You Use?
Written and edited by Tammy 24th August 2024 “Is it too soon to fertilise yet?" If you’re hesitating and unsure, the answer is no… not at...

Tammy Johnson
Aug 24, 20244 min read


Identifying fruit buds on fruit trees
Cherry Blossoms Written and edited by Tammy 29th June 2024 By now, most fruit trees will have dropped their remaining leaves and...

Tammy Johnson
Jun 29, 20246 min read


Beginners guide to Pruning tools-which one to use!
Gardening tools Written and edited by Tammy 7th May 2024 Pruning is one of those jobs that all gardeners need to do at some point whether...

Tammy Johnson
May 7, 20245 min read


Studying Certificate III in Horticulture
Written and edited by Tammy 12th March 2024 The tail end of 2016 saw me thoroughly enjoying my first year working in a local, family own...

Tammy Johnson
Apr 15, 20245 min read


Growing garlic for beginners
Fresh Garlic Written and edited by Tammy 6th April 2024 ( Allium sativum) Garlic. If you're contemplating, "how hard is it to grow...

Tammy Johnson
Apr 6, 20245 min read


10 veggies NOT to plant right now.
Written and edited by Tammy 18th February 2024 A common question I’m asked is “what veggies can I plant right now?” and in all honesty...

Tammy Johnson
Feb 18, 20242 min read


Garden repairs & TLC after storm damage.
Plants weathering torrential downpour. Written and edited by Tammy 16th January 2024 If there's ever been a Summer for breaking weather...

Tammy Johnson
Jan 16, 20244 min read


Plants going yellow? here's why
Interveinal chlorosis on my peach tree A common issue we all deal with at some stage as gardeners is yellowing foliage. Take a look at...

Tammy Johnson
Jan 5, 20243 min read


Stop Blackbirds trashing your garden
Written and edited by Tammy 19th December 2023 There's nothing more frustrating than finding the mulch you've tediously spread around...

Tammy Johnson
Dec 19, 20232 min read


Gardening inspired gift ideas
Written and updated by Tammy 8th December 2024 With only a few weeks to go till Christmas there's still time to find that last minute...

Tammy Johnson
Dec 9, 20234 min read


Container Gardening
Written and edited by Tammy 29th November 2023 Growing plants in pots or containers is a fantastic alternative if you haven't got a lot...

Tammy Johnson
Nov 29, 20233 min read


Where would we be without Bees 🐝
Written and edited by Tammy 5th November 2023 Did you ever stop and wonder what the world would be like without bees? Well it's actually...

Tammy Johnson
Nov 5, 20232 min read
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