Given our recent absence from the blogosphere, some of you are probably wondering if we had gone back into hibernation. We have been...

Fancy calling a plant "Super Bum" right?. Well that is what I thought when I first saw the botanical name of the Staghorn Fern in print....

Good news from our little 'prison farm'. The garlic has sprouted! We were a little delayed in actually planting our Allium sativum bulbs....

We all like to think that we do not judge others. But sometimes, we have a very good reason to! Recently I  had the privilege of judging...

We made a little road trip to #Hobart last week, ostensibly to attend the International Plant Propagators' Society (IPPS) annual...

Who said size matters? These days our homes are getting smaller, and not surprisingly, our gardens. So how do you do more with less?...

How can an insect or a gecko help American defence, you may be asking? And potentially horticulture at the same time? Sceptical? Well, I...

While the weather is starting to cool down here in Tasmania, things are actually heating up in the kitchen. Our Capsicum annuum 'Ring of...

Following on from their successful Energy Expo last year, Tamar Natural Resource Management (NRM) has decided to give this year's event a...

"Grass trees in halls, and queens on their thrones, Hills Hoists on lawns, and an Elkhorn alone" ... these were a few of our favourite...

Check out the first batch of articles I have written for the Nursery and Garden Industry Australia (NGIA). Following on from the NGIA...

I headed out yesterday desperately seeking garlic. No, Tasmania had not suddenly been invaded by vampires. I had received notice that...

Okay so I have a new plaything, for this week at least. What is it, you are asking with great anticipation? Google Images. Don’t know...

Who doesn’t want to give their garden the growing edge? Several hundred members of the Nursery and Garden Industry Australia (NGIA)...