Jul 16 2018
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Tags:
climate,
frost,
winter
People are often surprised that we get frost here in Queensland. Sure, the majority of Queensland is typically frost free, but here in the South East corner we can experience frost, with some inland areas around Charleville having 40-50 frost days every year. And certainly if you live in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, and southern parts of SA and WA, you can expect a few frost days too..
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Jan 15 2018
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Tags:
climate,
heatwave,
summer
I’ve always said that I’d rather be cold than hot. I have had plenty of opportunity to test this theory during the recent heat wave in QLD (over Christmas and New Years, its been a little overshadowed now that southern states are experiencing their own heatwave, but to be honest, it hasn't really cooled down here either). Yep, definitely still don’t like being hot, although my tolerance is...
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Oct 10 2016
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Tags:
climate,
garden
When I started trying to plant seeds, I would look at the climate map and wonder exactly what zone we lived in. In the Lockyer Valley, just west of Brisbane, we were either sub-tropical or temperate. The only problem was that these have almost exactly opposite planting times! And now in Nanango, we are still in an ambiguous area of the map, on the each of these two zones.
We do have a very hot...
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Aug 19 2015
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Tags:
bees,
climate
In Australia, most bees are sold as nucleus hives rather than package bees and in our climate we can start a new hive any time of the year.
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Apr 15 2015
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climate,
garden,
vegetables
I've had some questions about the weird vegetables in my
sub-tropical food garden, so here are some details for you. I tend to try to find vegetables that grow well in the sub-tropics.
Perennial plants are ideal, but there are also a few unusual annuals that I grow. I have received most of these as cuttings or seeds from friends and neighbours. I find the best way to find out what will grow here...
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Jun 28 2013
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Tags:
climate,
garden,
vegetables
As I’ve written previously, its taken me a while to get
accustomed to our climateand figure out what to grow and when. Part of the problem is that we are just on the edge of a climate zone, we are in the humid sub-tropics, but as we are around 500 m above sea level, we experience cool overnight temperatures, particularly in winter. We are also 200 km inland, so our rainfall is not as regular as...
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