By STEFANIA CEFOLA THE Pines Landscape and Garden Supplies has recently welcomed on board its new resident ‘green thumb’ and expert horticulturist Sharon Sloane. Sharon was hired following the unfortunate departure of The Pine’s former horticulturalist Rohan Zilm, who had to return to the mainland due to family commitments.
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Horticulturalist hired to help the Pines grow
By STEFANIA CEFOLA THE Pines Landscape and Garden Supplies has recently appointed an expert horticulturalist to join its team out at the Cambridge site. Rowan Zilm has only been working at The Pines for a month, but the passionate horticulturalist has a solid 10 years of specialty experience in the plant industry up his sleeve.
Prepare your soil before you plant
By GREG BELBIN* WHEN it comes to planting plants, trees and shrubs a very common question that is asked at the garden centre is “Can’t I just dig a hole and plant it??”. In some parts of Hobart and the Eastern Shore you are lucky enough to have a soil that you can just plant [...]
Buying bare-rooted is best for planting trees
By GREG BELBIN* JUNE is planting month for all your fruit, ornamental trees and roses. If you are planning to plant a tree this year do yourself a favour and save money by purchasing one ‘bare-rooted’. This is a tree that does not come in a pot. You can save yourself around 50 to 70 [...]
Winter is no time to hibernate and neglect garden
By GREG BELBIN* WELL it’s that dreary time of the year again when we all seem to hibernate and neglect our gardens. In fact this is a great time of the year to be preparing your vegie patch for the up coming season as well as planting all those winter crops such as garlic, [...]
Planting and pruning among jobs for autumn
By GREG BELBIN* WELCOME to autumn, or what I call mother nature’s planting season, more on this later. Firstly we have a few must do jobs to talk about. Probably the most important is to prune all your stone fruit trees eg peaches, nectarines and apricots. Now it is important to do these properly as [...]
Pruning hedges and dead-heading roses head list of gardening to-dos
By GREG BELBIN* NOW that the weather is finally warming up, and we are actually seeing the sun, the last thing we should do is spend excessive time slaving away in our gardens. Instead, I make the most of February and March by working on a number of maintenance-type jobs. One job that I make [...]
Put on a red and white show in the garden for Christmas
By GREG BELBIN WOW how time flies! Christmas is fast approaching, and with it comes all that preparation, running around and stocking the larder (for just one day!) I’m tired just thinking about it. Hopefully this year you will be eating your own home grown peas, beans, carrots, and maybe even the odd tomato or [...]
Mulch ideal way to keep out the dry
By GREG BELBIN THE days are drawing out and the temperature is slowly warming up and by now hopefully you have all planted your veggies ready for that big harvest very shortly. Don’t worry if you haven’t as there is still plenty of time to get all your seedlings in. Now that you are all [...]
Tomato planting time near – try something different
BY GREG BELBIN* WHEN it comes to planting tomatoes in Tasmania we say plant after Hobart Show Day although if you have a frost-free, warm sheltered spot you can plant beforehand. Tomatoes are planted from spring through to early summer. If you are looking for something special why not try an heirloom tomato this year? We [...]
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