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September 2025 Planting Guide and Garden Update
I am Crazy Bird Man
Sep 1
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Vegetable Patch from Scratch Series Index
A list of all the topics I cover in my guide to growing vegetables.
Jun 20, 2023
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Ask me (almost) anything
A guide to seeking my advice
Apr 15, 2024
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How to Grow Blueberries (Vaccinium spp.)
Jun 7, 2023
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Seeds of Gratitude
Jun 8
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Afflicted Apples, Reduced Rotations and Towering Tomatoes
Mar 17
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Buying Fruit Trees: The Importance of Choosing the Right Rootstock
Jun 11, 2023
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How to Grow Potatoes
Nov 11, 2024
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Designing a Nut Grove – and Cultivating a Connection
Jul 7
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Fruit Trees to Avoid
Give these ones a miss in your backyard orchard
Sep 8
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Templates for DIY Harvest Chart and Vegetable Planting Plan
Your homework is some colouring in!
Aug 28
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Potato Priorities and Problems, and the Difference Between Seed Raising Mix and Potting Mix
Your questions answered
Aug 25
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Ten Fruit Trees You Should Include in Your Backyard Orchard
How to produce a spread of delicious ripe fruit across the year
Aug 18
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How Many Fruit Trees Should You Plant?
Finding the sweet spot between “the more the merrier” and “less is more”.
Aug 11
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August 2025 Planting Guide and Garden Update
I bring strange tidings from the garden.
Aug 4
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My Vegetable Garden Planting Plan for Year-Round Abundance in Central Victoria
An annual chart showing when I plant my vegetable crops.
Jul 28
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Asparagus to Zucchini: Harvesting Vegetables (and Data) All Year Round
Mapping the abundant and quiet periods in my garden.
Jul 21
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Rootstock Request, Blueberry Pruning and Baa Baa Bark Sheep
Your questions answered
Jul 14
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