Growing Organic Mangoes
Fruit & nuts

Growing Organic Mangoes

If you love mango, then brace yourself for a bumper crop this year. PHIL DUDMAN explains why ‘this could be the year’ and shares his tips for planting and growing organic mangoes in small backyards.

Fruit Fly Netting
Pests & diseases

Tips for Fruit Fly Season

Fancy growing organic fruit in an area infested with fruit fly? It is possible, and JUSTIN RUSSELL shows how it can be done.

Tomato Tactics
Vegetables

Tomato Tactics

Justin Russel suggests some natural methods of controlling two of the most common tomato problems: root knot nematodes and blossom end rot.

Flame Weeding
Troubleshooting

Flame Weeding

Controlling weeds is one of the major challenges facing organic gardeners. JUSTIN RUSSELL shares his his experiments with a gas powered flame weeder.

Pumpkins Calling
Vegetables

Pumpkins Calling

They’re easy to grow and just as easy to store. If you love your pumpkins boiled, baked or blended, then now is the time to plan your summer crop, says PHIL DUDMAN

Tips for growing the best organic beetroot
Fruit & nuts

Tips for growing the best organic beetroot

Spring is the primetime for planting beetroot right across Australia. Phil Dudman shares his organic planting and growing tips.

Purple Sprouting Broccoli
Vegetables

Purple Haze

After six months of nurturing, JUSTIN RUSSELL finally gets the chance to harvest Purple Sprouting broccoli. Was it worth the wait?

Need inspiration for your cucumber yields? Read on!
Vegetables

Growing organic cucumbers

Cucumbers are easy to grow organically and don’t need much room, and now’s the time to get planting, even in cooler areas, says PHIL DUDMAN

First asparagus
Vegetables

Asparagus Season

It’s asparagus season, and JUSTIN RUSSELL sings the praises of one the most delicious vegetables of spring.

Peter Cundall
Fruit & nuts

A berry good year

PETER CUNDALL provides a quick guide to growing juicy berryfruit. “Here are the methods I use to grow great crops of different types of hardy berryfruit - raspberries, loganberries, jostaberries, blackcurrants and strawberries, to name a few.”

Dutch Cream Potatoes
Vegetables

To Chit, or Not to Chit?

To chit or not to chit? That is the question for home growers at this time of the year, so JUSTIN RUSSELL explains the process of chtting, and outlines its benefits.

Orange Tree
Troubleshooting

The Solution to Citrus Problems

What's wrong with my citrus tree? JUSTIN RUSSELL says that this is the most common question asked of garden writers, but the solution is simple. Read on to find out what it is.