Where to get seeds

This is a list of Australian seed sources, all of these businesses provide some locally grown seed as a minimum; some franchise the growing of some seed and some will import seed to expand their offerings.

Permaculture Garden, Resources & TipsGuest User25 September 2021garden, gardeningComment

By Request - Ripening your green tomatoes

Someone once told me when I had just moved to Woodend that, “tomatoes are a Melbourne thing”. Yet, I wasn’t deterred. Like many other home gardeners from Hobart to Darwin, I set myself a personal quest to get the most out of my tomato plants, in spite of the unpromising climate.

Permaculture Garden, Seed Savers, Resources & TipsGuest User28 April 2020garden, vegetables, gardeningComment

Planting Your Garden #1

Sowing seed for the vegetable garden in April chiefly is limited to Broad Beans, Smooth Coated Shelling Peas, Summer Leeks, Greens for the Greenhouse and Bulbing Onions.

Coronavirus, Food Security and Your Garden Series.

I don’t need to tell you, Novel Coronavirus is changing the way we live and plan. There are no food shortages in Australia but we have endured distribution failures due to fear and panic which has led to food and other staples being bought up in greater than usual quantities. This has made us face the question of our food security seriously as individuals and a country for what for many of us is the first time.

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