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. 

Arc de Cucumis

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

How to solve problems with passionfruit

Got a passionfruit vine that’s giving you grief? Garden writer PHIL DUDMAN helps to unravel some of the most common hitches.

Apples for Christmas

JUSTIN RUSSELL picks his first apples of the season, and offers a cheery Christmas recipe using the fruit.

How to Grow Organic Lychees

December marks the beginning of the Lychee season in Australia. PHIL DUDMAN shares his love for this delicious subtropical fruit along with his organic tips for growing them.

Apricot Season

Early summer is stonefruit season in many parts of Australia, and JUSTIN RUSSELL eagerly anticipates a bumper crop of apricots.

How to prepare for summer organic gardening

Summer in the organic garden can pose its challenges, particularly in hot areas. PHIL DUDMAN shares a few tips for staying cool and keeping crops productive.

Protecting crops through exclusion

JUSTIN RUSSELL spends an afternoon using the exclusion technique to protect his fruit trees from marauding pests.

How to control tomato caterpillar

PHIL DUDMAN describes his latest organic strategy for controlling tomato caterpillar

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.

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

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