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.

Top stone fruit picks: nectarines, peaches, apricots

Caleb Roberts from Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery in northern NSW shares three of his fruity favourites – a mix of heritage varieties and one newcomer.

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.

Pest control: whitefly

With the warmer weather, some pests such as whitefly can do a fair bit of damage to your vegie patch. These tips will help stop them.

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.