About
Welcome to AussieGreenThumb.com – A gardening lifestyle, today & tomorrow
My name is James Middleton and I am the author of AussieGreenThumb.com. This blog is dedicated to helping YOU have a better garden! Whether it be by improving your own green thumb skills OR by hiring me (Perth only) to come and help you, the task of AussieGreenThumb.com is to help you develop a gardening lifestyle, today & tomorrow.
What does ‘a gardening lifestyle, today & tomorrow’ mean?
It is my belief that EVERYONE can have a garden they are happy with. AussieGreenThumb.com aims to help you start to have the garden you want TODAY and equip you to make sure you still have it TOMORROW. I aim to help all the brown thumbs out there become Aussie Green Thumbs.
In a changing world I am also very aware of the growing need to be realistic with our gardens and make sure we have the best plants for our climate. For this and other reasons I strongly promote the planting of Australian Native Plants. What plants are better suited to an Australian climate than Australian Native Plants?
What can YOU expect to read @ AussieGreenThumb.com?
>> Plant of the Month – each month I will feature a particular Australian native plant. Once a week I will review one species from that particular Australian Native plant. Some examples of what to expect are – Kangaroo Paw, Bottlebrush, Boronia.
>> From the Vault – this will showcase some of my old content, the best of the best. Topics like ‘why mulch’ and ‘how to prune plants’ can be expected here.
>> Gardening Guru’s – Each month I will review either a website or magazine that offers good, solid hints and tips for Australian gardeners.
>> Gardening Product Reviews – Want to buy a lawnmower but don’t know what to get? Stay tuned! Each month I will review a garden product that will help YOU improve your garden!
>> Monthly Gardening Tips – Like people a garden is a living organism. As such, a garden has a life-cycle and so there are various tasks that are good to do in a particular month. In this series I will let you know what you should be doing in your garden for any given month.
>> Nurseries of Australia – One thing that can make or break a garden is the quality of plants. Sometimes good nurseries are hard to come by but not any more. In this series I will review some of the better nurseries from around Australia that specialise in the sale and propagation of Australian Native Plants.
>> What’s that mean? – So you are trying to improve your gardening skill but whenever you talk to someone about gardening they seem to be speaking a different language? This is the series for you because in it I will be defining and explaining some common and also not so common gardening terms.
>> My Gardening Story – I want AussieGreenThumb.com to be more than just a website, I want it to be a like a community garden on the internet! As part of this, throughout the year I will be sharing my gardening story with you. This will include significant people from my life, significant gardening events and other various tidbits.
This is just some of what you can expect from AussieGreenThumb.com, stay tuned for much, much more!
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