May 2026 Planting Guide and Garden Update

I stopped checking the weather forecast for days.

May 5

11

April 2026

My Hits and Misses of the 2025–26 Summer Vegetable Season

A review of what worked well and what I'll do differently next time

Apr 28

12

16

What Bug Is That and Should I Spray It?

Your questions answered

Apr 21

9

2

Stepover Apple Espaliers

Thanks to everyone who has requested free seeds as part of Seeds of Gratitude 2.0.

Apr 14

4

2

Seeds of Gratitude 2.0

A gift of free seeds, from me to you

Apr 12

12

26

April 2026 Planting Guide and Garden Update

When I was a kid, fruit salad was my favourite dessert.

Apr 7

16

8

March 2026

Adapting gardening to a changing climate

A science-based approach to growing food in the face of uncertain forecasts

Mar 31

15

6

Flying Squadrons, Spurious Soil Tests and Self-healing Plums

Your questions answered

Mar 24

9

2

How Long is a Piece of String?

And some other difficult-to-answer questions

Mar 17

10

Saving Dad’s Lemon Tree

Grief, regret, and a lesson in green-grafting citrus

Mar 10

5

2

March 2026 Planting Guide and Garden Update

Be careful what you wish for.

Mar 3

9

15

February 2026

This Carrot is Not for Sale

Why I’ll never sell my homegrown produce

Feb 24

29

6

1

Timing Leafy Greens, Contamination Cures and When to Water

Your questions answered

Feb 17

7

How to Grow Cauliflowers

For those like me growing in cool climates, now is a good time to get planting your caulis.

Feb 10

6

February 2026 Planting Guide and Garden Update

My garden is last night’s leftover pizza crust.

Feb 3

19

30

1

January 2026

Unravelling Bolting and Bitterness in Lettuces

I’m off and (land)racing – can you help?

Jan 27

10

6

2

Queensland Fruit Fly Resources

An interim update on this pulp-plundering fruit felon

Jan 20

14

Lettuce in on the Secret

Crunching trial data and creating a new planting plan for lettuce

Jan 13

9

7

January 2026 Planting Guide and Garden Update

I didn’t have any ripe tomatoes by Christmas Day.

Jan 6

11

6

December 2025

Gardening to Remember

Memories, beliefs, and making connections

Dec 30, 2025

29

4

1

My Leafy Green Trial Part Two

A systematic planting experiment to determine what leaves to plant when.

Dec 26, 2025

13

10

My Leafy Greens Trial Part One

A systematic planting experiment to determine what leaves to plant when.

Dec 16, 2025

33

10

2

Separating Sweet Corn, Pruning Tomatoes and Storage Setbacks

Your questions answered

Dec 9, 2025

10

December 2025 Planting Guide and Garden Update

I love the Kyneton show.

Dec 2, 2025

10

2

1

November 2025

I’m about to move to a new house

How to start growing food at a new home.

Nov 25, 2025

17

Managing a Rusty Riot

Results of a trial to better understand garlic rust fungal disease

Nov 18, 2025

10

10

How to Grow Pumpkins

It’s the perfect time to plant pumpkins.

Nov 11, 2025

11

8

November 2025 Planting Guide and Garden Update

Ready, set, GO, or ready set, slow?

Nov 4, 2025

13

26

October 2025

Fruit Thinning for Fat Fruit

Why it is important to thin your fruit and how to go about it.

Oct 28, 2025

11

4

How to Grow Cucumbers

Cucumber season is kicking off.

Oct 21, 2025

12

5

DIY Potting Mix, Apricot Pruning Advice and Delayed Brassicas

Your questions answered

Oct 14, 2025

6

4

October 2025 Planting Guide and Garden Update

When I moved to Kyneton with my young family in 2019, there were two established mulberry trees in the orchard.

Oct 7, 2025

19

2

September 2025

Another 10 Fruit Trees Worth Including in Your Backyard Orchard

How to produce a spread of even more delicious ripe fruit across the year

Sep 30, 2025

7

6

How to Grow Beetroot

Beetroot is possibly the easiest vegetable to grow and so versatile to eat.

Sep 23, 2025

10

13

1

Flying Dragon, Espalier Advice and Potted Lettuces

Your questions answered

Sep 16, 2025

9

2

Fruit Trees to Avoid

Give these ones a miss in your backyard orchard

Sep 9, 2025

13

24

September 2025 Planting Guide and Garden Update

I am Crazy Bird Man

Sep 2, 2025

16

19

August 2025

Templates for DIY Harvest Chart and Vegetable Planting Plan

Your homework is some colouring in!

Aug 28, 2025

3

2

1

Potato Priorities and Problems, and the Difference Between Seed Raising Mix and Potting Mix

Your questions answered

Aug 26, 2025

8

Ten Fruit Trees You Should Include in Your Backyard Orchard

How to produce a spread of delicious ripe fruit across the year

Aug 19, 2025

10

19

How Many Fruit Trees Should You Plant?

Finding the sweet spot between “the more the merrier” and “less is more”.

Aug 12, 2025

16

2

August 2025 Planting Guide and Garden Update

I bring strange tidings from the garden.

Aug 5, 2025

6

8

July 2025

My Vegetable Garden Planting Plan for Year-Round Abundance in Central Victoria

An annual chart showing when I plant my vegetable crops.

Jul 29, 2025

11

24

Asparagus to Zucchini: Harvesting Vegetables (and Data) All Year Round

Mapping the abundant and quiet periods in my garden.

Jul 22, 2025

30

6

Rootstock Request, Blueberry Pruning and Baa Baa Bark Sheep

Your questions answered

Jul 15, 2025

8

2

Designing a Nut Grove – and Cultivating a Connection

A family focused approach to creating a low-maintenance edible landscape

Jul 8, 2025

19

4

1

July 2025 Planting Guide and Garden Update

“Dad, I don’t want to alarm you, but Emily fell over,” says my son Angus, with a sombre look.

Jul 1, 2025

19

10

1

June 2025

How to Grow Tomatoes

My favourite garden aroma is brushing past tomato plants on a warm summer evening. Here's my guide to growing tomatoes.

Jun 24, 2025

13

14

Seedling Surprise, Anonymous Apples and a Fruit Famine

Your questions answered

Jun 17, 2025

11

4

When the Dream Orchard Becomes a Nightmare

A startling realisation and a rethink of my orchard design

Jun 10, 2025

15

10

1

Seeds of Gratitude

A gift of free seeds, from me to you

Jun 8, 2025

30

11

1

June 2025 Planting Guide and Garden Update

The lack of rain. I’m sick of whinging about it. My family want me to shut up. You possibly do too. But I can’t help it.

Jun 3, 2025

17

11

1

May 2025

How to Grow Rhubarb

When it comes to breakfast, I’m a no frills kinda guy.

May 27, 2025

10

10

Orange Onions, Nudie Rudies and Questionable Crowns

Your questions answered

May 20, 2025

12

2

What Do You Call That Plant?

Can you help me solve a plant labelling problem that’s as old as time itself?

May 13, 2025

14

33

May 2025 Planting Guide and Garden Update

Gosh most of April was dry.

May 6, 2025

21

4

April 2025

My Hits and Misses of the 2024–25 Summer Vegetable Season

A review of what worked well and what I'll do differently next time

Apr 29, 2025

13

4

Rare Inclusions for Your Berry Patch

And which rare berries are best avoided

Apr 22, 2025

12

7

Orchard Optimisation, Ant Antics and Cincture Control

Your questions answered

Apr 15, 2025

7

How to Grow Broad Beans

My cousins are some of my best mates.

Apr 8, 2025

6

9