Chooks in a backyard, eating greens from a raised garden bed.
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How to prepare for bird flu

Bird flu is a highly infectious virus that can harm backyard poultry. Not yet in Australia, it's still important to be aware of its impact.

Two chooks eating seeds scattered n their henhouse.
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Jessamy Miller’s special warming mash recipe for chooks

Try this recipe for warming chook mash from our chook expert. It will help keep your chooks happy and healthy.

Setting up punnets with soil, ready for planting seeds.
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Planting in punnets

Starting vegies in punnets will mean you have crops ready to plant out, no matter the season or conditions. Here's how.

Remove any wet or clumped patches of litter on floors and in nest boxes with fresh material to keep odour free.
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Keeping your henhouse tidy

When the hot weather starts to wane, it's a good time to set your chooks up for a safe, healthy and cosy cool season.

Leafy green brassicas growing in a raised garden bed.
Organic solutions

Prepare your patch for the cool season

Autumn is the time to turn our attention to planning and prepping our winter garden.

Gardener using a hoe to turnover top of the soil in a vegetable garden.
Basics

Join the no-dig revolution

There's a growing number of gardeners who have hung up the spade and adopted the no-dig approach. Phil Dudman explains why.

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 all year round.

Spreading mulch to protect plants.
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The importance of using mulch and saving seeds

If you are an Organic Gardener reader, you know there are many essential tools we like to use in our gardens. Mulch is one of them, as is saving seeds. Here's why.

Radish fresh from the garden.
Propagating

Save seeds: radish and rocket

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

Know your stuff - Organic Gardening glossary
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Know your stuff – Organic Gardening glossary

Our glossary of organic gardening terms is a useful reference for all gardeners, from novices to the experienced.

Watering tomatoes via a PVC pipe stuck in the ground.
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Taking care of tomatoes in the heat

Here’s a simple tip for directing water deep down to the roots of tomatoes.

Bountiful summer harvest of fresh vegies.
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Get your garden started with this simple idea

Just beginning your gardening adventure? Read on for tips to get a garden bed up and running.