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

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Planting for the future • SOW THE SEEDS OF GREAT IDEAS!

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GETTING FRUITY • THESE HERITAGE GEMS PROVIDE FRUIT FOR THE PICKING, WRITES PENNY WOODWARD.

THE QUIET ACHIEVER • AFTER YEARS OF INDIFFERENCE FROM GARDENERS AND COOKS, CAULIFLOWER IS HITTING THE BIG TIME IN THE VEGIE WORLD. KAREN SUTHERLAND GIVES THE LOWDOWN ON GROWING AND PREPARING IT.

IN THE KITCHEN AND BEYOND

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Our precious HEIRLOOMS • HEIRLOOM VEGIES AND HERITAGE FRUIT PROVIDE BEAUTY, FLAVOUR, DIVERSITY AND RESILIENCE IN A FAST-CHANGING WORLD. BUT IN ORDER TO SAVE THEM, WE NEED TO GROW THEM. JUSTIN RUSSELL TELLS THEIR STORY.

Creating hybrids

TOP 5 HEIRLOOMS to plant now

Digging the future

Stories to tell

HERITAGE FRUIT

SUPPLIERS

Essential guide to SEED SAVING • HELEN MCKERRAL EXPLORES HOW NATURE SPREADS SEEDS, THE VALUE OF SAVING SEED FROM YOUR GARDEN, AND HOW TO DO IT.

DID YOU KNOW?

TOMATO TIP

SMART SEEDS AND DISPERSAL

Bewitching bonnets • HELEN MCKERRAL HAS LONG BEEN CAPTIVATED BY THE STUNNING, BEE-ATTRACTING AQUILEGIAS.

Naturalising wonders

Tips and ideas

HOW TO GROW

PESTS AND DISEASES

BUYING SEED OR PLANTS

PLAN AHEAD • IT WILL SOON BE TIME TO PREPARE YOUR COOL SEASON GARDEN AND PLAN WHAT TO GROW.

SEED SAVING

Build a BAMBOO TRELLIS

welcome to ORGANIC LIVING

Packing in the flavour • IN HIS NEW BOOK THE ARTISAN KITCHEN, CHEF AND SUSTAINABLE LIVING EXPERT JAMES STRAWBRIDGE SHOWS HOW TO USE AGE-OLD TECHNIQUES SUCH AS PRESERVING AND FERMENTING TO MAKE THE BEST OF PRODUCE. HERE, LEARN THE BASICS OF DRYING AND DEHYDRATING – PERFECT FOR LATE SUMMER AND AUTUMN CROPS.

DEHYDRATING APPLE SLICES • Maximum airflow, dry air, and a constant temperature are key to controlled moisture removal.

EXPERT TIPS

KALE CRISPS

HARVEST NOTES

IN SEASON

Little Oak Farm is who we are • MOVING FROM INNER-CITY SYDNEY TO RURAL TASMANIA WAS A BIG CHALLENGE FOR PIP AND HUGO. TEN YEARS ON, THEY SHARE WITH LEANNE CROKER THE JOYS OF THEIR COTTAGE AND SURROUNDS, NOW FILLED WITH CHOOKS, FRUIT TREES AND A VEGIE PATCH THAT PROVIDES BUMPER HARVESTS.

The power of flowers

POLYTUNNEL PRODUCE

Heritage HENS • HERITAGE POULTRY BREEDS ARE SLOW-GROWING, LONG-LAYING AND ONE OF THE KEYS TO OUR LONG-TERM FOOD SECURITY, WRITES JESSAMY MILLER.

Other top choices

WHERE TO BUY

ON THE FRONTLINE • MANY SCIENTISTS AND RESEARCHERS DEALING WITH THE IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHES ARE STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH THE TRAUMA AND WHERE TO GET SUPPORT, WRITES GEMMA CONROY.

DRIVING CHANGE • ORGANIC GOLF, ANYONE? MEET THE COURSE SUPERINTENDENT WHO IS MAKING THE GAME SAFER FOR PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE BY DITCHING CHEMICALS AND EMBRACING SOIL BIOLOGY.

HOLES-IN-ONE

On the field

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Escape to the country • SIMON WEBSTER REVEALS THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ‘GOOD LIFE’.