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Leonie Shanahan

Subtropical writer
Leonie Shanahan’s career within the horticulture, permaculture and organic industries spans 25 years and includes the founding of the highly successful, Edible School Gardens program for local primary schools across Queensland. She has written three books: Lyme Disease Sucks, Eat Your Garden and Elevate Your Energy.
Leonie Shanahan

Recent articles by Leonie Shanahan

Radish fresh from the garden.
Propagating

Save seeds: radish and rocket

Taste the difference when you save the seeds of these two salad favourites.

Seed saving helps preserve desirable traits and build crop resilience.
Organic life

Seed saving for the future

Leonie Shanahan looks at why seed saving is so important to our health and food security.

Tomatoes come in all shapes, sizes and colours!
Vegetables

Top tomatoes to grow now!

Queenslander Leonie Shanahan is one of OG’s regular contributors who share their favourite tomatoes and tips from climate zones around Australia.

Dwarf pineapples.
Fruit & nuts

Get started with pineapples

Growing a pineapple can be as simple as twisting the top off an existing fruit and planting it.

native herb spiral
Growing in pots

Make a vertical herb spiral

New to gardening? Try this herb garden spiral.

White-lipped green tree frog.
Our planet

Organic solutions for a changing climate

There's a lot to cope with in the garden when the climate is so uncertain -- and it's not just the plants, we need to watch out for the locals as well. These ideas will help.

Collect the ingredients
What to plant

White oil spray

Make your own white oil spray to use on sap sucking insects, mealy bug, aphids, two-spotted mite, citrus leaf miner, whitefly and scale.

Pickeral rush in pond
Build your garden

Create an edible pond

Setting up a pond with edible plants will provide water for wildlife and help cool your garden in summer.

Sprouting seeds
Organic solutions

Sprout your own seeds

Sprouts are the powerhouse of super foods. They’re also easy to grow. We show you how.

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