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Old Farm Nursery

Locality: Medowie, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4982 8209

Address: 6 Old Farm Road 2318 Medowie, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.oldfarmnursery.com.au

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25.01.2022 more color, please.

23.01.2022 If you've ever wanted to grow eucalypts as bonsai, here is almost everything you ever need to know, from AusBonsai https://www.ausbonsai.com.au/forum/viewtopic....php?t=28106 Plus some notes on styling mallee species from the Australian Native Plants Society - Australia http://anpsa.org.au/APOL2007/feb07-1.html Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash See more

22.01.2022 I went for a pre-breakfast stroll in the veggie patch this morning and harvested over 2kg of the freshest Broccoli you will ever find. Picking in the morning i...s the best time I reckon. A good harvest of veggies starts your day off just right. This variety is Summer Green, sown on 25 Jan and grown under insect proof mesh. I planted 8 plants and over a 3 week period I will harvest almost 4kg. #HBVG #freshisbest #homegrown #broccoli #broccolisummergreen See more

22.01.2022 Starting to think some of these varieties of tomatoes I see online are Willy Wonker style tomatoes/fantasy. Giant tree tomato, opalka etc. Do people have these growing in Australia?

21.01.2022 Include some roses in your food garden!

21.01.2022 Whether your Mum is a green thumb, or a rookie gardener, there is a plant just right for her this Mothers Day. Pop in tomorrow, Saturday, and we will help you pick the perfect green gift. Or bring her along to Newcastle City Farmers Market on Sunday, where you can practice your #SocialDistancing and #handsanitising #PlantPals COVID-19: Our nursery is open for business and applying strict social distancing measures, so why not pop in and give the gift of green this Mothers Day? #PlantPals

21.01.2022 I responded to a Gumtree ad. A guy named Hami was selling Euphorbias from his backyard in Hurstville. I rang the number and an elderly, foreign sounding lady an...swered the call. She complained about the crackling line, before telling me that her husband was out in the garden. Just come she said. When I arrived at 127 Dora Street Hurstville I realised Id discovered something special. I collection of Collector Plants in pots, were beautifully arranged at the entrance. I knocked on the door, to be told hes around the back, follow the path, the gates open. As I turned the corner I was met with a tropical paradise. At the end of the path I found a smiling guy called Hami. He invited me into his oasis. Hami came to Australia via Sweden. He and his family had fled the war in Bosnia. His brothers and sisters had gone to Germany, Sweden and America. He and his wife lived in Sweden for 5 years, then they followed his daughter to Australia. He rents this house. Hes been here for 13 years. He moved 7 times before he found this house. He has turned the garden into a garden centre. Its not really a nursery as such. It began as Hamis collection, but it just kept growing. He tells me hes got 800 potted plants now. He buys almost dead plants from Bunnings, he rescues them when they have been heavily discounted, or chucked out. He grows them from seeds and cuttings too. He makes his own potting mixes. Not all plants are for sale. 10% he keeps to enter in competitions and plant shows. 5% are for his heart. I found out later, that more like 40% are for his heart. These are special plants, they keep his heart ticking. They are not for sale. He tells me he has a problem with his back now. Hes 77. He tells me that morning sun is better than afternoon sun for plants in Australia. Plants are like people, when they wake up with sun in their eyes it makes them feel good When he prunes his plants, he seals the wounds with red wax. He collects this from Childrens cheese. He talks passionately about plants, he loves them. I can talk plants, he tells me, they all have different languages He sure can. #timsgardencentre See more

20.01.2022 Silverbeet is a vegetable that I have growing in the garden all year round. Every week I would eat it in at least 5 meals, maybe even more. You can cook it, ...eat it raw or use it instead of a bread wrap. Currently I have 3 different lots growing, one almost depleted because I have picked it hard, a second ready to start harvesting and a third recently transplanted. This picture is Fordhook Giant which was sown on Feb 22. #HBVG #freshisbest #homegrown #fordhookgiant #silverbeet See more

19.01.2022 The difference between potential and reality. This is how my veggie patch looked 11 years ago and how it looks today. I have grown many fantastic veggies in this patch and I am healthier person because of it. #hbvg #freshisbest #homegrown

19.01.2022 Nestled deep in the heart of a lush forest, along a path dotted with around 100 moss-covered lanterns, youll eventually find the ethereal Kamishikimi Kumanoima...su Shrine. Almost as difficult to find as it is to pronounce, this shrine is located in the Aso region of Kumamoto Prefecture and is said to grant visitors good luck. Photo by @sameshiki on Instagram. #Tradition

17.01.2022 Sent in by Melanie Kinsey. Perpetrated by a public agency somewhere in another universe where knowledge and taste have been abolished. (Actually, Dromana, Victoria, Australia.)

17.01.2022 I have been growing sweet potatoes for a number of years now and this is the first time I have grown them in pots. People have asked how I grow them and also ...about the trellis system I use. I am ready to harvest the first pots after five months of growing so I thought Id show you the set-up before I trim the plants off and harvest the crop. #HBVG #freshisbest #homegrown #sweetpotato See more

16.01.2022 It's loaded with fiber and comes with a coating of bright green icing. Sent in by Kathy Rosenthal.

16.01.2022 This looks like the start of something really exciting, the first tomatoes have germinated for the season. By the end of Summer these fellas and their friends ...will have provided me with enough tomatoes to eat fresh, make some fantastic spicy sauce and at least 120 jars of preserved tomatos. Watch this space for tips and progressive pictures on tomato growing and keep an eye out for upcoming tomato growing workshop dates. #HBVG #freshisbest #homegrown #tomatoes

