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Yes that initial waiting period sure does put you under a heap of strain! Once things are up out of the ground and away growing happily and the insects have started biting holes in things you will have heaps to do! :D

Hi Chad, welcome. Now I have to ask in my most friendly tone, are you taking the mick, mate? :p That's some orchard! It's a commercial farm so I'm assuming you moved onto a farm? Nice healthy looking trees. What are they?

Hi Jenny, welcome. You'll have to make yourself a greenhouse for winter growing. Maybe fit it between your two houses? You said you bought the 'tiny' house next door. Is it one of those century old little 3room one bedroom workers cottages that are about 12ft wide? Or is it a real 'tiny house'...

Welcome Wolfsatz. By your mid summer you should have a bounty of garden produce to fill your plates. :twothumbsup::eat:

Yep, what Andrew said!

It is most likely due to them just having the upheaval of changing homes. If you just got uprooted from your home and plonked some other place you would be a bit put off too. The new duck house needs to be inviting. Think like a duck as to what would cause you to feel secure and comfortable in...

So, Robbie, you are telling me that oxalis is good for me? What colour is the flower? And size of the leaf. We have an oxalis here with quite a big leaf that produces a good sized tuber but I never thought it was edible. There is also another oxalis with a much smaller leaf looking quite similar...

The contamination could be coming from anywhere. But giving another few eggs a go will certainly help to narrow down the cause. Then again maybe not. Contamination can come from anywhere, your hands, a new person in your life or coming into the house, wild birds, wind blowing from a different...

Perry I think that is a question for a vet. Seems like you might have some sort of bacterial or viral issue with that batch of eggs. Did your chooks lay the eggs or do you buy them?

Paul, it might be that they are reacting to imminent rain. You guys are apparently getting an east coast low developing offshore in the next few days. So perhaps you are going to get a deluge. Ant will go up when rain is due and the more of their nests they move up, the worse the rain might be...

So we know that these grubs are native Australian fauna. They are the larval stage of the native rhinoceros beetle. That means that in theory we aren't supposed to kill them! I know many will laugh at that statement but the technicality is that they are protected. Just thought I'd throw that...

Yep, they are certainly beauties, aren't they?

PAul if you are in an area where you can access cyprus pine bark chips you can use those to fill the bed because white ants don't eat the actual bark. They do eat the yellow wood but not the bark so if you most fill the bed with those then cover with geo fabric then top with good soil you will...

There are at least 4 types of beetles all that produce lava looking like this one. I have no idea which is edible or maybe all are. Then there's curl grubs and some even smaller which are in fact dung beetle lava but I wouldn't eat them! The ones that turn into rhino beetles are HUGE taking up...

Yes compost those seedlings to save you wasting your energy and expectations. Save up and buy a grafted tree because you know they will grow in your soil which is not a common thing. Growing seeds to encourage kids to get interested in gardening has always been a good idea. Usually, they forget...

What do these leaves look like underneath? Does it look like there's tiny particles of reddish dust? Maybe microscopic red spider mite perhaps.

Yes, its unfortunate that those hungry beetles grow into those huge beautiful rhino beetles and other similar Christmas beetles etc. But I find they tend to live harmoniously with my plants. But then again the plants I have growing in the ground never look that crash hot anyway due to...

Mark, prune it right back, throw a heap of hay mulch over the stump and it should reshoot in late spring after it's had a good bit of sun on it. Pull the mulch off once the last frost has gone to let the sun in to warm the soil. Rosellas should live about 3yrs. They aren't an annual or 3mth...

Try Daleys Have you googled rare fruit tree supplies in Australia?

You could avoid the soil altogether and just use free wood chips from tree surgeons. As long as the chips you use have a relatively neutral pH and on the fine side, you should be able to use them. There have been a few discussions here about chips. The thing to note is that some chips are toxic...