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Green, cool, productive and droughtproofed – the lower-water vegie garden

As I wrote yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised to find that even though the watering system broke while we were on holiday, most of the plants survived a summer week or two without water. I’m putting this down to the … Continue reading

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Heat tolerant vegies

One of the surviving-summer strategies I’m using heavily in my zone 3 gardens is choosing heat-tolerant plants. Heat tolerance is an important thing to select for, but it’s not as obvious as it first seems. For instance, I don’t mean … Continue reading

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Plant profile – Eschscholzia californica, the California Poppy

This is the state flower of California. It grows in gorgeous meadows there, lighting up hills golden-orange when in season. It’s native to an area around California, Arizona, Mexico, the Sonoran Desert – that sort of thing. It’s one of … Continue reading

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