Published - 24 May 2021 By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria) Making a worm tower for your garden Not all gardens have the space for a worm farm, but worms help to improve soil fertility in gardens and are a great way to … Read More beneficials, garden, Nursery and Garden Industry Victoria, plant health, tips Gardening tips
Published - 15 February 2021 By Sarah Brown & Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) Episode 7: Boosting urban plant health and the power of social capital with Dr Jessica Lye The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network Episode 7: Boosting urban plant health and the power of … Read More Cesar Australia, community, garden, plant health, podcasts The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly
Published - 8 January 2021 By Kellyanne Harris & Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) Episode 4: Buying healthy and diseases free plants with David Reid The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network Episode 4: Buying healthy and diseases free plants with David … Read More garden, nursery, Nursery and Garden Industry Victoria, plant health, podcasts, seeds The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly
Published - 8 December 2020 By Kellyanne Harris & Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) Episode 1: Do you know what sort of bugs are in your backyard garden? With Maddy Quirk The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network Episode 1: Do you know what sort of bugs are … Read More AUSVEG, bad bugs, biosecurity, garden, good bugs, podcasts The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly
Published - 27 May 2020 By Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) Who wants to be a Pest Warrior? Who wants to be a Pest Warrior? At the Urban Plant Health Network we’re hoping ALL of you will want to be one! Read our Pest … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, exotic, garden, pests Protect your patch, Resources, What bug is that?, Where to go for help
Published - 30 April 2020 By David Reid (Nursery & Garden Industry Victoria) Growing your own food is a reminder that life continues A stroll through your local nursery for vegetable seedlings or seeds is most likely to show empty shelves and benches right now. Gardeners new and … Read More garden, nursery, Nursery and Garden Industry Victoria, seeds, vegetables Gardening tips
Published - 14 April 2020 By Steven Field and Deb Banks (Agriculture Victoria) Gardeners – read those chemical and pesticide labels! Backyard gardeners – make sure you read and follow the label of any chemicals you are using in your garden! We are staying at home and … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bees, beneficials, garden, pests Gardening tips, Protect your patch
Published - 7 April 2020 By Julia Severi and Jessica Lye (cesar) Forewarned is forearmed – the benefits of using sticky traps in your garden Sticky trap with cage in a citrus tree. Image credit: Kimberley Lamont Sticky traps are pieces of coloured plastic or cardboard, typically yellow (or sometimes blue) … Read More bad bugs, beneficials, Cesar Australia, garden, good bugs, pests Gardening tips, Protect your patch
Published - 1 April 2020 By Jo Chong Wah and Pippa Auld (Agriculture Victoria) Our activity book will get your kids learning about “bad bugs” to look out for It’s a really challenging time, with all of us in self-isolation.. Parents are working from home and kids are out of school. Are you struggling to … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, bees, exotic, garden, pests, plant health What bug is that?
Published - 25 October 2019 By Madeleine Quirk (AUSVEG) Why urban gardeners should care about Australia’s biosecurity Australia has a world-class biosecurity system and natural barriers that protect us from exotic pests and diseases, which allows our agriculture industries to thrive. But … Read More AUSVEG, community, diseases, garden, pests Protect your patch
Published - 2 October 2019 By Agriculture Victoria Look out for the brown marmorated stink bug this spring The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) is an insect that feeds on fruits and vegetables and over winter shelters inside homes and buildings, vehicles, machinery … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, garden, pests What bug is that?
Published - 1 October 2019 By Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) and Jeff Milne (Citrus Australia) Do you have citrus gall wasp in your garden? Citrus gall wasp (Bruchophagus fellis) affects all types of citrus across Australia. The wasp produces lumpy, woody galls around their larvae on branches. The galls … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, citrus, Citrus Australia, diseases, garden What bug is that?, What plant disease is that?