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.

Broccoli is a crop that keeps on giving.
Vegetables

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.

Mulch helps to insulate soil and retain moisture.
Vegetables

Grow salad greens for summer

Achieving success with lettuce in hot weather relies on good cultivar choices and growing techniques, writes Arno King.

Kuri (left) and pimply pumpkin (right).
Vegetables

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.

Tomatoes come in all shapes, sizes and colours!
Vegetables

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.

Kohlrabi
Vegetables

How to grow kohlrabi

Grow kohlrabi in your vegie garden and discover an ingredient that will add crunch and flavour to salads and stir-fries.

From garden to kitchen: celery
Vegetables

From garden to kitchen: celery

There's plenty of uses for your celery once it's ready to be harvested, writes Karen Sutherland.

Potatoes being dug out of the ground.
Vegetables

Paul West’s favourite spuds

Spuds are one of the most productive crops you can grow, so with a little bit of judicious planting in late winter and early spring, you can experience the full breadth that is the wonderful world of potatoes, writes Paul West

Spigariello is a high-yielding brassica.
Vegetables

How to grow spigariello, a high-yielding brassica

Looking for a delicious, high-yielding brassica that can be grown in a pot or in the ground? Look no further than spigariello.

Podding peas fresh from the garden.
Vegetables

Planting peas from seed

Peas are one of the most obliging vegies to grow from seed, but a bit of planning helps to ensure they'll provide you with an abundant harvest.

Freshly picked carrots of a variety of colours.
Vegetables

Grow your own root vegies for winter

Karen Sutherland suggests some super-nourishing root vegies for you to plant during this winter from carrots to sugar beets