Gardening

Gardening – tips, ideas and how-to guides from tropical food garden gardening blog. From backyard to homestead food growing!

October Harvesting and Planting

What’s going on in the tropical food garden in October? October for us, here in the Southern Hemisphere, just 16 ...
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September Harvesting and Planting

What’s growing, fruiting, flowering, germinating, and cropping in our tropical food garden in September. That’s the first month of spring ...
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What To Plant in The Tropics in May

May is the last month of autumn for us but already it’s getting a bit chilly at night. If you ...
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November Harvesting and Planting

In November in the southern hemisphere tropics the heat is building for us and rain is scarce at the beginning ...
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Snake Beans and Green Ants

What’s with snake beans and green ants? As soon as the first flowers appeared on our snake bean plants the ...
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August Harvesting and Planting

What’s growing, fruiting, flowering, germinating, and cropping in our tropical food garden in August. Remember, we’re in the southern hemisphere, ...
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Make Your Own Fertiliser

Yes, you can make your own fertiliser for your plants at home, easily. It can even be free. Making your ...
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July Harvesting and Planting

What are we are picking, harvesting, and planting here in tropical Queensland in July. Every year we will update this ...
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First Steps in Tropical Food Gardening

Gardening in the tropics is different. It’s not as easy as many gardeners in cooler climates might think. We in ...
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