If the cold, winter days are making you feel a little run down, then maybe a warm cup of tea made from some regular garden herbs is just the thing to lift your spirits, writes PHIL DUDMAN.
Garden Harvesting
Gardening Jobs for May
Autumn is nearly over, and winter is nipping at it’s heels. Here’s JUSTIN RUSSELL’s list of jobs to do in anticipation of colder weather.
What to do in April
April brings a noticable change in season in many parts of Australia. With winter closing in, JUSTIN RUSSELL offers some ideas on what to plant, harvest and tend during mid-autumn.
Rainbow Connection
JUSTIN RUSSELL tells the story of the heirloom vegie poster boy, Rainbow Chard.
Outlaw Plants
JUSTIN RUSSELL challenges the notion that all weeds are pests, and makes cordial with one of his favourite outlaw plants.
Winners and Losers
JUSTIN RUSSELL wonders why, despite a summer of extreme weather, his garden managed to produce an abundance of food. The answer is diversity.
How to Make Grenadine
Got a glut of pomegranates? JUSTIN RUSSELL explains how to make the refreshing drink, grenadine.
Jobs for February/March
Planning a big weekend in the garden? JUSTIN RUSSELL gives a run down on some of the major gardening jobs for February/March.
Chaffed to Bits
In the March/April 2013 issue of Organic Gardener magazine, reader Cynthia Titmarsh told of her experiment, with husband Richard, to grow a backyard wheat crop.
Cynthia’s letter came in response to two articles in late 2011 by Nick Romanowski on growing backyard grain crops. We have held off publishing her letter until now - wheat-planting time. To set the scene, here are these two articles, from the September/October 2011 and November/December 2011 issues of Organic Gardener magazine.
Too hot? Grow microgreens
If it’s getting too hot for growing your favourite leafy greens and herbs in the garden, then try growing your own organic microgreens in pots, writes PHIL DUDMAN
