food is free Ballarat
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Food is free!

The Victorian city of Ballarat is doing its bit for the food-share movement, writes JESSAMY MILLER.

Peter Cundall
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Patches of peace

Gardening is proving a therapeutic tonic, both physically and mentally, for returned war veterans around Australia, writes SIMON WEBSTER.

Sugar glider poles
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High-wire act

Have you noticed these poles when driving along the Hume Highway? asks PENNY WOODWARD.

weeping elm
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In your branches

Read the winning entries for our "tree stories" competition.

Male satin bowerbird in his bower
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A bowerbird in my garden

JENNIFER STACKHOUSE reports on the beguiling satin bowerbird.

A stitch in time
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A stitch in time

Regular action in the organic garden is the key to success says JENNIFER STACKHOUSE.

Organic 'Santa Rosa' plums.
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Chemical warfare

Commercially grown plums are exposed to a chemical cocktail of pesticides and herbicides, writes TIM MARSHALL.

Wheat, Pete's Patch Hobart
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Home Grown Wheat

A mini-plot of wheat at Pete’s Patch in Hobart's Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens has JUSTIN RUSSELL inspired to try home grain growing at his place.

Old Wesleydale Hedge
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Reviving lost horticultural crafts

Lost horticultural crafts such as hedgelaying are being revived at a historic Tasmanian farm. JUSTIN RUSSELL reports.

For peat’s sake
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For peat’s sake

There’s no need to use peat moss, SIMON WEBSTER reports.

A love of fields and food
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A love of fields and food

Food writer Rodney Dunn and his family are living their dream in south-eastern Tasmania, growing and harvesting their own produce. They are offering fellow foodies a chance to share the journey through their farm and cookery school, The Agrarian Kitchen. HELEN CUSHING paid them a visit.

State of play
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State of play

KYLIE McGREGOR looks at the importance of outdoor play and why children should be swapping screen time for ‘green’ time.