Image: damaging large hailstones and supercells are a common occurrence in South East Queensland.

When my partner and I first moved to Brisbane, it didn’t take me long to realise that gardening in the subtropics is not like gardening in any other climate.

I was delighted when I realised I could grow a tropical-style garden on our newly-purchased block, with exotic plants I have only ever read about or seen on holidays. The thought of growing pineapples, bananas, and pawpaws was a dream that those of us from from colder climes could only fantasize about in the dreary, cold and wet winters, and scorching dry summers of the south. Continue reading “In the beginning…” →