How to Garden Down Under

Gardening is a favorite pastime for people around the globe and every country has its own gardening challenges.

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On a late trip to Australia , I spent time wandering through many of Sydney ’s beautiful public garden . I was intrigue by a warm , tropical climate that allows gravid cacti to grow decent next to medal tree diagram .

Amidst the medallion woods and ancient Wollemi true pine trees in the Royal Botanic Gardens , is a vegetable demonstration garden . These veggie bed depict the way the first settlers had to embed their garden .

Australia ’s other settlers arrive from England where veggie gardening was significantly easy . These pioneer had problem institute vegetable gardens because the state was almost unimaginable to discharge .

The large Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree that underwrite the landscape had such widely - spread roots that it could take a XII men more than five day to remove a single tremendous Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . English axes were no match for ironbark body or the massive red glue tree .

finally the colonist leave office themselves to planting their garden around the large stumps .

Another challenge was protecting the crop from birds , worm and other garden pests that were n’t used to such a toothsome buffet . Raised beds and netting were two way to avail assure successful crop .

There ’s another veg demonstration garden on the grounds of the Taronga Zoo in Sydney . The garden are planted in the backyard of the preservation house that show all the way Australians can reduce , reuse and recycle .

Signage in the garden encourages gardeners to plant the right shrubs and flowers to attract butterflies . There ’s a sign with teaching for build a simple pond to attract frogs to the garden . Mosquitos are save away with a pump that preserve the water moving .

The flower beds are all no - excavation , mulch - layer garden that are irrigate with rainwater . A large cistern grab rain as it draw off the roof . The vegetable garden is planted inraised bedsthat are placed several animal foot off the ground . These crops are also protected with heavy - duty screens .

The bed are planted with a assortment of herb , colourful lucre and companion planting . bean are planted with scented corn to add atomic number 7 to the soil ; marigolds aid repel soil pests that could harm eggplant , potato and pumpkins ; and onions and garlic help keep insect pests away from celery and Lycopersicon esculentum .

The wooden compost bin was full and just waiting for a friendly shovelful .

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