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Jian Liu

Homegrown veg & fruit writer

Jian Liu is a lawyer by day but an organic gardener at all other times, sharing her experience and knowledge as a regular contributer to ABC Organic Gardener magazine. Her Melbourne backyard is a food forest, with over 70 varieties of fruits, a greenhouse, water tanks, chickens, four worm farms, compost bins, a productive pond, and hundreds of varieties of heirloom vegetables. Jian is determined to grow organic vegies for her young children, teaching them the valuable lesson of just how much work it takes to produce a single vegetable, while at the same time reducing our footprint on the earth. Growing our own food is one of the best ways that we, as individuals, can make a difference every single day.

Jian Liu

Recent articles by Jian Liu

Plan your vegie bed in layers to make the most of space.

Build your garden

Top 5 tips for gardening success in a small space

Small gardens can be incredibly productive and Jian Liu has 5 tips to help you get more out of your limited space.

Jian Liu's Melbourne garden is a productive space, teeming with life and colour.

Inspirational gardeners

Backyard gardening success in Melbourne

Learn how a concrete backyard in urban Melbourne was turned into a wonderful food forest, filled with fresh produce.

Fresh Luffa acutangula or Angled gourd in a vegetable garden, ready to harvest.

Grow your own luffa

A multitasking veg you can eat and turn into a sponge? Growing luffas will give you both!

Composting is an important way to turn waste into nutrients for your garden.

Compost & mulch

Smart composting

Jian Liu has discovered a few tricks for harnessing all the benefits of compost, with minimal effort.

Pepinos, a type of melon, growing a vine.

Pepino: a year-round rockmelon

Pepinos are not very fussy plants, they even flourish in poor sandy soil, and produce well in a mostly shaded part of our garden.

Araucana lay unusual green eggs.

Build your garden

Choosing a chook house

Life is much richer in this Melbourne household with a few chooks added to the mix – here's some tips to help make a home for chickens so everyone is happy.

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