Blogs
Learn to scythe... and more
Scything, soil and sauerkraut are on the menu at an upcoming workshop weekend, SIMON WEBSTER reports.
Organic farming and mining go head-to-head
There’s good news and bad news in the forecasts for this year’s fastest growing industries, SIMON WEBSTER reports.
Putting Down Roots
The best time to sow winter veg is now, in mid-summer. JUSTIN RUSSELL shares his tips for sowing carrots and parsnips.
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
How to solve problems with passionfruit
Got a passionfruit vine that’s giving you grief? Garden writer PHIL DUDMAN helps to unravel some of the most common hitches.
Apples for Christmas
JUSTIN RUSSELL picks his first apples of the season, and offers a cheery Christmas recipe using the fruit.
Articles
More fowl
Here's some more pictures of chickens, ducks and other fowl that wouldn't fit in the Essential Guide: Backyard Chickens issue.
Mushroom compost and pests
In the May/June issue of Organic Gardener magazine, JERRY COLEBY-WILLIAMS digs into the mysterious world of fungi and how to grow your own.
NICK ROMANOWSKI and Jerry offer some additional information about making mushroom compost, and some of the pests and diseases that can affect these fungi.
Peter Cooper’s cider making
In the May/June 2013 issue of Organic Gardener magazine, JUSTIN RUSSELL delves into the history of cider, growing cider apples and perry pears, and how to make your own tasty brew.
Here, Peter Cooper, of Wychwood Nursery in Tasmania, provides more detail about home cider making.
New life for old pears
PETER CUNDALL says pears have magnifcent textures, flavours and blooms, deserving a place in both the edible and ornamental garden.
Old pear trees can be brought back into regular production by selective winter pruning, as he describes here.
Recipes from the soil up
For renowned chef (and keen gardener) Peter Gilmore, the connection between food and nature is vital.
His new book, Quay, Food Inspired by Nature, features beautiful cuisine that is as delectable to look at as it is to eat, writes JACQUELINE FORSTER.
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.
Pollinating zucchinis
Wondering why your zucchinis won’t develop properly? The garden guru PHIL DUDMAN helps you solve this problem.
Watch how to ensure that your flowers develop fruit, by pollinating them yourself.
Phil's simple watermelon frame
Whether tomatoes, melons or peas, supporting your plants with frames and trellises encourages healthy crops and saves space, writes PHIL DUDMAN.
Watch how to construct a simple A frame, and support fruit and other crops on bamboo trellises.
Broccoli and Potato Soup
Broccoli can be anything but boring. Just ask PHIL DUDMAN and JULIE RAY who have found creative ways of turning this winter staple into a tasty treat that even the kids will love.
