How to maximise your hens’ egg production with a balanced diet
If you are dreaming of an achievable and rewarding way to supply some of your own food, you can’t go past keeping laying hens, such as the barnevelder.
How to put in place a crop rotation plan
A crop rotation plan will help avoid pest and disease build up in your garden.
Which manure is best?
Asking yourself whether chook poo or that bag of horse manure a friend has offered you for free is what you need? Consider these points first.
Plan for the future: grow fruit trees
Honey and Leonie Atkinson transformed a patch of kikuyu grass into a thriving orchard, here's their planting advice to help you have your own bumper fruit harvest.
How to bring more birds into your garden
Insects play a vital role in supporting native birds. Here's how you can plant to attract more bugs, and so more birds, to your backyard.
Don’t cry over out-of-date milk & other tips
Our experts have some simple solutions to help you grow your harvest organically.
Worms in small spaces
Not everyone has a backyard with space for a compost or worm farm, but these ideas from Kate Flood will work on a benchtop or balcony.
From seabirds to soil: the use of guano to boost soil health
Guano is a natural fertiliser that, once harvested, can be processed sustainably. The result? A soil additive that provides essential nutrients for plants.
Your end of spring to-do list
Before spring ends and the worst of the heat arrives, take some time to prepare your garden for a successful summer, writes Angie Roach.
Small container wicking beds
ABC Gardening Australia’s Sophie Thomson was sceptical about wicking beds but now has 22 and is a convert, saving huge amounts of water, and time, in her vegie garden.
Success with seedlings
If you think raising your own vegies from seed is too hard, or you’ve tried it with limited success, don’t give up! Here's some tips to help.
Health-boosting plants for your chooks
Jessamy Miller suggests some crops to grow that your chooks will love, but are also good for their health.