15.01.2022 I felt compelled to capture that beauty with my phone and it become my first plant record in iNat. Students in Natural Resources Management students in Urugua...y came across this amazing orchid - it's our Observation of the Week! Read our blog post here: https://www.inaturalist.org//43797-students-in-a-uruguay-n

14.01.2022 A 170ft wide tree

14.01.2022 My Covid 19 lockdown vegie patch. Fresh mixed greens with cherry tomatoes & crispy skin salmon for dinner

14.01.2022 I have been steadily picking young leaves from these 2 rows of English Spinach throughout the Winter months. They mostly end up being eaten for breakfast with eggs. They are best grown during the cooler months I reckon. #HBVG #freshisbest #homegrown #spinach #Englishspinach

14.01.2022 I giapponesi producono legno da 700 anni senza abbattere gli alberi. Nel XIV secolo, la straordinaria tecnica di daisugi ebbe origine in Giappone. ll daisugi p...revede difatti che questi alberi vengano piantati affinché nelle generazioni future non vengano abbattuti ma potati come se fossero dei bonsai giganti; applicando ai cedri questa tecnica, la legna che se ne può ricavare è uniforme, dritta e priva di nodi, praticamente perfetta per ala costruzione di case in legno. Una potatura a regola d'arte che permette di far crescere e germogliare l'albero di cedro e allo stesso tempo usare i suoi stralci di legno, senza mai abbatterlo. See more

13.01.2022 No, not a crime, per se. There’s some skill and it’s someone’s idea of beauty. BUT IT’S JUST. PLAIN. F’UGLY!!!!!!!

13.01.2022 No, not a crime, per se. Theres some skill and its someones idea of beauty. BUT ITS JUST. PLAIN. FUGLY!!!!!!!

13.01.2022 Horrific crime scene photographed by joni yung in West Los Angeles....

12.01.2022 Myrtillocactus geometrizans f cristata

12.01.2022 Question for the brains trust... I saw a row of plantings of grafted gums ... they all look like they are outgrowing their rootstock. The photos doesn’t really ...show it as well as I had hoped ... but on some trees have a few cm’s of overhang .... what’s the consequences? Can they become too top heavy and fracture if they keep disproportionately growing? See more

12.01.2022 I harvested a fantastic looking Wombok this morning. It was sown on 25 Jan and grown under insect protection mesh to keep the cabbage moths away. Check out this beauty! #HBVG #freshisbest #homegrown #Wombok #chinesecabbage

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10.01.2022 Norfolk Island Pine as interpreted by my neighbor. Or how they should be.

10.01.2022 To all our indoor plant growers.

09.01.2022 The rain stopped for just long enough this afternoon for me to create a video garden tour. Check put what the patch is looking like today.

09.01.2022 Did you know rainwater is a great way to make your indoor garden thrive too! If youre a #PlantParent to some indoor pots its a good idea to pop them outside... when there is rain forecast. It not only gives them a good water, but also cleans their leaves! Its a win, win! The Planthunter

09.01.2022 To celebrate the rice harvest, artists in Northern Japan create giant animal sculptures from leftover rice straw.

07.01.2022 Lots of veggie seedlings, Chrysanthemums flowering for next weeks Mothers Day, gorgeous indoor plants, as well as citrus trees, garden trees and shrubs, blueberries and other selections for your food garden. See you in the morning: 7am to 1pm in Broadmeadow.

07.01.2022 I don't know what planet Dan Deranleau was on when he snapped this whatever-the-hell-it-is, but it sure belongs on the Crimes Against Horticulture page. Waiting for Dan to fill in the rest of the story. In the meantime, DAMN!

06.01.2022 Words from the wise.....

06.01.2022 Yes, we have veggie seedlings and herbs at Old Farm Nursery now.First in, best dressed - sorry, no holds. Open today in Medowie and tomorrow, Sunday, at Newcastle City Farmers Market.

06.01.2022 WINTER WATTLES! With daylight increasing a number of Acacia are coming into flower - hopefully to brighten up your winter. The Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha ...is Australias floral emblem. Wearing a sprig of Wattle as a national emblem was first discussed as early as 1838 in Hobart Town and of course our indigenous Australians roasted Acacia seed and had a host of uses for Wattles. "Wattle Day" on 1 September is a peak flowering time - but many have also finished by then. There are around 1,080 species of Acacia in Australia and many are beautiful garden plants. These photos are from the Maranoa Gardens in Balwyn yesterday and a couple from a home garden.

06.01.2022 My COVID-19 project - a bird-proof fruit / veggie enclosure. Built for less than $1,000, using lots of recycled steel (and some new netting). Sadly my galah friend Moby (who was helping as always) was struck by a falling pole during the construction, and now has a badly broken wing.

05.01.2022 Fresh Fig perfection was consumed with enthusiasm as a mid morning snack today. This beauty was sweet and juicy and everything you would ever want from a fresh... home grown fig. The first Black Genoa (155g) of the season and 50+ more still to come. #HBVG #freshisbest #homegrown #figs #BlackGenoa

05.01.2022 Goldfinger Bananas available at Old Farm Nursery now.

03.01.2022 A Cotinus that is quite old and got as tall as a 3 story house. So they topped severely, then had sucker city. So...this! Contributed by Monica Perryman

01.01.2022 Something to aspire to.

01.01.2022 165-year-old Persea ready for transplant in Japan When in Japan a tree is found on the path traced to a civil construction work or a new road, there is no ot...her way, a workforce is made for the proper transplant of the trees to ensure their survival in the new location. It is a cultural issue, where trees, their life and their longevity are deeply respected. #planetsaviours #sustainable #nature #globalwarming #climatechange #reflection #tree #persea #japan See more