Home Grown Wheat
A mini-plot of wheat at Pete’s Patch in Hobart's Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens has JUSTIN RUSSELL inspired to try home grain growing at his place.
Reviving lost horticultural crafts
Lost horticultural crafts such as hedgelaying are being revived at a historic Tasmanian farm. JUSTIN RUSSELL reports.
A love of fields and food
Food writer Rodney Dunn and his family are living their dream in south-eastern Tasmania, growing and harvesting their own produce. They are offering fellow foodies a chance to share the journey through their farm and cookery school, The Agrarian Kitchen. HELEN CUSHING paid them a visit.
State of play
KYLIE McGREGOR looks at the importance of outdoor play and why children should be swapping screen time for ‘green’ time.
Life Lessons
PETER CUNDALL reflects on his lifelong journey of learning about organic gardening.As a child during the Great Depression of the 1930s, I grew vegetables organically, but didn’t know it. In those days, few people knew what organics was all about anyway. And artificial fertilisers and poisonous sprays were unaffordable, so my little patch remained pure.
Welcome to Spring
Some reality TV shows would have you believe that gardening is little more than a way to increase the value of your property or a means of keeping up with Joneses. JUSTIN RUSSELL takes a hatchet to these ideas, and suggests that the benefits of gardening run deep.
Milk in the veins
Elgaar Farm is a pioneering family dairy and cropping farm that has been paving the way in organic and sustainable practices for almost 25 years. HELEN CUSHING visits this Tasmanian treasure.
Homegrown food saves money
Sometimes gardeners are reluctant to admit it, but growing your own food saves money. JUSTIN RUSSELL runs through a few quick calculations to show that when it comes to generating astrononical returns on investment, nothing beats organic food gardening.
Become a Backyard Conservationist
With the world facing a sixth mass extinction crisis, Justin Russell highlights the need for gardeners to play a role in conserving domestic plant species.
Getting radical about organics
Has the organic gardening and farming movement lost its revolutionary edge? It's time to redsicover the radical spirit of the organic pioneers, suggests Justin Russell.
Lessons from Nino
Marc Llewellyn, the author of Finding Nino - a Seachange in Italy, reveals how an Italian peasant farmer sparked his love of organic gardening. Back in Australia, his love affair with home-grown produce has flourished.
Sweet Success
Craig Sams was a pioneer of the natural food movement in the ’60s, going on to establish the most successful organic chocolate company in the UK. He talks to SIMON WEBSTER about food, business and gardening.
Slow food movement
SUE VADER heads to Italy and the heart of the Slow Food movement, discovering the organic wonders of Cinque Terre.