Lettuces in hanging basket
Vegetables

Grow your own lettuces

Forget about buying bagged lettuce says PENNY WOODWARD, have go at growing your own.

Make your own pyrethrum
Pests & diseases

Make your own pyrethrum

Penny Woodward is an expert in using herbs to help control pests naturally. Here she tells how to make your own pyrethrum spray.

Portulaca blooming in a pot
Vegetables

Colourful portulaca

PENNY WOODWARD suggests a bit of colour to brighten your day

Banana flower and fruit
Fruit & nuts

Bountiful bananas

Have you thought of growing bananas in your cool climate garden? asks PENNY WOODWARD.

Phil Dudman pruning a peach tree
Fruit & nuts

Peachy keen

It's time to prune peach and nectarine trees, writes PHIL DUDMAN. Check out his step-by-step guide.

white fly
What to plant

How to wipe out whitefly

Fight whitefly without chemicals using these homemade sticky traps.

Kohlrabi
Vegetables

Kohlrabi and friends

It’s time for the bulbous globes of kohlrabi to shine, with its siblings swede and turnip, writes PETER CUNDALL.

Bright green leaves of French tarragon
Herbs & spices

French tarragon

With a delicious, mellow aniseed flavour, PENNY WOODWARD says French tarragon should be in everyone's garden.

Protection from snails
Pests & diseases

Snail and slug protection

PENNY WOODWARD explains how to keep these slimy critters away.

Golden Bantam sweet corn
Vegetables

Sweet as

Boil the water, pick the corn, plunge into the boiling water and enjoy! says PENNY WOODWARD

cosmos
Flowers, shrubs & trees

Fill your garden with colour

Add colour and aroma to your garden with these top-performing flowers.

Edible fishy leaves
Herbs & spices

A strange fish

Lizard tail, heartleaf and swamp pepper are other names for this intriguing edible plant, writes PENNY WOODWARD.