Common orchard pests

Keep an eye out for these three pesky orchard pests that could easily decimate your fruit harvest.

Native fruit feast

This trio of native fruits will add a variety of flavours to the collection in your backyard patch.

Grow: borage

Looking for a plant that can be used as an ingredient in salads and cakes, as well as providing colour to your garden? Borage is a good choice.

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.

Start a backyard orchard using bare-rooted fruit trees

Winter is when we start looking online for the bare-rooted fruit trees we want o plant, so autumn is a good time to plan what your garden is going to look like when these trees grow.

Broad bean bounty

Broad beans, also known as fava beans, are one of the oldest cultivated crops in the world. They are a valuable multipurpose plant for any backyard vegie patch.

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.

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.

Grow: grapevines

Looking for a plant that has many uses? Grow a grapevine with these tips and enjoy the grape times.

Connie Cao’s tips for growing eggplants

Baked, grilled or pickled, stewed or steamed – there’s a multitude of ways to enjoy eggplants, and they will add gorgeous colours to cottage flower gardens or mixed edible garden beds.

Potting up natives

Edible natives grown in pots are a great growing choice if you have a small space or balcony.

Pest control: Bronze orange bugs

Learn how to control this common citrus pest, which sucks sap from new shoots and stems.