Time to grow squash
Vegetables

Time to grow squash

There's a surprisingly diverse and super-productive range of squash – and you only need a few plants to feed a family.

Palmer mango is a compact variety.
Fruit & nuts

Tropical fruits you can grow in your backyard

Tropical fruits thrive in summer, which is also a good time to plant and establish them before the cool weather arrives. Phil Dudman profiles some of the popular choices.

Spreading mulch to protect plants.
Troubleshooting

Top tips to get ready for summer holidays

Whether you are heading out of town or staying home to spend time in your garden, here's some tips from our experts to prepare for the rest of summer and beat the heat.

The everlasting daisy is a short-lived, native perrenial.
Flowers, shrubs & trees

A blooming summer

Grow these beautiful blooms to attract pollinators to your garden and fill your patch with summer colour!

Plant seedlings in soil that's protected by mulch.
Troubleshooting

How to beat the summer heat

Helen McKerral has plenty of tricks to help keep vegies happy and productive throughout the summer months, including choosing heat-tolerant varieties. 

Sow and grow corn during the warmer months.
Vegetables

Grow colourful corn!

Corn in all its colours and types thrives in our hot summers and can be packed into a small space making it an ideal backyard vegie, writes Jian Liu.

You can grow your own fresh tomatoes with our experts' tips.
Vegetables

Time to grow tomatoes

These tips from our horticultural experts will help you have a bumper tomato harvest.

Great yellow cornflower
Flowers, shrubs & trees

Spring floral beauties

Looking for flowering plants for your spring garden? Justin Russell suggests adding these four bright blooms - they'll bring both colour and pollinators to your patch!

Oca tubers have a pleasant lemony flavour.
Vegetables

Try your hand at yams

You can tap into the highly sustaining qualities of yams, whether you have a cool or warm climate garden, writes Karen Sutherland.

A young 'Sugar Baby' melon grows on a frame to save space.
Fruit & nuts

Mini watermelons you can grow in any space!

Don’t think you have the room for watermelons? Helen McKerral shares her space-saving tricks, plus one of the smaller varieties for you to try.

Eliza Henry-Jones picking flowers in her dahlia patch.
Flowers, shrubs & trees

Hooked on flowers

Eliza Henry-Jones grows seasonal bee-friendly blooms on her organic flower farm. Here's two of her favourites to add to your own garden.

Pest exclusion  nets are an organic  gardener’s best friend.
Pests & diseases

Organic pest control: start here

Pests and diseases are to be expected, but one way to keep them at bay is to plant the right crops at the right time, writes Phil Dudman.