Red wriggler worms in a pile of compost, held in a pair of gloved hands.
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The best compost worms

Soil needs compost, and worm farming helps keep a supply ready to go. Learn which are the best compost worms to use.

ABC Organic Gardener's free e-book.
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Grow herbs with our FREE guide

Herbs are easy to grow, will save lots of money and don’t take up much space – get growing today!

Melbourne garden with a gravel base that helps manage water.
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Dealing with too much water?

There's a natural way to deal with excess water in the landscape, and it can be mimicked in our gardens using soaks and swales.

A native garden in Western Australia.
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Designing a resilient garden

Learn how one landscape designers is tackling the challenges of creating a resilient garden.

Dripline watering seedlings.
Soil

How to improve soil water-holding capacity

Improving soil water-holding capacity is largely about improving soil structure. Here are several ways to help keep your soil healthy, and water where it's needed.

Watering tomatoes via a PVC pipe stuck in the ground.
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Watering tips for tomatoes

Watering tomatoes can be a balancing act – if you don't get it right you can end up with splitting tomatoes or blossom end rot. These tips will help avoid both.

Allium seed heads cut down for drying and seed-saving.
Propagating

Essential guide to seed saving

Saving seed 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.

Seedlings growin in multicell punnets.
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Top tips for making the most of your garden’s growing potential

Armed with a bunch of clever techniques and ideas, it’s easy to maximise your garden’s potential and enjoy an abundant supply of fresh, organic, homegrown produce.

Leafy greens including rocket and mizuna.
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Crops you can start in late winter

It’s still cold outside for many, but you can start some of your favourite crops in late winter so that when the warmer weather arrives you are ready to go.

A quail poking its head out of its hutch to eat green leaves.
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Why quails are a winning choice

If you are short on space, coturnix quail are cheap to keep, produce lots of yummy eggs and will even help out in the garden.

Seedlings sitting in a window sill for extra light and warmth.
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Start your spring crops early

Get your spring crops off to an early start by mimicking the growing conditions they’d usually expect in mid- to late spring.

Taking tip cuttings
Propagating

How to grow plants from tip cuttings

Want to add to your plant collection without adding to the costs? Read on for the answer - and it's easy!