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Paul West

Paul West

Recent articles by Paul West

Kohlrabi
Vegetables

How to grow kohlrabi

Grow kohlrabi in your vegie garden and discover an ingredient that will add crunch and flavour to salads and stir-fries.

Once you've established your garden, there's plenty of chances to save.
Basics

Grow and save!

Growing your own organic food is a money-saving option, even when starting from scratch.

Potatoes being dug out of the ground.
Vegetables

Paul West’s favourite spuds

Spuds are one of the most productive crops you can grow, so with a little bit of judicious planting in late winter and early spring, you can experience the full breadth that is the wonderful world of potatoes, writes Paul West

Spigariello is a high-yielding brassica.
Vegetables

How to grow spigariello, a high-yielding brassica

Looking for a delicious, high-yielding brassica that can be grown in a pot or in the ground? Look no further than spigariello.

Growing your own veg is definitely worthwhile.
Organic homes

True cost of growing your own food

Back in Issue 99 of OG, Paul West wrote this article under the title 'Getting Pragmatic', looking at the true costs of growing your own food. In 2022, we are all interested in the answer to this question.

Paul West loved picking mulberries as a kid.
What to plant

Mighty mulberries

From an early age, Paul West fell in love with the resilient mulberry and its bountiful, juicy and tangy fruit.

Colourful carrots
What to plant

Colourful carrots

There are so many different types of carrot to grow, many of them vibrantly coloured heirloom varieties.

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