Gardening tips to beat the heat
Water is the key to helping the plants in your vegie patch thrive during the hot months, so follow these easy to implement ideas and help your plants survive.
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.
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.
Protecting plants from winter cold & frost
If you have good house heating, it’s easy to forget that out in the garden some plants need protection from the cold. Here's some tips to help your plants through the winter months, from Karen Sutherland.
Reviving a garden after floods
Scientist Kate Wall experienced the Brisbane floods of 2011 and now 2022: here's two important tips she's learned to help gardens recover.
Chill factor
Lots of vegies love the cold and are sweeter for a frost. Here's how to take advantage of this while also protecting plants.
Tending tomatoes
Homegrown tomatoes need regular tending right though the summer to ensure they get what they need from the soil and are pollinated.
Avoiding the big sneeze
Want flowers but not hayfever this spring? Karen Sutherland explains what to plant and what to avoid.
Use shade to beat the heat
Trying to keep your cool in the vegie patch? JUSTIN RUSSELL explains how he uses shade cloth to spare lettuces and leafy greens from the worst of the summer heat.
Stop the rot – how to control pawpaw fruit rot organically
Fruit rots are the curse of organic pawpaw growing. PHIL DUDMAN suggests some simple organic controls and cures.