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Yellow and green lemons with green leaves.
Fruit & nuts

How to keep your lemon tree in shape

You don’t have to prune a lemon tree, but a little trimming every year will help manage its size and shape, writes horticultural editor, Phil Dudman.

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Green leaved vegetables in a raised bed.
Propagating

Essential guide to seed saving

Saving seed from your garden is an important part of organic growing: it saves money, helps reduce food miles and means what you grow is better suited to your microclimate.

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In This Issue

Welcome to ABC Organic Gardener

Our latest issue has top tips for growing food in small spaces, including pots and containers, plus how to create your own backyard egg supply!

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How to grow wombok
Organic solutions

How to grow wombok

Add this Asian green to your patch for a fresh addition to stir-fries, salads and soups. You'll also have the main ingredient to make kimchi.

A tubful of leafy green vegetables, including cauliflower and cabbage.
Pests & diseases

How to deal with 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.

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. 

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.

Guano is a word that originates from the Andean indigenous language, and means, “the droppings of seabirds”.
Build your garden

From seabirds to soil: the use of guano to boost soil health

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Guano is a natural fertiliser that, once harvested, can be processed sustainably. The result? A soil additive that provides essential nutrients for plants.

The newly discovered Rhododendron astrophorum.
What's been happening

New Rhododendron species found

A botanist at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, has unveiled a new species of plant, Rhododendron astrophorum.

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, Jian Liu writes.

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.

Rose hips.
Your garden harvest

Rose hips

Roses are usually grown for their flowers, but many roses will also produce brightly coloured hips in autumn.

Zaatar
Herbs & spices

Za’atar: herb or spice mix?

Is za'atar an a herb, a spice mix or both? Read on to find out.