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You and your GARDEN
GET IN TOUCH
It’s all so natural
GETTING FRUITY • KAREN SUTHERLAND FINDS SOME DELIGHTFUL FRUIT TREES TO PLANT NOW.
Lemon clean
A world of LEMONS • BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT TO BUY A NEW LEMON TREE (OR AN EXTRA ONE), CONSIDER SIZE, FLAVOUR, THORNINESS AND PRODUCTIVITY, WRITES KAREN SUTHERLAND.
PESTS & DISEASES
PRUNING
STRAWBERRY heaven • PENNY WOODWARD REVEALS THE SECRETS OF GROWING FULL-FLAVOURED AND PRODUCTIVE STRAWBERRIES – WHETHER IN BEDS, BASKETS OR POTS. PLUS, ALPINE BEAUTIES TO TRY.
Where to get them?
Hanging baskets
PROPAGATING FROM A RUNNER
Going wild
Horseradish Power • AUTUMN IS TIME TO BOTH PLANT AND HARVEST THE NUTRITIOUS AND WONDERFULLY PUNGENT HORSERADISH, WRITES PENNY WOODWARD.
HORSERADISH SAUCE
FLAVOUR CRUSH
from donkeys to flying ducks • HELEN MCKERRAL EXPLORES THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD OF NATIVE ORCHIDS, INCLUDING THE EFFORTS TO CONSERVE VULNERABLE SPECIES AND HOW YOU CAN GROW THEM.
CLUBS & SOCIETIES
HOW TO GROW
EPIPHYTIC NATIVE ORCHIDS
CONSERVATION ACTION
From the ASHES • THE LOSS OF A MUCH-LOVED GARDEN DURING A BUSHFIRE CAN BE ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING. BUT WITH PATIENCE, AND TIME, YOU CAN REBUILD. HELEN MCKERRAL WRITES OF ONE COUPLE’S EXPERIENCE, PLUS STRATEGIES TO BRING YOUR GARDEN BACK.
STAY SAFE
Fire at Fishbone Farm
Finding life
MANAGE SURVIVORS
BUSHFIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS
CLEAN-UP HELP
SOIL CARE & GARDEN DESIGN
The PLANT ARK • DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS VICTORIA, TIM ENTWISLE, OUTLINES THE URGENT EFFORTS OF BOTANIC GARDENS AND SEED BANKS TO SAVE OUR FOREST ECOSYSTEMS AFTER THE FIRES.
GET COOL and get cracking • WITH A DISRUPTED CLIMATE AND EXTREME SUMMERS, THE COOL SEASONS ARE NOW PEAK VEGIE GROWING TIME. JUSTIN RUSSELL HAS TIPS ON HOW TO GET PREPARED AND WHAT TO PLANT.
Time to share • FROM PREPARING GARDEN BEDS TO HARVESTING AN ARRAY OF CROPS, THERE ARE MANY JOYS AS THE COOLER WEATHER ARRIVES.
SEED SAVING
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FRUIT without killing wildlife
welcome to ORGANIC LIVING
Join the SWEET CLUB • A KITCHEN FILLED WITH FOOD, FAMILY AND TRADITION IS A JOY TO SHARE, ESPECIALLY WHEN DELIGHTFULLY SWEET TREATS LIKE THIS ARE ON OFFER.
HARVEST NOTES
WINE PICKS
FACT FILE
Dark and delicious • SIMON WEBSTER EXPLORES THE ORIGINS OF CHOCOLATE AND THE ETHICAL PRODUCERS WORKING TO CHANGE THE INDUSTRY, STILL PLAGUED BY LABOUR AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. PLUS, AN AUSSIE ORGANIC GROWER AND GOURMET MANUFACTURER.
AUSSIE-GROWN CHOCOLATE
BRAINY BIRDS • JESSAMY MILLER LOOKS INTO THE MIND OF HER POULTRY AND FINDS MORE THAN ONE MIGHT EXPECT.
Aqua pure • WHETHER LIVING IN DROUGHT-AFFECTED RURAL AREAS WITH POOR WATER QUALITY OR JUST WANTING TO REMOVE CHEMICALS FROM THEIR TAP WATER, PEOPLE ARE INCREASINGLY LOOKING TO HOME WATER FILTERS, REPORTS KYLIE MCGREGOR.
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Space invaders • SIMON WEBSTER AND FAMILY BATTEN DOWN WITH ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO BEAT A FLY ONSLAUGHT.