Local Food and Harvest Swaps
Groups which swap and share food and other local produce have been increasing in number for more than a decade. As the Food Swap Network in North…
How to protect heritage biodiversity in your own garden
Heritage varieties taste so much better than supermarket-bought produce! Here’s a great combination in a very small package! And it doesn’t cost much…
Growing Plants from Seed
If you would like to have an attractive and productive garden which doesn’t cost a packet and which allows a wider range of choice than is available…
Crowd Seed Harvests
Tiny Trowel, a relatively new initiative, seeks to engage the wider community to supply excess fresh fruit and veggies from back yard gardens to…
Know Your Seeds
What’s in a seed? A seed contains the blueprint or instructions to produce a new plant. Traditionally all seeds were open-pollinated. That is, the…
Growing Parsnips
I love parsnips — great roasted, great in soups, and great when they're fried like chips! I have been growing parsnips in the Southern Highlands of…
Growing Herbs, Vegetables & Flowering Annuals from Seed
Growing from seed is fun and rewarding as well as being very cost effective. You can access a much broader variety of plants than those that are…
Swapping Seeds
It seems to be quite a common practice to swap seeds with overseas friends and relatives. This seemingly benign and happy pastime has a dark side…