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Phil Dudman

Horticultural editor
Our horticultural editor, Phil has been writing and presenting about all things gardening since 1998! He is a trained horticulturalist and landscape designer who likes to teach easy ways to grow organic food. He shares his knowledge through the magazine, gardening workshops and tours and hosting a gardening talkback show on ABC Local Radio.
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Recent articles by Phil Dudman

Pest exclusion  nets are an organic  gardener’s best friend.
Pests & diseases

Organic pest control: start here

Pests and diseases are to be expected, but one way to keep them at bay is to plant the right crops at the right time, writes Phil Dudman.

Broccoli is a crop that keeps on giving.
Vegetables

Grow your own organic broccoli

With good preparation, you can have your own abundant harvest of fresh, nutritious vegetables through autumn and winter, writes Phil Dudman. Get started with broccoli and English spinach.

Composting can be easy if you follow these tips.
Compost & mulch

Composting made easy

One of the questions you may have when it comes to compost is about hot vs cold composting. Here our horticultural editor explains the difference.

Phil Dudman pruning a peach tree
Fruit & nuts

Peachy keen

It's time to prune peach and nectarine trees, writes PHIL DUDMAN. Check out his step-by-step guide.

mustard seed
Organic solutions

Biofumigation

Keeping it clean with green manures. PHIL DUDMAN explains biofumigation.

Grafting tomatoes
Propagating

The hard graft

Grafting your favourite tomato onto pest-resistant root stock will help eradicate tomato disease, writes PHIL DUDMAN.

mango leaf, scale, pests
Pests & diseases

Home-made pest remedies

Homemade White Oil Take an empty jar or plastic bottle, pour in a cup of ordinary cooking oil and ¼ cup of dishwashing liquid. Give it a good shake – you’ll see it turn white. That’s your white oil concentrate.  Label the container with the correct dilution rate – ‘one tablespoon per litre of water’. […]

Easy composting
Soil

Shortcuts to better soil

PHIL DUDMAN outlines a simple time-saving technique for improving soil.

Heirloom tomatoes
Vegetables

Top Tomatoes

We asked four experts for their favourite tomatoes and tips to growing and cooking them. 

Getting started
Organic solutions

Getting started

Anyone can get into organic gardening, says PHIL DUDMAN. Here are his tips on starting out.

A current review of the Australian Garlic Industry
Organic solutions

A current review of the Australian Garlic Industry

Organic Gardener Magazine contributor Penny Woodward will be one of the many experts speaking at the upcoming Garlic 2013 seminar in September.

How to prune edible figs
Pruning

How to prune edible figs

Winter is the time to prune figs. PHIL DUDMAN describes how.

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