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First rose of the season

#bloomscrolling #gardeningau #GardeningAustralia

Tiny spring onions from my garden are just the right size for a garnish

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#chickens have arrived! Exciting development; completely changes the feel of our yard (in a good way).

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Second lot of potatoes is in (the sprouting remains of last season's potatoes), and mulch heaped on the first lot which have come up nicely.

And (unpictured) the coop is finally ready for chickens, which should arrive on Tuesday if all goes to plan.

Things are happening!

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The weather this time of year down here is really gorgeous. Variety in the rain and sunshine, chilly enough to need a jumper in the mornings and evenings, warm enough during the day to recharge your batteries.

I am having trouble putting a lid on my sense of urgency about getting plants and seeds in the ground to make the most of the season – counting weeks and calculating harvest dates... but also I need to guard my energy. I needed a nap yesterday and didn't get one, so today there will be napping, even though it's going to be sunny and I could be gardening!

I plan to sow the rest of the sunflowers outside now that it's reliably warmer and I've got a new tomato seedling to go into the raised bed. Look at this forecast. Perfect growing weather – with a lovely downpour on Thursday 🥰

#gardening #gardeningAU #weather

Good article about the current weather and what we might be able to expect in the next few days:
Flooding, storms forecast for parts of south-east Australia after record dry start to spring.
#Australia #Melbourne #Adelaide #Sydney #Canberra #GardeningAU
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-02/floods-storms-forecast-south-east-australia-after-dry-spetember/107217872

We have had 47.8mm of rain in the approximately hours since 9am yesterday. That's a fair drop. We are expecting 5-30 mm today. That is a good soak.

We are leading up to an exceptionally hot El Nino summer. Any rain that we get now will delay the drying out of soil and protect plants a little bit more.

#Melbourne #GardeningAU

We now have had 35.6mm of rain since 9am. They had predicted 15-40 mm so we are in the upper range of that estimate with another 12 hours to go.

I am filling up my various buckets and other receptacles I have lying around to catch water. Tomorrow we are expecting 2-20mm and Saturday 6-25mm. That will be a great soaking for gardens here.

#Melbourne #GardeningAU

Clivias are a great plant for a shady spot. They flower in Spring and can be propagated by getting a shovel and slicing through a large clump to divide them. They grow well in the shade under trees and don't need a lot of water.

Happy Monday everyone!

#GardeningAU #Melbourne

I’m yet to see a bee this spring, hence my walk to check out the local hives yesterday. ⬆️

But on a brighter note, bogong moths were back in numbers last night for the first time in years.

#GardeningAU #CanberraGarden #Canberra

A few blocks away on this suburban block were maybe half a dozen beehives - all gone now (likely due to varroa).

#GardeningAU #CanberraGarden

RE: https://toot.wales/@richrollgardener/115247779428238387

BeetBear and I are dusting off a post from last year to recognize the Autumnal Equinox and pass the gardening baton off to our friends who are seeing the Vernal Equinox in THEIR gardens today!
#BeetBear
#gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#zone6b
#Equinox
#gardeningau
#gardeningNZ

Making progress in the new garden bed. Moved some things out of pots and last year's make-do raised beds. Lots of seeds in other parts of the bed.

We'll continue filling in with seedlings as the season progresses (and we see what comes of the seeds).

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Seeking advice :) So have reclaimed some space in the backyard, (current a car-compressed patch of lawn), and planning what we want to do with it in the medium-long term.

Want some space for perennial foodstuffs, fruit tree or two (now i know just how bloody big the hole needs to be), trellis space (finally somewhere for) passionfruit!) maybe another veggie bed. Gonna be next to future chook pen and need to fix the compost setup. Plants have to be tasty or local :)

Got any fun books and online resources recommendations? (not video). It feels like the last time we'll ever have a blank canvas, which is a little intimidating.

(Very lucky and excited to be able to do this)

#gardenPlanning #VeggieGardening #gardeningau

I applaude these warrigal greens that have decided to grow in the lawn.

#warrigalgreens #gardeningau

Seeds, seeds, sowing seeds. Spring is springing, and as always, I feel a month behind in planting. But I'm not just gardening out of pots this year and that makes me happy — regardless of what/how much actually grows.

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Second attempt at growing garlic is going much better. Tops are dying off (early September seem alright for Brisbane?) so probably not going to get much more growth. Still, I picked a small one to see and its got more clove than I put in. So counting that as a win.

Might be worth a nice pizza if I get the green tomatoes before the grubs.

And the #BloodySwamphens only pulled out 2-3 of them.

#garlic #subtropicalgardening #gardeningau #VeggieGardening

Thirty years ago a determined man established a community garden in Adelaide with the vision of helping a community bond together like in a piazza in his birthplace of Italy.

Now it is one of Adelaide's largest community gardens and a place for people of all ages and backgrounds.

#Adelaide #GardeningAU

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-05/highbury-community-garden-celebrates-30-years/107111722

Finished building and filling my new garden bed. Now to plant things!

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My bedroom tomato plants have some flowers! Yay! Almost time to move them outside, will do it next weekend. Bit windy next week.

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Kangaroo pause #gardeningau #bloomscrolling

Cymbidium pandemonium #gardeningau #bloomscrolling

Micromyrtus plant in bloom,each flower is about 1mm across. #gardeningau #bloomscrolling

Heart shaped flame pea flower plant #gardeningau

Invasive Species Council calls for popular 'sweetpea' (Polygala myrtifolia) sold at Bunnings to be declared a weed.

This article talks about 'national' weeds, but Australia is a very large landmass. There are hundreds of plants that are terrible weeds in one part of Australia but not other parts. State government and council weeds list should be consulted by gardeners too.
#GardeningAU

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-29/bunnings-sweet-pea-polygala-milkwort-shrub-infests-coastline/107075598

I am thinking of growing tomatoes in grow bags this year. Feel free to offer comments or suggestions.
#GardeningAU #Melbourne

At this morning's working bee our group managed to get this big palm-like plant out of its pot and planted in the ground. We also did lots of weeding and mulching. We had a new volunteer came and he was great.

After the working bee I went to a local community meeting and found another new volunteer and a new street gardening project.

Spring is around the corner so we are going to be very busy as we also need to do another working bee in the same garden we worked in this morning. We re-established that garden about a year ago with around 100 plants (geraniums and various succulents) our group had propagated. It is a big area and we still have a lot more weeding and mulching to do.

We do this because it is enjoyable. It is not a productivity exercise. These working bees are an opportunity to do something good in fresh air and make friends. I loved hearing deep conversations happening while people were weeding. It slows everything down, and that is a good thing.

#GardeningAU #volunteering