BACK TO NATURE - Always Take the Weather with You

There is something innate in many humans that regardless of the weather, be it hot, cold, temperate, wet, dry, moist, there is always something to whinge about...too hot or too cold, but at the end of the day it is what it is.  

I personally love the phrase “always take the weather with you” and I take that to mean that we shouldn’t expect fine weather to follow you around like some divine blessing, but to rejoice in being alive in the world and enjoy all of nature’s moods.

We are often hitting a dry spell at this time of year, but it appears we are fortunate to be continuing with the pattern of regular rainfall that has continued through this year. Soils are moist and temperatures moderate, so guess what it’s time to plant!  

It’s not just planting time either, it’s time to create habitat with nest boxes, piles of rocks, mulch and branches etc... It’s that romantic time of year for much of our fauna, and extra habitat means extra nesting, shelter and romantic rendezvous to ensure the survival of their populations and maintain biodiversity.

At Forest Heart ecoNursery, Maleny, we stock a range of local native plants, native cultivars and fruit trees, a range that is growing all the time (quite literally!). Our aim is to provide the widest variety of SE Queensland flora and with over 3000 local native plants that’s going to keep us busy for a while. Not only can we provide you with a great range of garden plants, but also revegetation stock, bush foods, cabinet timber and farm forestry trees. Growing local native plants for revegetation, gardens, agriculture and resources is good for us, good for the country, good for wildlife and of course biodiversity.  

Tip of the month is mulch, mulch, mulch and you guessed it more mulch. All organic mulches are good and help keep the moisture in, feed and regulate the temperature of soils. To help with this we stock organic fertilisers, potting mix, sugar cane mulch and

‘Not Just Mulch’, a great product that will get your veggies and fruit trees jumping out of the ground! 

Mulch solves many problems from erosion to soil structure, to nutrient availability and many more issues. With the bonus of providing habitat for a whole host of little critters that live within it and in turn build soil and provide food for some of our larger local fauna. 

Take advantage of this moist weather to mulch, plant and get things growing now before the heat of summer rolls in.