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Sowing and Transplanting in November

Sowing and Transplanting in November

November - Here in Southern Victoria, this is the month for warm season crop transplanting! We will gain another 15 minutes of sunlight each week - even while the nights...

Sowing and Transplanting in November

November - Here in Southern Victoria, this is the month for warm season crop transplanting! We will gain another 15 minutes of sunlight each week - even while the nights...

Easy to Grow Heat-Loving Flowers for Summer Colour

Easy to Grow Heat-Loving Flowers for Summer Colour

Create a vibrant summer garden with flowers to direct sow. These easy-to-grow blooms make beautiful cut flowers and attract beneficial insects.

Easy to Grow Heat-Loving Flowers for Summer Colour

Create a vibrant summer garden with flowers to direct sow. These easy-to-grow blooms make beautiful cut flowers and attract beneficial insects.

Sowing and Transplanting in October

Sowing and Transplanting in October

October is the month that finds us questioning- should we transplant NOW? It is also the month to spring into action with seed sowing. The warm season is soon upon...

Sowing and Transplanting in October

October is the month that finds us questioning- should we transplant NOW? It is also the month to spring into action with seed sowing. The warm season is soon upon...

Growing Zinnias - From Seed to Seed

Growing Zinnias - From Seed to Seed

Here is our method for growing zinnias—from seed, to field, to vase, and back to seed again—at Transition Farm.

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Growing Zinnias - From Seed to Seed

Here is our method for growing zinnias—from seed, to field, to vase, and back to seed again—at Transition Farm.

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Transition Farm Field Notes - The Story Behind Our Zinnia Breeding – Part II: Learning to Breed Zinnias

Transition Farm Field Notes - The Story Behind ...

Breeding beautiful flowers takes far more than crossing two plants. Discover how failed bee experiments, flies, ruthless selection and years of patient trialling brought our first three Transition Farm-bred zinnias...

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Transition Farm Field Notes - The Story Behind ...

Breeding beautiful flowers takes far more than crossing two plants. Discover how failed bee experiments, flies, ruthless selection and years of patient trialling brought our first three Transition Farm-bred zinnias...

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Transition Farm Field Notes - The Story Behind Our Zinnia Breeding – Part I: The Beginning

Transition Farm Field Notes - The Story Behind ...

Five soft-coloured flowers hiding amongst hundreds of bright cactus zinnias changed the direction of our farm. This is the story of how a chance discovery became the beginning of Transition...

Transition Farm Field Notes - The Story Behind ...

Five soft-coloured flowers hiding amongst hundreds of bright cactus zinnias changed the direction of our farm. This is the story of how a chance discovery became the beginning of Transition...