Your essential tool box for growing fruit

Welcome to our latest issue!

As you all know, gardeners are always looking to add one more plant or squeeze in something extra. Often we need to be creative about what we bring in or how we make it fit.

In my garden, we had no choice but to grow our fruit trees in large pots because they simply won’t fit anywhere else. And we never thought we could make chooks work, but after researching breeds we discovered silkies. Their small coop and run tuck neatly along our side fence. Now we wouldn’t be without their bobbing pompoms and quirky personalities.

If you’ve been searching for inspiration to grow more fruit or add chooks to your garden, this is the issue for you.

Happy gardening! 🌱

Chloe

Our fruit-growing guide starts with an in-depth article from Caleb Roberts from Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery

Then Phil Dudman shares his tips on how to successfully start a backyard orchard using bare-rooted fruit trees

And our horticultural editor Steve Falcioni shows how to protect your fruit from hungry predators

PLUS! Connie Cao shares the many reasons why you may want to take on chicks and some tips to help you get started

Dig into more organic tips in this issue, including:

Marcelle Nankervis writes about growing alliums: they have much to offer the patient, and the impatient, gardener, from slow-growing onions to the leafy harvest of chives and spring onions.

Basics & beyond: a breakdown of some the most frequently used terms in the fruit growing world.

Learn how to grow three multipurpose favourites from the garden of Jian Liu: raddichio, borage and strawberry guava.

Cyrus Roussilhes, a rare fruit grower from Perth, is on a mission to inspire gardeners to grow unusual varieties in their own backyard.

Grow a wider range of flavours in your backyard with these beginner friendly favourites from Karen Sutherland.

From her base in Adelaide, Kate Gallez, shares her love of the wild corners, coastal trails and sustainable stays of the Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island.

Warmer, wetter summers are changing what many of us can grow. Kat Pearson’s Brisbane garden is an example of how cool-climate habits can be adapted to a subtropical patch.

Our favourite chook expert, Jessamy Miller, talks poultry protection and why guinea fowls are worth adding to your flock.

Plus our regular articles:

• Harvest: Katerina Lazareva shares recipes that show how to preserve the goodness of your fresh fruits.
• Action: Your garden jobs as the weather starts to cool, from our experts.
• Matters: News and events
• Book reviews: Chloe’s favourite new releases
• The best of your ABC
• Dig, Discover, Grow: Kids share what they love about gardening.
• That’s a good idea: Global Footprints for local change.

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It’s easy to get a copy of the Autumn 2026 issue: just look for cover featuring Annemarie Bolduc’s apricot harvest, with a little chick keeping an eye on things. You’ll find it in newsagents and selected supermarkets, or you can subscribe here to get an issue delivered to your door!