ABC Organic Gardener Magazine

Organic Gardener Magazine is a guide to organic gardening, providing informative and inspirational stories on everything you need to know to grow your own fruit and vegetables- without the use of harmful chemicals. Each issue includes practical tips and advice from leading organic gardening experts.

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GET IN TOUCH • PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR TOWN/SUBURB. PHOTOS ARE HELPFUL, AND ANY DETAILS SUCH AS CLIMATE AND SOIL. THE MORE INFORMATION WE HAVE THE BETTER.

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ALL IN A FLUTTER • KAREN SUTHERLAND INTRODUCES SOME DELIGHTFUL SHRUBS TO ATTRACT BUTTERFLIES AND INSECTS.

CLIMATE ZONE KEY:

Plan your plantings • JUSTIN RUSSELL EXPLAINS HOW TO STAGGER PLANTING TIMES SO YOU DON’T END UP WITH TOO LITTLE OR TOO MUCH OF THE VEGIES YOU LOVE BEST.

FACT FILE: • ANANAS COMOSUS VAR. COMOSUS

RIPE & FULSOME • PLUMS ARE RICH IN FLAVOUR, DEEP IN COLOUR AND VOLUPTUOUS IN SHAPE – AND YOU CAN GROW YOUR OWN WITH THIS ESSENTIAL ADVICE FROM JUSTIN RUSSELL.

Australian “plums”

SUGGESTED CULTIVARS

SILVERBEET and friends • LUSH, PRODIGIOUS, MULTICOLOURED, NUTRITIOUS – HELEN CUSHING REVEALS THE RICH TAPESTRY OF SILVERBEET (OR CHARD BY ANY OTHER NAME).

Believing in tomorrow • JADE MILES AND FAMILY – AMID THEIR ORCHARDS, ANIMALS AND COMMUNITY – ARE WORKING HARD TOWARDS A VISION OF HOLISTIC SMALL-SCALE FARMING.

The ani mals

WINTER STORES

GIVE ME HEAPS • PENNY WOODWARD EXPLAINS THE ESSENTIALS OF COMPOST MAKING – IT’S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE AND IS HIGHLY SATISFYING, SO READ ON AND GET STARTED.

HOT COMPOSTING

Worm farms and tumblers

Time for chickens! • IF YOU ARE NEW TO CHOOK KEEPING, OR THINKING ABOUT BRINGING SOME FEATHERED FRIENDS INTO YOUR LIFE, JESSAMY MILLER EXPLAINS WHAT YOU NEED AND WHAT TO EXPECT.

SOURCING CHOOKS and more

BEST LAYERS

SNAP TO IT • THERE IS PLENTY OF TIDYING, TOOL CLEANING, PRUNING AND PLANTING TO DO THIS WINTER.

HOW TO Prune shrubs

SEED SAVING

COLD TEMPERATE • Penny Woodward

Deep in winter • SOPHIE HANSEN’S WINTERS (NEAR ORANGE, NSW) ARE LONG AND COLD, WHICH LEADS TO PLENTY OF WARM, NOURISHING FOOD.

HARVEST NOTES

Preservative-free: the rules

Free agent • FROM SLOW BEGINNINGS, PRESERVATIVE-FREE WINES ARE GROWING IN NUMBER AND POPULARITY. WINE EXPERT MAX ALLEN FINDS OUT WHY AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR HEALTH.

A TOP BUNCH

in conversation with SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM • SIMON WEBSTER TALKS TO AUTHOR SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM ABOUT HER LATEST BOOK, THE ROLE OF TREES IN HEALING THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE, AND THE STORIES THEY CONTAIN.

Thinking in TREE TIME • SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM SAYS OUR ANCIENT TREES ARE INCREDIBLY VULNERABLE.

rewiews

Aiming for ZERO • SIMON WEBSTER INTRODUCES ORGANIC GARDENER’S NEW SERIES ON STRATEGIES AND INITIATIVES TO REVERSE GLOBAL WARMING AND THE INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES THEY PRESENT.

PROJECT DRAWDOWN

WHAT IS ALGAE?

KELPED crusaders • EMMA CASTLE INVESTIGATES HOW ALGAE, ESPECIALLY SEAWEED, CAN BE A MAJOR PLAYER IN FIGHTING THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND DRAWING DOWN CARBON.

Why is seaweed GOOD FOR YOUR GARDEN?

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When all seemed lost • THINGS GET DESPERATE FOR SIMON WEBSTER WHEN SEEDS AND SEEDLINGS BECOME SCARCE.