What Gardeners Can Do About Climate Change
Gardening and agriculture produce several greenhouse gasses apart from carbon dioxide – and we can help lower emissions of most of them. Even if each…
Newbie Sustainable Gardener in COVID Times
Extra time at home and isolation spurred one of our subscribers on to start her own veggie garden. Amy Esdaile tells us of her experience. " When I…
Wicking Beds
You know, I’ve been doing this horticulture thing for a while, and over that time, I’ve seen a number of garden designs, products and “innovations”…
Capsicum and Chillies
Capsicum spp. Chillies would have to be about the greatest things on earth (okay, slight exaggeration, but they are pretty awesome!) I love chillies…
Top Tomato Varieties
How many tomato varieties are there? A list to start from is below and covers many of Australia’s best tomato types. Also see the amazing book…
The Samphires
Looking for an easy to grow, attractive, edible, nutritious perennial succulent? Then the samphires (not the British band . . . ) are the answer.…
Pea Blight
Bacterial disease such as pea blight can be tricky to diagnose since bacteria aren't visible to the human eye; in fact they can only be seen under…
Native Tamarind
Native tamarind Diploglottis australis, with its large velvety leaves, is an attractive rainforest tree that is valued as a bushfood for its prolific…
Lemon Myrtle
Backhousia citriodora, commonly known as Lemon Myrtle is a great garden addition with its fluffy white to pale yellow, bee-attracting flowers in…
Glorious Garlic
Allium sativum In the same family as the onion, chives and the leek, garlic has been used for millennia for culinary and medicinal purposes, though a…
7 Ideas for Designing and Landscaping a Backyard Naturescape Playground
The concepts of sustainability and providing a better future for our younger generations are intertwined with physical and mental health. We can…
Winter Apple
Winter Apple (Amulla) is an attractive drought-hardy native bushfood plant adapted to grow in a range of soil types, including nutrient-poor soils,…