Serradella
About 14 million hectares of the agricultural areas of NSW are moderately to severely acidic. Before the advent of serradella, few (if any) legumes survived or thrived on much of this country. As a consequence these soils were infertile; produced ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
Need a Bin
The sandy soils of WA are some of the least fertile in the world. Many people who move to WA from other parts of Australia and start a garden are often amazed at how we get anything to grow. They have never seen soil like it. Well we can tell ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens
If you love the changing season and autumn toned leaves, then head 15 minutes up the freeway and visit the best cool climate garden in the state. The higher rainfall and acidic soils makes Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens the ideal place for growing ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Yorkshire fog grass (Holcus lanatus)
A velvety greyish perennial mat forming grass, usually under 50cm high, which grows best in wet soils. Leaves blades are flat, to 10mm wide and softly and densely hairy. Flowering stems are erect with a seed head to 5-17cm long. The seed heads ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Soil Types
Adelaide has huge range of different soils, from the thin shaly crust at Belair, heavy clay in Salisbury, grey sand in North Haven and everything in between. No matter what soil type you have, spending time improving it will be the best ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Fertile Soil
The Bay of Plenty is one of the most fertile regions on the planet and the reason is in the soil. These are deep, rich, volcanic ash soils that receive incredible rainfall, between 1.2m to 1.8m per year. This is a great thing as far as kiwi fruit ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Free Call:
Western Australia has some of the least fertile soils in the world and we still manage to have some fantastic gardens. Sue thinks it is because we understand the importance of using products that save water, and help improve the fertility of the ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Great Features
The foundation to great plant growth starts with the soil. Using top quality soils and mulches have a critical effect to the amount of water absorbed by the plants. Using a low grade soil could cause a lot of run off and evaporation, which is ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Powerfeed
www.seasol.com.au Turns sticky clay soils in friable soils without the use of gypsum Increases shelf life of cut flowers PowerFeed is the only product widely available in the home garden market in Australia that provides the amazing benefits of ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Deep Watering
Watering the garden is a much more complex job than many people think. It is particularly difficult if your soil is water repellent (or hydrophobic), because the water just runs off instead of soaking into the soil. These soils can be treated ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Growing Vegies
In our segment Don talked about the value of animal manure in the garden. Manure conditions soils of all types, it provides nutrients, it is already more or less decomposed and it is teeming with bacteria and other beneficial organisms. Animal ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Fertiliser Manure
Horse manure is very fibrous, rots down quickly and is regarded as being useful for heavy clay soils because of its fibre content. It also works well on sandy soils. It can be incorporated into the soil, or used as a mulch to about 5cm (2") ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
