Urban Jungle
How to grow a fruit and vegetable food forest on an average suburban block. Words & photos Jana…
Vision and vegies: where urban agriculture meets education
Here’s a model of urban agriculture and gardening, alongside a wholefoods restaurant, working together as a community and education resource.
Organic hospitality: a boutique retreat garden
A five-star boutique retreat in the heart of Tamworth, in country NSW, has a focus on organic and sustainable principles
Your February Garden Calendar
Don’t waste the bounty of late summer in February. What can’t be eaten fresh can be preserved, dried or frozen to enjoy over the cooler months ahead.
Back to nature: a commercial farm’s change to sustainable
When conventional agriculture led to lower productivity and poor soil, this farming family made some simple, sustainable changes,…
Small but mighty: an experimental garden
In this small, experimental garden in Sydney’s inner west, half the fun of gardening is trying something new…
10 clever gardening ideas: beehives, pond plants and home herbs
If you are looking for some clever things you can do in your garden this month, check out…
Feijoa: discover the “pineapple guava”
Looking for a different fruit to grow? This South American native is a compact evergreen tree that can…
Changing the Bed: Crop rotation in your garden
Crop rotation is a food gardening plan that minimises pests and diseases by growing different crops in succession…
The bitter medicine: wormwood beyond absinthe
Wormwood may be notorious as the main ingredient in the fabled spirit absinthe, but there’s so much more…
“Fast food”: Secrets of sprouting
Sprouting is easy, fun and a way to grow nutritious edibles almost anywhere in the house and in…
Hillside Harvest: A suburban farm
Tucked away between suburban houses is this surprisingly productive food garden, which is now growing into a small…