Red pak choy
Vegetables

Full greens ahead

Packed with flavour and nutrients, leafy Asian greens can be easily grown in all climates.

Tommies in May?
Vegetables

Tommies in May?

If you are determined to grow tomatoes, why not try some of the wonderful array of heirloom varieties with diverse colours and flavours.

Get cracking
Fruit & nuts

Get cracking

Nuts are bursting with health benefits and flavour, write GRAHAM and ANNEMARIE BROOKMAN.

Persimmon orchard
Fruit & nuts

Give persimmons a chance

Persimmon season has arrived, and JUSTIN RUSSELL suggests that people give the misunderstood fruit a second chance.

New life for old pears
Fruit & nuts

New life for old pears

PETER CUNDALL says pears have magnifcent textures, flavours and blooms, deserving a place in both the edible and ornamental garden.Old pear trees can be brought back into regular production by selective winter pruning, as he describes here.

Rainbow connection
Vegetables

Rainbow connection

JUSTIN RUSSELL tells the story of the heirloom vegie poster boy, Rainbow Chard.

Rouge d'Hiver lettuce
Vegetables

Autumn salads

Autumn is the perfect time of year to plant salad crops and JUSTIN RUSSELL explains the finer points of sowing lettuces.

Broccoli
Vegetables

Winter Veg – Get Planting!

Prepare winter crops now to maximize your potential harvest, writes PHIL DUDMAN

Cherries can be a challenge to grow, but worth the effort.
Fruit & nuts

Cherry Charm

Cherries can be tricky to grow, but the rewards are high and with new low-chill and dwarf varieties, more gardeners are giving them a go, writes PENNY WOODWARD.

Peach Brown Rot
Pests & diseases

Stop the rot

JUSTIN RUSSELL gives the low down on the fungal disease brown rot, and suggests some simple control measures.

More Rare Fruits
Fruit & nuts

More Rare Fruits

Growing your own rare and unusual fruit provides luscious rewards and helps conserve endangered varieties. Justin Russell profiles some of the rare fruits available for cultivating in Australian gardens. 

Cucumber Trellis
Vegetables

Arc de Cucumis

JUSTIN RUSSELL takes a leaf out of Phil Dudman's book and grows his cucumbers on a reinforcing mesh trellis.