A vegetable wonder
JUSTIN RUSSELL harvests the unusual broccoli Romanesco and offers tips on growing these tricky brassicas.
Delightful, delicious daylily
Tough, easy to grow, beautiful and delicous. What more could you want asks PENNY WOODWARD
Flower snatchers
STEVE PAYNE contemplates his profusely performing nasturtiums that have forgotten it is mid-winter.
Late ripening passionfruit
Passionfruit is one of our most popular backyard fruit crops and perhaps the most vexing, writes JENNIFER STACKHOUSE.
Orange lanterns of autumn
Few plants can bridge the ornamental-edible divide like the persimmon. JUSTIN RUSSELL explains how to grow them.
Satisfying saltbush (orach)
With winter close PENNY WOODWARD suggests growing the versatile vegetable, orach.
Planting garlic
Garlic is easy to grow says Penny Woodward and it’s not too late to plant it.
Kale forever
Editor STEVE PAYNE begins a series of blogs sharing the successes, failures and surprises from his home garden.
Bondin’ with my calamondin
It might be fruiting two months ahead of schedule, but JUSTIN RUSSELL extolls the virtues of his backyard calamondin tree.
How to grow the versatile turnip
It's time we turned the spotlight back onto the humble turnip, writes Justin Russell.
Pennyroyal and ants
Pennyroyal, says PENNY WOODWARD, helps to control ants and other pests.