A leafy head of lettuce.
What to plant

Budget-friendly summer vegies

Grow these top money-saving summer vegies for a prolific harvest: leafy greens, beans, cucumbers, zucchini and budget herbs, with growing tips for each.

Sungold tomatoes in a bowl
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How to grow a rainbow of tomatoes

Peter Vouthas grows 60 tomato varieties a year. A step-by-step guide to growing tomatoes: seed sowing, potting on, hardening off and his top 10 picks.

A basket filled with a variety of colourful tomatoes.
What to plant

Grow: tomatoes

Who doesn't love homegrown tomatoes straight off the vine? If you follow these tips you'll have a bumper harvest of these colourful beauties come spring.

Freshly lifted allium bulbs with soil still clinging to them
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The bulb and the beautiful: growing alliums

The allium family has much to offer the patient, and the impatient, gardener, from slow-growing onions to the leafy harvest of chives and spring onions, writes Marcelle Nankervis.

Ripe radicchio head with deep red rosette leaves
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Autumn trio: radicchio, borage and strawberry guava

As the heat of summer softens and evenings turn cooler, autumn offers a sweet spot for gardening. While the soil is still warm, Jian Liu is planting this colourful collection.

Spigariello plant.
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How to grow ‘Spigariello’

This unique heirloom broccoli from Southern Italy is prized for its curly, dark-green leaves.

Tigerella tomatoes on the vine.
What to plant

Tomatoes for the tropics

The cooler season is the time for gardeners in northern Australia to be busy growing tomatoes.

Alliums in flower.
What to plant

Plant alliums for more flavour

The allium family has much to offer the patient, and the impatient, gardener, from slow-growing onions to leafy chives and spring onions.

Broccoli is a crop that keeps on giving.
Vegetables

Get ready to grow broccoli and spinach

With good preparation, you can have your own abundant harvest of fresh, nutritious vegetables through autumn and winter. Get started with broccoli and English spinach.

Radish bulbs and leaves
Vegetables

Grow radishes all year round

Radishes can be grown pretty much all year round in most climates; they are an especially tasty option to plant when you start to pull out your summer vegetables.

Coloured lettuces
Vegetables

Lettuces all year round

With the variety of lettuce plants available, you should never be without colourful, fresh leaves to add to your salads.

Silverbeet growing in a Melbourne garden.
What to plant

How to grow an endless supply of leafy greens

Filling your vegie patch with leafy greens means you can harvest fresh, crisp and nutrient-dense ingredients, and have them ready just when you need them.