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Jian Liu's homemade raised beds.
Basics

Building your own raised beds

There are many ways we can save money within our gardens, here Jian Liu shares her tips for making your own raised beds using locally sourced ‘waste’ products. 

Honey bee on yellow mustard flower
Build your garden

Bee friendly planting

Planting flowers that honey bees love is a win-win – they get pollen and you get a healthy harvest! These plants will tempt bees into your garden.

A tubful of leafy green vegetables
What to plant

Cabbage white butterfly

Denis Crawford looks at the scourge of brassica plants – cabbage white butterfly – and has some tips for dealing with them.

Add mulberry foliage and fruit to your garden
What to plant

Add mulberry foliage and fruit to your garden

Ever wanted a mulberry tree but not sure you had the space? A smaller variety could be the solution.

Saving seeds for the seed library.
Greener living

A seed of an idea

A small project to start a street seed library in a Tassie town is expanding throughout the state’s north.

Shiso leaves
What to plant

Grow: shiso

Shiso is a low maintenance, productive Asian leafy herb with a unique citrusy, aniseed flavour. Learn how to grow it here.

Cabbages come into their own when preserved or fermented.
Preserving & fermented

Fermenting cabbage

Cabbages are wonderful raw or cooked, but they really come into their own when fermented and preserved.

Beach Bananas
Growing in pots

Native plants for indoors

There’s a stack of Australian native plants from rainforest areas that are naturally suited to low light, so are perfect for growing indoors, writes Karen Sutherland.

Preserved lemons in a glass jar.
Your garden harvest

Preserving lemons

When there's a glut of lemons in your garden, you can share them with friends and, with this recipe you can preserve them for later use – nothing wasted.

Colourful knitted chooks.
Greener living

Knitted chooks to the rescue

Denise Pratt's knitted chooks are in demand, especially as the money their creator raises is given to the Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation.