my house (in metro WA) has recently become a bit of a passage for local cats to get to a huge patch of bushland. i aim to keep my yard a safe place for native animals, and they are messing with that. i would love to hear suggestions for ways to **reduce the cats** but **NOT deter native animals.**

hesitant to use the motion censor sprinklers because they waste water and would scare the shit out of a quenda i imagine. don’t want to use any sprays etc. without knowing the impact on native animals. i am happy to install those things on top of the fence but want to be sure that it won’t deter birds. happy to buy and use a cat trap, but would like to know if this actually helps or if others are finding they just return the next week anyway once released to the council. i would be really curious about any plants you’ve planted that deter cats, considering some spiky natives around the perimeter.

currently have colourbond fencing around the property, one large tree that overhangs the fence onto a block of flats behind me, and a wooden gate with 10-15cm gaps in it that i’m guessing needs to be blocked off.

would love any ideas, we are seeing about 10-15 different cats on our security cameras. thank you!

My tomato plant suddenly turned blackish brown, dry here in Western Sydney. I sprayed herbicides thinking it was some pest, watered it. but now it continues to be miserable.

Located in Perth (WA). North-East facing. About +1m wide and +6m long. Area covered with thick layer of mulch over a weed mat - I know, nasty stuff, but I’m slowly removing it as I work the area and planting stuff.

On the street end I got a black mulberry in a big black pot (have no plans of putting it in the ground). Then planted a Kalamata olive tree, about 2 years old. Then planted a dwarf nectarines about +2m away from the olive - where the shadow line.

What else I can do? Over the rock barriers? Something to make it more lively. Anything to do to cover the black big pot housing the mulberry?

BTW, on the other side of the bricks line, my careless neighbour, overgrown weed and nothing else. The previous owner planted a large yucca against my wishes - he put it just to be mean. Just a day before he handed the keys to the new owner, I cut it at ground level during the night, drilled holes in the stump and poured over half a bottle of concentrated blackberry poison and then covered it in mulch - my proudest piece of work 4 years ago.

Somewhat recent home owner and new to gardening. I recently pruned an orange tree due to a significant scale infestation (I also learnt what scale is). The tree seems to be recovering and has many new shoots emerging. I'm wondering whether any of these should be cut to priortise others or if I should just let them all grow? Thanks in advance!

Found these all over some bolted pakchoy, should I be worried? Perth wa

Hi all!

I'm after some help identify these Australian native plants, shrubs and trees in these photos.

In a few images there are some crepe myrtles!

Edit: Location = NSW. However these images are from Instagram pages of Australian landscapes.

Hi all, I have three rows of about 30m each. I've connected two green soaker hoses along each row, which are then connected to a 3 way splitter. Everything is then connected to the bore pump and running, however I find sometimes the little holes don't "open" and part of one row doesn't get watered for example. Nothing in the hose clogging it etc. Is there a trick to getting these hoses to do what they're supposed to? Should I go around with a needle and repoke the holes? Any help appreciated!

Hi everyone, it's spring time and this is my first ever lawn now I have my own home! Could anyone recommend a product for bindis on buffalo I could purchase from Bunnings please? Appreciate any help and tips.

Trying not to spend a fortune on gardening, but I need some nets to protect my cabbages and kale. The 3x3m nets and 4x4 are so expensive. I'm don't wanna pay $40-60 just for nets. Any suggestions?

Every year at this time my fig tree is completely skeletonised by these grubs. The tree is devastated and drops all its leaves needing a huge daily clean up under it. At a loss how to deal with this. Would love to encourage birds in to the tree to peck them off. Is this realistic? It is a really big tree so picking them off is not an option. Any other solutions?

Not only that, they also climb up my house weatherboard and leave red stains that are impossible to get off. At my wits end!

Weird problem I have and chasing thoughts.

I have a dwarf citrus that was eaten by a wallaby and subsequently broken the trunk/stem, I thought it was a gonna but honestly forgot about it and kept watering it.

2 weeks later, and it’s starting to shoot which I hope is good news! But am just not sure if the broken trunk/stem is going to be a future problem or if it will heal itself and continue to grow.

With Summer coming soon remember to put water options out for the locals, front yard is loaded up with standard and mini roses, finished today, birdbath with a solar water pump put in, just gotta build some more stones up, within 15 minutes or so the visitors came.

Unsure if any of this is clover?

I have lived in South East Queensland for many years now and miss my homeland. The edelweiss is a very famous flower from my home and I think growing some would help me. For a complete beginner, how difficult would this project be? Are there any other similar European flowers that are easier to grow?

We have just moved into a new build. The block was raised about a meter to accomodate council flood requirements so we originally sat below our back neighbours but are now sitting higher than them.
The developers did nothing about adding height to the retaining wall between our block and the back neighbours block and so our yard now slopes down toward the retaining wall.
I really want to try and level the back yard so it’s usable and need some advice on how to approach this. Ideally i need another 450-500mm on top of the existing retaining height to level it out.
I know retaining walls are really expensive, i just don’t know what to do here 🤷

Hi all,

We are currently building a new home and looking now at the landscaping side of things. We have really been considering TifTuf but would like to know how it goes with allergies sufferers.

Previously we had sir Walter buffalo which was supposed to be good for allergies but it still caused the kids to break out.

There is also an area of the block where we plan to install a future pool in a couple of years, should we install TifTuf here or go for a cheaper alternative?Just noting it will meet with other areas of the lawn.

Any advice here would be greatly appreciated

Thanks