Cracked and dehydrated soil.
Soil

Soil solutions: dealing with clay

Clay soil can be hard work for plant roots, but there are ways to improve it.

Seedlings growin in multicell punnets.
Build your garden

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.
Build your garden

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.
Build your garden

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.
Build your garden

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.

The common brown butterfly settled on gum leaves.
Build your garden

Bring in the butterflies

Gardener, educator and author Jaclyn Crupi wants us all to help protect and support native wildlife – starting with butterflies that bring beauty, as well as adding pollinating power.

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!

Urban gardener Kat Laver with a basket of her homegrown vegetables.
Build your garden

Small space gardening tips

Kat Lavers lives in Melbourne and has a garden filled with a wide variety of edible plants. Here are her tips for small space gardening success.

Citrus Gall Wasp
Maintenance

Citrus winter maintenance

So, your citrus has provided a bumper crop of fruit this season. Well, now is the time to take care of your trees by following our tips for pruning, mulching and fertilising, in preparation for the year ahead.

A broccoli plant that has been allowed to bolt and flower to get seeds.
Propagating

Broccoli

Saving seeds means that you will be able to grow stronger, healthier and more resilient plants. Here's how to save seed from a broccoli plant.

Long-term wet weather poses a threat to fowls’ health.
Bees, poultry & livestock

Care for poultry in the wet

Backyard poultry aren't built to cope with rainy weather. These tips will help you keep your chooks happy and healthy.

Planting a bare root tree in a hole.
Basics

Heeling in bare-rooted trees

If you can't plant your bare-rooted trees straightaway, you can do what’s called ‘heeling in’. Plus, some basic planting tips.