Gardening

[skippy]

Yes BO companion planting makes a difference. All of these are supposed to be good for tomatoes .

Asparagus, Basil, Celery, Borage, Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrot, Cauliflower, Celery, Chives, Dill, Gooseberry, Grape, Hyssop, Lovage, Mariglod (French), Marjoram, Mint, Nasturtium, Onion, Parsley, Parsnip, Turnip

Tomato grows pretty much all year around where I live but I never have great success with buying seedlings, I get the best tomatoes from throwing out old ones and letting them grow from there, works most times.

[GeorgeH]

Those are rubbish. Basil for example is likely to catch blackspot from the tomatoes.

Best companion plant is melon or pumpkin, let the vines grow among the tomato plants.

Onions, leeks are good for attracting beneficial insects if you let them flower. Tagetes marigolds are also good.

[Black Orchid]

Yes BO companion planting makes a difference. All of these are supposed to be good for tomatoes .

Asparagus, Basil, Celery, Borage, Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrot, Cauliflower, Celery, Chives, Dill, Gooseberry, Grape, Hyssop, Lovage, Mariglod (French), Marjoram, Mint, Nasturtium, Onion, Parsley, Parsnip, Turnip

Tomato grows pretty much all year around where I live but I never have great success with buying seedlings, I get the best tomatoes from throwing out old ones and letting them grow from there, works most times.

Tomatoes used to grow all year round where I lived, too, when I lived up on the mid north coast. I miss my vegie garden. It's all trial and error though. I don't believe in the use of herbicides or pesticides and never had a problem with bugs or disease. The only thing I ever used was a spray of water, garlic and a bit of detergent and I only ever had to use that on rare occasions.

[Black Orchid]

Yes it is. Companion planting/gardening. It makes good sense, it works and if done in conjunction with crop rotation and the occasional spray of garlic you should be home free with your crops.

Vertical gardens are also a really good space saving idea for herbs etc.

[Neferti]

My garden is a blaze of colour. All the Azaleas are in bloom ... I have 12 of them (various colours). The Dutch iris is out as is the Bearded Iris. Pansies here and there as well as Lavender. The May bush is in full bloom.

[mantra]

My maybush flowered a month ago, followed by the jasmine and then the wisteria. Pity the flowers don't last for long, but a variety of bulbs are shooting up now. I have a couple of native hibiscus and they're starting to bud alongside a blue salvia which is coming up everywhere and another purple perennial which I don't know the name of. It's a perfect time of year for flowers.

[Neferti]

My maybush flowered a month ago, followed by the jasmine and then the wisteria. Pity the flowers don't last for long, but a variety of bulbs are shooting up now. I have a couple of native hibiscus and they're starting to bud alongside a blue salvia which is coming up everywhere and another purple perennial which I don't know the name of. It's a perfect time of year for flowers.

You are further North than I am, perhaps that has some bearing on the Maybush flowering time? What bulbs do you have that are shooting up at this time of the year?

There are some plants that I had in Sydney and Melbourne that I don't have here. Hibiscus is one of them. I have had blue salvia though. The camellias have finished but they do well in my garden. I have found what suits this climate and at the moment my garden is beautiful. Every so often I throw a handful of Blood and Bone around but that's about it.

[mantra]

I don't have a great variety of different bulbs - half a dozen or so. My favourites are the hippeastrums which are coming into flower now. They've moved around the garden slowly, but over the years have changed colour. Once they were orange and yellow, but now they come up in various shades of puce, which look so much better.

I have pink crinum lilies everywhere too, but they only flower in February. Agapanthus - which I'm not so keen on - they flower around Christmas. There are snowdrops which come up in winter and there are clivias in abundance which have just finished flowering. I also have a Christmas bell which starts growing prolifically about now. It produces clumps of dark red and yellow bells which last for a couple of months. Wherever there's space they spread and grow. I planted one plant years ago and now there are thousands. It's a bit intrusive, but very pretty.

[GeorgeH]

Happy with the photo—bit blurry here, due quick edit in photobucket perhaps.



Have a heap more, will post them in Members.

[Weed]

Do you grow ganja ?