coconut & mint face scrub
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Make your own natural face scrub

Forget environmentally unfriendly microbeads, here's REBECCA SULLIVAN's recipe for a natural face scrub.

Digital versions
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Digital versions

Organic Gardener magazine is available in digital format from several popular sources. Subscribe now, through Zinio, GoogePlay or the Apple App Store.

ripening pineapple
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She’ll be pineapples

The main requirement for growing your own sweet, juicy pineapples is a little patience, writes PHIL DUDMAN.

Poultry show winner
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Best in show

JESSAMY MILLER says poultry shows are not only for the birds. 

Alice Waters and Rebecca Sullivan
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Eat your words

'Granny skills' enthusiast REBECCA SULLIVAN plots a food revolution with the legendary Alice Waters.

Climate change
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New look – new hope

Editor STEVE PAYNE reflects on the lead-up to the upcoming UN Climate Change conference in Paris.

Get to know your garden critters
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Get to know your garden critters

Do you know the pests you're dealing with asks PENNY WOODWARD

hand-hewn handles
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DIY tools

Fancy a bespoke spade handle? OG reader Alan Tori shows how he made tool handles from a broken pear tree branch. 

nesting hen
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Off the lay?

Chooks laying yet? It’s the question on everyone’s lips as spring approaches, writes JESSAMY MILLER.

Pretty pansy faces
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Suffer from hay fever?

As the hay fever season approaches, PENNY WOODWARD looks at how sufferers can keep gardening.

full moon rising
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Full moon rising

Here's an up-to-date 2017 moon planting chart, produced by Lyn Bagnall and for sale at Aussie Organic Gardening. Lyn's explanatory text shines a silvery light on gardening by the moon. You can also try the Thomas Zimmer Astrological & Moon Planting Guide.

Plastic is a massive environmental problem.
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Say no to plastic bags

Plastic bags are a whale of a problem for the environment, writes SIMON WEBSTER.