Our turf was laid a month ago, it’s been through it with crazy weather (torrential rain and soaring QLD heat). Any ideas on how to give it some more life and help it grow ?

Hi everyone,

We’re in Brisbane and looking to start landscaping. We love the cottage garden look and feel of our South-facing garden, which gets partial sun but is mostly shaded by a beautiful tree. There’s a lot of concrete, including the garden bed.

We’re novices and need something easy to do. Ideally, we’d like to cover the old, eyesore concrete.

Plant-wise, we’re thinking of agapanthus, but we’re open to suggestions. We want it to look lush and low to mid-maintenance, considering the tree’s heavy leaf drop. We’d also love some colorful flowers to brighten the front yard.

Thanks for any help and tips on this new hobby!

I have a bore where the outlet is just a standard garden tap which I run a standard hose and sprinkler off. After a couple of weeks use my sprinkler range is greatly diminished. The water pressure through the hose seems to be fine so I assume the sprinkler nozzles are getting clogged with fine sediment/calcium etc from the groundwater. Is there an easy way to clean these? Do I need to install a filter in the line somewhere to help prevent this?

Hi everyone,

Wondering if any of you might have some suggestions for plants that would help cover up some of this fence.

Something tall and thin that wont grow out into the lawn, or could easily be trimmed so it doesn’t, but will also cope with heat off the fence.

Doesn’t have to be a hedge, five trees spread out evenly for example would be fine.

Thanks in advance!

Looking at buying a Zero Turn MTD RZT 50 inch second hand. Bloke says steering issues after a couple hours use, has suggested new steering fluid could fix it. What do you guys reckon?

I have a Holman tap splitter installed in my apartment laundry so I can connect a hose if needed. The splitter has a small lever on it which opens or closes the flow of water and it's quite easy for this to get hit accidentally (down is on, unfortunately). I've been trying to find a "stopper" which could just click into the fitting when it's not in use which would block the flow of water, but haven't had any luck on Bunnings website or via google. Does anyone know if such a thing exists?

The store did not realise someone had knocked the vase over so this hydroponic peace lily was very wilted and dehydrated. The lady gave it to me for a discounted price and said if I remove the yellow the leaves it should come back to life.

I have done that, rinsed the roots and put it in new water. I initially had it in water with liquid fertiliser but then I read that would be too stressful for the plant, so now it's just in plain water. It has been 4 days. Is there any chance of saving this plant?

Hello I have been given a mango tree and am looking for somewhere to plant it Would it be okay in the position pictured? The fence is on a retaining wall, will it be too close?

(Going to replace the dying lemon tree)

Hi folks,

I am in SW WA and have been battling these weeds all spring.

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Can anyone identify them or give tips on how to deal with them?

At first it was the yellow flowered ones but now the red ones have appeared.

TIA and Merry Christmas to all.

Hi everyone, Tonight the Ash Tree in front of my pergola has been infested with hornets. I count 7 loitering around on leaves and branches within the thing.

Now, with two kids under 10 and a curious puppy, I am not exactly happy with these visitors.

I’m wondering if the community has any advice here - should I be getting ready to forcibly evict these tenants, or if I should be allowing them to hang around?

What sort of beetle is this? I keep finding them around my back yard and can hear them swarming in the neighbours tree of a night time.

Located in Melbourne, VIC.

My back yard is small and is just grass, the yard is full sun until late afternoon. I’d love to scape it to a bird/bee paradise.

What are some recommendations for a full sun area that are hardy and also attract pollinators to the yard.

I have also recently had lawn grubs destroy 90% of the grass so it’s mainly weeds and the long clumpy grass that you don’t want (I don’t know what it’s called).

Hey all, Fairly new to gardening, but this thing is doing my head in. Has gone from 1 sprout to nearly 10 square meters in about 8 weeks. Grows faster than any weed killer can kill it. I've been unable to ID it using local information. Doesn't appear to flower (all other plants in the area are currently flowering) Underground rhizome root system of a creamy colour. This piece was poisoned last week, but has new growth this week.

Strong/resilient enough that it's growing through a rather thick weed matting that has been put down (I'm going to assume to hide it long enough to become a problem for the new resident.)

And then importantly, how can I kill it without using something to kill the soil as well.

Thanks all

Hi all, I’m new to gardening this year in a rental with various pots and have a few spaces in my veggie pot garden I’d like to fill at the moment.

I was wondering if there is anything suitable to direct plant as a seed now in Melbourne with the heat? Or is it a bad time?

Thanks for any advice or suggestions!

I have a lot of Egyptian walking onion and lettuce growing more than I can eat and I’m wondering how I can keep what I cut longer?

I’ve thought about freezing but I don’t like the idea, just don’t like the taste.

Got a very young banana tree as a Christmas present. So i tried to put it up in my yard, noticed one of the leaves were discoloured today. it has been only 3 days, and it came via post, not sure if this is normal and takes some time for the roots to settle in, or I should be taking action immediately.

Very new to gardening, but really don't want this tree to die on me. I have put up some shades for the weather near the southern highlands of NSW, it has been getting really hot lately. Any tips would work :D,

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I put some new turf down around 10-12 weeks ago in Spring (Sir Walter Buffalo). It has bed in relatively well and is growing quite high and I'm mowing it weekly/fortnightly. My small garden is quite shaded from the balcony above (Unit) so I needed something hard wearing.

It is however looking a bit sad/thin in spots. Any tips ? I've been watering it every few days depending on how hot it's been. I've also been spraying it with Seasol every 2-3 weeks or so. I also just gave it some fertiliser last weekend as I was waiting until it was established. See photo - this was taken just after a light watering this morning. (Note - Most of the lawn only gets 1-2 hours of direct sunlight per day).

Located in SEQLD Australia.