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

Prepare your patch for the cool season

Now is the time to prep for the cool season but starting winter vegies at the tail end of summer has its challenges.

Autumn colour
Compost & mulch

Autumn leaves

Love autumn colours but not so keen on the clean up? There's plenty to enjoy, and the leaves can be put to use in your garden!

Bromeliad leaves
Maintenance

Maintaining bromeliads

Late summer and early autumn is a good time to give your bromeliads a refresh.

Pruning a fruit tree branch
Build your garden

The benefits of summer pruning

Summer is the perfect time to grab your secateurs and bring a little order to the chaos, maintaining the health of your trees so they are ready for next season.

Koren Helbig in her permaculture garden.
Permaculture

How to start an urban permaculture garden

Originally developed for farms and larger properties, permaculture has since been adapted for urban living, and these four simple habits will help you create your own.

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

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.
Build your garden

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.
Build your garden

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.
Build your garden

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.
Build your garden

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.