Fruit Fly Crop Protection
Maintenance

October gardening jobs

No matter where your organic garden is located, this timely advice will keep your plot healthy and productive.

Saturated Soil
Soil

Restoring sodden soil

With summer rains on the way, it's time to explores some gentle techniques to help restore your wet, wet, wet soil.

Spring Onion
Basics

Time to start planting your summer vegies

Welcome spring! Get outside and plant your hands in the dirt writes JUSTIN RUSSELL.

lemon tree flower
Maintenance

Gardening jobs for September

Got plans this weekend? JUSTIN RUSSELL recommends a two-day dose of gardening. 

Seed Packets
Propagating

Spring seed sowing 101

Confused about which seed to sow where? Not sure which potting mix to use? JUSTIN RUSSELL has you covered.

Pruning winter trees
Maintenance

Gardening jobs for August

JUSTIN RUSSELL heralds the approach of Spring with a flurry of August gardening jobs.

Wonderful worms
Soil

Wonderful worms

Recycling kitchen scraps through a worm farm provides valuable worm castings and juice to improve garden soil and plant growth, writes Jessamy Miller.

Creating a wicking bed
Basics

Creating a wicking bed

Spring is almost sprung so now’s the perfect time to make a wicking bed to keep your plants well watered.

hardwood cuttings
Propagating

How to take a hardwood cutting

Mid winter is a great time to propagate plants from hardwood cuttings, says HELEN McKERRAL.

June frost
Maintenance

Gardening jobs for June

JUSTIN RUSSELL suggests rugging up and making the most of gardening in cooler weather. Read his tips here.

Pekin hen and chicks
Bees, poultry & livestock

Starting out with chooks

There are many benefits to keeping chooks but be warned, says JESSAMY MILLER, they can be addictive. 

sick chook
Bees, poultry & livestock

Sick chooks

JESSAMY MILLER explains how to care for a sick or injured chook.