Red poppy
Flowers, shrubs & trees

Poppy planting time

Planting poppy seed takes a little care but when it blooms it's an absolute joy!

Orange tree in courtyard.
Fruit & nuts

Grow your own delightfully delicious oranges!

Oranges offer so much more than their health-giving fruit, including beauty, shade and a delirious scent - and you can even grow them in pots!

Leeks in the ground
Vegetables

Lovely leeks

Leeks are best planted in autumn and winter says Penny Woodward

Tahitian lime
Fruit & nuts

Limes

Limes have it all: fragrant flowers, glossy leaves, delicious fruit.

Rust on garlic leaf
What to plant

Garlic pests and diseases

Try these recipes to combat the main problems for homegrown garlic: fungal diseases rust and fusarium, and black aphid pests.

There are more than 300 different garlic cultivars grown in Australia.
What to plant

Garlic ain’t just garlic

Diversity in garlic cultivars will help cope with the effects of climate change, while new research bolsters garlic’s already strong health credentials, writes Penny Woodward.      

Buckland oregano
Herbs & spices

Oregano and marjoram

Penny Woodward says that oregano comes into its own at this time of year.

Banded sugar ant
What to plant

Ants – friend or foes

Ants are part of life in Australia, says Denis Crawford, and are very important in the environment.

Apple tree
What to plant

Small space apple tricks

Helen McKerral tells you all you need to know to grow apples in small spaces.

Heritage apple
What to plant

Apples: Glossary terms

Thinking of growing apples? This glossary of terms by Penny Woodward will come in handy.

Hyssop
What to plant

Hyssop highlights

Hyssop, says Penny Woodward, attracts bees and butterflies and dispels the ‘nits and itchings of the beard’!

Purple cabbage
What to plant

What to plant in February

It's horrid weather for planting, says Justin Russell, but try to get some winter crop seeds sown into punnets.