Five tips to ensure tomato growing success

With the right care, these juicy, flavour-packed fruits can thrive in your garden, providing fresh produce all season long. These five organic growing tips will get you started.

Compact gum trees for small spaces: Corymbia ficifolia

You don't need to have a huge backyard to grow a gum tree. One favourite for small spaces that you can try is Corymbia ficifolia.

Cucumber: a salad essential

Fresh cucumbers straight from the garden are the best! These tips will help you grow this summer salad essential.

How to help avocado trees pollinate

There's a trick to pollinating avocado trees: you basically need two different types for success. Learn more here.

How to grow rhubarb

Add rhubarb to your garden: it takes little care and tastes delicious (especially in sweet treats)!

How to sow your capsicum and eggplant seeds in spring

Capsicums and eggplants are true summer crops that need warm conditions to grow. Here's how to get them started in spring.

Cure for curly citrus

Wondering why your citrus leaves look so unhealthy? Discover what happens when citrus leafminer attacks your plants and natural solutions to protect your fruit trees.

Harvest notes: early spring

Check your garden to see if the following are ready to harvest: bananas, coriander and english spinach.

How to grow wombok

Add this Asian green to your patch for a fresh addition to stir-fries, salads and soups. You'll also have the main ingredient to make kimchi.

Grow Phil Dudman’s favourite

Our horticultural editor Phil Dudman has discovered a new gardening joy: brussels sprouts.

Edible natives to grow in your garden

Want to add native edible plants to your garden so you can start using them in your cooking? Karen Sutherland has grown them for many years and has some suggestions.

Grow your own pepitas

It’s easy to turn edible pumpkin seeds into a tasty snack – you just need the right varieties and these tips from Linda Cockburn.