Easy Asian greens to grow and eat

Asian greens are readily available at local supermarkets these days, but did you know they’re equally at home in a vegie patch?

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.

How to beat the summer heat

Helen McKerral has plenty of tricks to help keep vegies happy and productive throughout the summer months, including choosing heat-tolerant varieties. 

Mini watermelons you can grow in any space!

Don’t think you have the room for watermelons? Helen McKerral shares her space-saving tricks, plus one of the smaller varieties for you to try.

Top native trees

Helen McKerral suggests some small native trees that will fit into most gardens, attracting birds and insects with their colourful flowers.

Top tips for a tidy garden

A tidy garden may not lead to a tidy mind as some people claim a tidy home will, but it will certainly make maintenance easier throughout the busier times of planting and harvesting. Here's some simple tips from Helen McKerral to help you clean up your plot.

Three super-productive veg to plant now!

Spring is the season for planting vegetables and here's three super-productive ones you'll want to try.

Soil secrets for citrus success

There's many aspects of citrus growing that ensure success (climate, tree choice and where you plant it, for example) but it all starts with the soil, writes Helen McKerral.

Fantastic citrus to try

It's time to plant your citrus and Helen McKerral suggests different options you may want to grow in your backyard.

Grow your own wasabi

Growing wasabi means you have this spicy food flavouring ready to be harvested in your own backyard

Seed sowing basics

Growing your own seedlings gives you greater diversity in your garden, as well as contributing to the heirloom seed saving community, writes Helen McKerral.

Growing colourful capsicum

These beauties come in a vibrant array of shapes, colours and flavours and with careful nurturing can be an essential part of summer vegie patch, writes Helen McKerral.