Organic Life Is Magical For Your Plants! - Feb 13, 2025

Dear gardening friends
I was lucky enough to fertilise my lawn last week with Tim's Rapid Results Lawn Food. This weeks rain has helped release more fertiliser, and now my grass is bright green.

I've got a Buffalo lawn, so it's suppose to be fussy, but Tim's Rapid Results just makes it grow so beautifully, and it leaves less space for weeds to grow.

It's easily applied using a Scott's Fertiliser spreader, and can also just throw it on by hand. This small bag treats 260m2 of lawn. It's a modern coated fertiliser so it can't burn your lawn, but it always works better after rain.

Fertilise your lawn today and watch your grass turn into lawn, the results are miraculous. We also have Tim's Topdressing, if you have holes or bare patches to repair.

Come for a visit, we can help you transform your lawn into a bowling green. Autumn is just up the road, it's coming, it's time to get back in the garden.

An update on our Organic Life experiment. We mulched our potted roses with Organic Life on the 27th of January. The roses were getting Black spot fungus due to heat stress. We chose not to use chemicals. We decided to treat our potted Roses with Organic Life fertiliser instead.

The results have been spectacular!!!!!
21 days later and our Rose bushes are covered in fresh new healthy growth with no Black Spot Fungus. Now they are covered in flower buds and about to burst into bloom.

It's been a fabulous experiment. Organic Life really does bring diseased Roses back to life. It's time you fertilised your roses too. We have Organic Life here in small or large bags. It's great value, don't waste your money on Fungicides, buy this instead.

You can use Organic Life on all your potted plants, veggie and flower gardens. Best not used on native plants but it is safe for Lillypillies.

I feel sick, a story just came up on Facebook about a famous historical tree that got removed by accident? It was growing outside the teachers residence at Jerilderie Primary School.

I wrote a story about this Brachychiton "Jerilderie Red" in 2020 for The Garden Clinic Magazine.

I've just rang Jerilderie Primary School and was told the tree got removed in November. Teacher Housing was responsible for the removal after they got a complaint from the tenant, at the time, that the tree's roots were lifting the concrete driveway and they couldn't close the gate.

Photos were sent to Teacher Housing of the concrete damage, with a quote to remove the tree. Their office is in Western Sydney. They had no idea about the trees significance and approved the removal. The tree was 145 years old.

Here's the trees story.
The tree was first discovered growing in the residence garden at Jerilderie Primary School. It had been planted by a student called Maggie MacDonald in around 1880. She probably found the seedling growing in her parent's garden.

It wasn't until 1958 that an amateur horticulturist called Walter Pyle noticed that the tree's bright red flowers were unique. It turns out that Maggie MacDonald's seedling had been a chance cross between an Illawarra flame tree, Brachychiton acerifolius, and a kurrajong, Brachychiton populneus.

In 1980 Walter Pyle sought to get the tree registered with the Australian Cultivar Authority. In 1983 his wish was granted, and the tree became officially known as Brachychiton 'Jerilderie Red'.

This story made me feel sick. A tree removed because it was lifting the driveway and the gate wouldn't close. I've offered the School a replacement tree. We grow them here.

Teacher Housing were very apologetic, they realise their decision has had tragic consequences.

Tony came in looking at our Grevilleas, he has over 100 varieties in his garden in Grassmere. He's a collector.

"What's your favourite variety Tony?"
He gave it a lot of thought, I was wondering if he'd heard my question, he's getting old.
"Honey Barbara" he replied with a smile.
"It never stops flowering, the birds love it, I love it too."

I always keep this amazing Grevillea in stock. I love the colour too. It grows about 3 metres high but it can be pruned to any size. It will give you privacy and attract nature into your garden.

I love Grevilleas, there are so many to collect, from small to tall. We have ground cover Grevilleas too. We have almost 100 varieties.

Happy gardening
Tim