Green cleaning
Jessamy Miller has been making her own green cleaning products for years. Here’s her tips to get you started in your own home.
Zest of life
Lemon-scented plants bring extra zing to your garden, food and life writes Penny Woodward.
How to make beeswax lip balm
Even if you can't keep your own bees, you can make your own beeswax lip balm. Here's how...
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Spiders are special
Look after your spiders says Penny Woodward, the vast majority are harmless and all are beneficial.
Gardens for dementia
Penny Woodward says to grow an array of coloured and scented plants for loved ones with dementia.
Visiting Tassie’s Tall Ones
Tap into joy, wonder, curiosity and compassion by walking in a tall forest, says Dr Reese Halter.
On regenerative farming and gardening
Is the term 'regenerative' in danger of becoming a new buzzword? Justin Russell investigates.
Are we poisoning our children?
Andre Leu is the author of 'Myths of Safe Pesticides' (2014, Acres USA) and now an updated and rewritten version that focuses on the effects of chemicals on our babies and children – 'Poisoning our Children'. The title is dramatic, but like climate change, Leu feels there is no time to waste in raising attention to these problems that grow in magnitude with every passing minute. Here in an edited extract, he continues our discussion on the health effects of chemicals.
Diversity is the key
Penny Woodward explains how diversity is essential for healthy gardens, parks, farms and wild environments.
Collective food
An innovative enterprise in Victoria is bringing farmer, customer and community together, writes Isabel Kimpton.
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New seed security threat
A review of the import of brassica seed is a threat to small farmers, seed suppliers and our nation's food sovereignty, says Justin Russell.
A life-giving revolution
In our 100th issue, Peter Cundall reflects on the organic growing movement and its role in countering the destructive effects of industrial agriculture.