Brush turkey's August blog, featuring climate change

When it comes to re-establishing rainforest on the range don’t forget the fast growing but short lived pioneers. Pioneers are the “live fast, die young” members of the plant world. They quickly pop up in areas of disturbance, such as when a large tree has fallen and provide the rapid cover and shade.Using pioneers in your revegetation plantings helps you to quickly “capture” a site (i.e. reduce competition from weeds, improve humidity, wind protection and soil improvement). The...

In the past, when I’ve worked in retail nurseries, on an almost daily basis we would get a customer request for plants that were good for attracting birds. Unfortunately most people’s exposure to native plants that are good for bringing in our feathered friends is from mainstream Australian native gardening books or TV shows which push the same small list of cultivar grevilleas, bottlebrushes and banksias. These plants are recommended whether you live in Hobart or Darwin, Sydney or Perth - which...