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.

Only the stalks of rhubarb are edible.
Vegetables

The joys of growing rhubarb

The scent of rhubarb and apple pie coming from a kitchen is oh-so tempting, especially when you've grown the rhubarb yourself. You can get started with these tips from Jian Liu.

Broad-leafed annual, 'Apollo'.
Vegetables

Growing rocket

This versatile, peppery herb, is as easy to grow as it is delicious! Great for salads and stir-fries.

Flowering callistemons are insect magnets
Flowers, shrubs & trees

Top native trees

Helen McKerral suggests some small native trees that will fit into most gardens, attracting birds and insects with their colourful flowers.

Silverbeet is colourful and delicious!
Vegetables

Silverbeet and friends

Lush, prodigious, multicoloured, nutritious – Helen Cushing reveals the rich tapestry of silverbeet (or chard by any other name).

Bunch of celery in a basket.
Vegetables

How to grow tasty celery

The taste of your celery depends on many factors, including whether or not you blanch the stem of the plant during the growing process.

Hellebores are also called winter roses.
Flowers, shrubs & trees

Tips for growing hellebores, also called winter roses

Hellebores love shade, thrive in frosts and have glorious flowers that appear right through winter into spring, writes Penny Woodward.

For an optimal harvest, broccoli should be planted after the extreme heat of summer.
Vegetables

Expert tips for the best homegrown broccoli

Jian Liu shares her answer to an important question when you are starting to grow broccoli in your patch: is it better to plant seeds or seedlings?

King stropharia are big and have a distinctive taste.
Vegetables

Growing your own mushrooms

Kirsten Bradley talks about the joys of growing mushrooms king stropharia being one of her favourites.

Some of the shade-loving greens Jian grows in her urban garden.
What to plant

Tips for growing edible plants in winter

Winter brings softer light and shorter days, with long shadows creating shady spots that can be difficult to grow in, but these tips from Jian Liu will help.