
Grow your own shiitake mushrooms

Kirsten Bradley explains how to produce your own supply of delicious shiitake mushrooms.

Pepino: a year-round rockmelon

Pepinos are not very fussy plants, they even flourish in our poor sandy soil, and produce well in a mostly shaded part of our garden.

Garlic in your garden

Homegrown garlic tastes dramatically better than any you can buy in your local supermarket, so why not grow it yourself!

How to grow sprouts

All you need is a bench or windowsill and some easy-to-find equipment to grow sprouts.

How seeds disperse naturally

Once plants start seeding in your garden, you'll be amazed where they pop up – here's how seed distribution happens, naturally.

Make your own olives in brine

This recipe for olives in brine is oh-so easy -- now you just need to grow the olives!

Foraging and growing your own fungi

Fungus expert and photographer Alison Pouliot explores these tasty morsels.

Coffee: grow, harvest, process

Yes, you can grow coffee in Australia. Simon Webster explores the growing, harvesting and processing of coffee.

‘ava go at avocados

They may be fussy plants but homegrown avocados will pay you back big time, says JUSTIN RUSSELL.

She’ll be pineapples

The main requirement for growing your own sweet, juicy pineapples is a little patience, writes PHIL DUDMAN.

Herbs: burdock

Burdock (X Arctium lappa X) may be a tough, unglamorous and thistle–like, but it has a delicious edible root and invaluable medicinal uses,