ABC Organic Gardener Magazine

Organic Gardener Magazine is a guide to organic gardening, providing informative and inspirational stories on everything you need to know to grow your own fruit and vegetables- without the use of harmful chemicals. Each issue includes practical tips and advice from leading organic gardening experts.

ABC Organic Gardener Magazine

AWAKE BUT NOT OVERWHELMED

GREAT GIFT!

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Looking BACK, looking FORWARD • AS PART OF OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY, WE ASKED SOME OF OUR LONGSTANDING CONTRIBUTORS, PAST AND PRESENT, TO TALK ABOUT THEIR GARDENING LIVES, THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT AND OUR FRAGILE FUTURE. THEY OFFER HOPE, DESPAIR AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

LIVING GIFTS • KAREN SUTHERLAND FINDS SOME DELIGHTFUL PLANTS YOU CAN GIVE TO FRIENDS, OR YOURSELF, THIS FESTIVE SEASON.

WASTE NOT (making every part count) • WE OFTEN WASTE EDIBLE PARTS OF COMMON VEGETABLES AND HERBS – JUSTIN RUSSELL EXPLAINS WHAT WE ARE MISSING OUT ON.

HERBS & FLOWERS

Smoothie magic

SUPER PRODUCERS • PENNY WOODWARD SAYS ZUCCHINIS CAN BE FLAVOURSOME AS WELL AS PROLIFIC, MAKING THIS MEMBER OF THE SQUASH FAMILY A GREAT VEGIE GARDEN STAPLE.

ZUCCHINI RELATIVES • These plants need similar soils, and growing conditions, to those described for zucchini.

ZUCCHINI FRITTERS

SELECTED SEED SUPPLIERS

A HERB TO DYE FOR • PENNY WOODWARD LOVES THE BEAUTIFUL BUTTER-YELLOW FLOWERS OF DYER’S CHAMOMILE, ITS ATTRACTIVENESS TO BUTTERFLIES AND ITS USE AS A DYE.

The CRYPTOGAMIC GARDEN • ECOLOGIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER ALISON POULIOT DELVES INTO THE UNHERALDED WORLD OF MOSSES, LIVERWORTS, LICHENS AND MORE, EXPLAINING THEIR VALUABLE ROLE IN THE GARDEN.

GLOSSARY

LICHEN MONITORS

To your HEALTH

WORM FARM IN A BATH

SEED SAVING

WHAT TO PLANT AND SOW NOW

Accidental ARTISANS • KAY AND GREGG SAARINEN HAVE BUILT A THRIVING SKINCARE BUSINESS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF PERMACULTURE AND THEIR AIM TO LIVE A SELF-SUFFICIENT LIFE, WRITES EMMA CASTLE.

In store • OUR ADVERTISERS BRING YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR PRODUCTS.

welcome to ORGANIC LIVING • INSIDE: FOOD SLOW CLOTHING CHOOKS BOOKS AND MORE

Baskets full of GOODNESS • CHEF AND ORGANIC FARMER MATTHEW EVANS IS BACK WITH ANOTHER BOOK – THE COMMONS: A YEAR OF GROWING, COOKING AND EATING ON FAT PIG FARM. IT’S A MIX OF HOW-TO, DIARY AND COOKBOOK, AND VERY DIFFERENT TO HIS EXPOSÉ ON EATING MEAT (OG 111). HERE IS A TASTE, WITH MATTHEW INTRODUCING SPRING ON THE FARM AND TANTALISING SEASONAL RECIPES.

HARVEST NOTES

Organic celebrations • MAX ALLEN HAS A CHALLENGE FOR YOU THIS FESTIVE SEASON, SEE IF YOU CAN GO ALL-ORGANIC, AND ALL-AUSTRALIAN. NOT JUST WITH WHAT YOU EAT, BUT ALSO WITH WHAT YOU DRINK.

A WORD ON WORDS

CLOTHES with meaning • SLOW FASHION ADVOCATE JANE MILBURN SAYS IT’S TIME WE PAID AS MUCH ATTENTION TO THE ECO-FOOTPRINT OF OUR CLOTHING, AS WE DO TO OUR FOOD.

Joyful clothing

10 WAYS TO REDUCE YOUR MATERIAL FOOTPRINT

Creating together • THE FOLLOWERS OF THE SLOW CLOTHING MANIFESTO ARE A CREATIVE BUNCH, WHO LOVE SHARING THEIR IDEAS WITH OTHERS.

The repurposing revolution • LEANNE CROKER DISCOVERS A COMPANY THAT IS TURNING DISCARDED TYRES INTO SHOES TO HELP REDUCE GLOBAL POLLUTION AND CHANGE CONSUMER ATTITUDES.

in conversation with COSTA GEORGIADIS • LEANNE CROKER CHATS WITH ABC GARDENING AUSTRALIA’S HOST ABOUT LIFE, GARDENING AND THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET.

Spreading GARDEN LOVE • ELIZA HENRY-JONES REFLECTS ON HER GARDENING LIFE AND MEMORIES, AND THE REWARDS THAT CAN BE PASSED ON THROUGH GENERATIONS.

March of the cane toads • INTRODUCED AS A WAY TO SAVE SUGARCANE CROPS, CANE TOADS...