Roots & Rants

Melbourne autumn: a survival guide for legends.

Because your garden is a swamp and your lemon tree is having a mid-life crisis.

The gardening app for people who’d rather be in the dirt than in a meeting. No paywalls. No boring bits. Just a gang of plants with opinions and the tools to keep yours alive.

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Wiggo — The weed massacre

The sky is grey, but the soil is soft. This is the Soft Soil Window. Every weed in your yard has lost its grip. Pull them now while they’re weak. It’s not gardening; it’s a tactical purge.

Digby — The inadequacy tour

If your backyard looks like a crime scene, go look at someone else’s. Take the 505 bus to the Royal Botanic Gardens. It’s cheaper than diesel and you can judge people’s front yards from the top deck.

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Rant — The Bunnings protocol

It’s raining again. Obviously. Don’t stand out there like a martyr. Retreat inside. Go to Bunnings. Get a snag (onions on top). Buy a plant you don’t have room for. At least the sausage won’t die if you forget to water it.

Don’t leave without your absolution.

Drop your email. Wiggo will send Wiggo’s Digital Field Guide to Melbourne Autumn Villains — a one-page cheat sheet for your phone that tells you exactly what to plant (and what to kill) this weekend.

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