Recent articles by Paul West

How to grow kohlrabi

Grow kohlrabi in your vegie garden and discover an ingredient that will add crunch and flavour to salads and stir-fries.

Grow and save!

Growing your own organic food is a money-saving option, even when starting from scratch.

Paul West’s favourite spuds

Spuds are one of the most productive crops you can grow, so with a little bit of judicious planting in late winter and early spring, you can experience the full breadth that is the wonderful world of potatoes, writes Paul West

How to grow spigariello, a high-yielding brassica

Looking for a delicious, high-yielding brassica that can be grown in a pot or in the ground? Look no further than spigariello.

True cost of growing your own food

Back in Issue 99 of OG, Paul West wrote this article under the title 'Getting Pragmatic', looking at the true costs of growing your own food. In 2022, we are all interested in the answer to this question.

Mighty mulberries

From an early age, Paul West fell in love with the resilient mulberry and its bountiful, juicy and tangy fruit.

Colourful carrots

There are so many different types of carrot to grow, many of them vibrantly coloured heirloom varieties.