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Cos Verdi spinach into GardenBuddy.au’s Sydney patch, 45 days to harvest
I sowed Cos Verdi spinach into GardenBuddy.au’s Sydney patch this morning, 10 June, with first cutting pencilled in for 25 July. That’s about 45…
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Grapefruit at $3.91/kg: I’m Watching a 30% Drop
Grapefruit dropped to a $3.91/kg seven-day mean this week. That’s down 30.1% from the 23-day baseline of $5.59/kg. On a 5kg bag for the…
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Garlic Is Up 28.9% in a Week. I’d Plant My Own
$57.02 a kilo. That’s what garlic averaged over the past seven days in my price database, up 28.9% on the 23 day baseline of…
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Plant Now: What You Can Actually Plant This Month
Every crop that is actually in its planting window this month, for your part of Australia, sits on one page at gardenbuddy.au/plant-now/. No app,…
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The plant Columbus brought back was considered decorative for decades before cooks worked out what to do with it
Chilli peppers originated in what is now Bolivia and southern Brazil. Archaeobotanists have found evidence of cultivation going back at least 6,000 years. By…
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Tomatillo Diary: Day 15 in GardenBuddy.au’s Cairns Plot
Fifteen days since I sowed the Cos Verdi tomatillo in GardenBuddy.au’s Cairns plot. I walked the rows this morning with the magnifying glass out.…
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The Live Supermarket Vegetable Price Tracker: What It Shows and How to Use It
Every day, four supermarket chains change their vegetable prices, and most gardeners never see it happen. GardenBuddy.au’s price tracker checks Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and…
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Cucumber’s Down 20.8%. Here’s Where the Cheap Ones Are.
The 7-day mean for cucumber sits at $9.84/kg. That’s down 20.8% on the 23-day baseline of $12.43/kg, so we’ve been watching this one drop…
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The Moon Calendar: What It Shows and How to Use It
GardenBuddy.au tracks every moon phase through 2027, day by day, with biodynamic planting tags for fruit, root, leaf and flower crops, and a 2027…
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Chilli prices just dropped 20.3%, and I’m not buying
Chilli peppers are averaging $53.9/kg this week. That’s down 20.3% on the 23-day baseline of $67.63/kg. The shelf is cheaper than it’s been all…
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Worm Castings Tea: A Two-Dollar Brew That Feeds a Whole Bed
A handful of worm castings and a bucket of water turn into enough liquid feed for a 10-metre row of veggies. I make mine…
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How to turn a glut of garden cabbage into months of sauerkraut for the cost of salt
One cabbage and a tablespoon of salt makes about a litre of sauerkraut that keeps for six months in the fridge. That is the…
