Sowing
- Anemone
- Anise Hyssop
- Asparagus
- Bearded Iris
- Blackberry
- Broad Bean
- Bulb Onion
- Bunching Onion
- +34 more in the calendar
Maribyrnong, Naarm
A garden grown together, season by season.
We tend a patch of edible earth at 98 Hortense St, a place to dig, share seeds, and follow the year through what the soil offers.
In the garden right now
August at 98 Hortense St
Harvesting
- broccoli, cauliflower, kale
- leeks, late carrots
- lemons, mandarins
- early spring greens under cover
Tending
- start tomatoes and capsicum indoors
- direct-sow peas and broad beans (still time)
- feed the citrus
- top-dress beds with compost ahead of spring
From the journal
What's growing now
8 Aug 2026
Rebuilding a wicking bed
Three and a half cubic metres of soil, a metre and a half of gravel, and a good deal more work than anyone expects. What it actually takes to rebuild a wicking bed from the bowling green up.
8 Aug 2026
MEG's new kitchen
Stainless steel benches, a new gas hot water service, and the solar system back up and running, just in time for the Christmas party.
8 Aug 2026
Starting tomatoes indoors
Melbourne's last frost is still weeks away, but tomato season starts now, on a warm shelf indoors. From the first bent seedling to trays hardening off on the deck, here's the whole run.
Through the seasons
The garden in pictures
Sow the season
A planting calendar for Melbourne's inner west.
When to start tomatoes indoors. When to direct-sow rocket. When to harvest broad beans. A simple month-by-month guide we use ourselves.
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