Start your own apple orchard
Apple trees are deciduous, and planting is best done in winter, when they are dormant. Here's the basics to get you started planting a tree (or two) in your backyard.
Grow your own organic broccoli
With good preparation, you can have your own abundant harvest of fresh, nutritious vegetables through autumn and winter, writes Phil Dudman. Get started with broccoli and English spinach.
Drough-tolerant herbs
Penny Woodward loves drought-tolerant, grey-leafed herbs. Here are a two of her favourites that you can plant in early Autumn.
Beneficial insects in your garden
Denis Crawford is a big fan of beetles and says there are many hard at work in our gardens.
Grow your own fruit salad
Having your own fruit harvest means you have access to fresh produce at its peak flavour and juiciness. Jian Liu has many favourites – here's two you might want to grow yourself.
Grow your own fruit: babaco and rockmelon
Fresh fruit is the best on a hot summer's day and these two will add a sweetness to a fruit salad that everyone will love.
Growing rosellas
Rosella plants are a staple in my tropical garden and the resulting jam a favourite on fresh scones, writes Dean White.
Grow salad greens for summer
Achieving success with lettuce in hot weather relies on good cultivar choices and growing techniques, writes Arno King.
Make your own calming herbal tea
Herbs not only add colour to your garden and flavour to food, they can also be made into calming teas and soothing oils. Here Penny Woodward looks at basil and chamomile.
Pumpkins: the all-season survival food
Jian Liu grows pumpkins in all sorts of places in her suburban garden, and not just because of their taste - they look great, too. They adorn her garden beds and arches, providing abundant harvests through summer and autumn. What's even better is that they store well for eating over winter.
Protecting your plants from pests
Deploying a range of barriers and exclusion products will help protect your crops from marauding creatures.
Top tomatoes to grow now!
Queenslander Leonie Shanahan is one of OG’s regular contributors who share their favourite tomatoes and tips from climate zones around Australia.