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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Sowing great ideas • FROM SEEDS TO HEALTHY NUTRIENTS, YOUR GARDEN WILL BE FILLED WITH GOODNESS!

SPRING HEIRLOOMS • KAREN SUTHERLAND SELECTS FOUR SUPER-PRODUCTIVE VEGETABLES TO PLANT NOW.

TOMATO BONANZA at Daniel’s Run • PENNY WOODWARD VISITS A TOMATO GROWER EXTRAORDINAIRE WHO USES INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES – FROM HOME FERMENTS TO ‘DRY FARMING’ – TO PRODUCE AT LEAST 180 STRIKING HEIRLOOM VARIETIES, SOME OF HER OWN CREATION.

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A saucy affair • TOMATOES ARE ONE OF THE EASIEST AND MOST FLAVOURSOME VEGETABLES TO PRESERVE — AND YOU DON’T NEED AN EXTENDED FAMILY, 400 BOTTLES AND A 44 GALLON DRUM TO DO IT! HELEN MCKERRAL EXPLAINS HOW TO PRESERVE SMALLER HARVESTS FROM YOUR HOME GARDEN, PLUS, TIPS ON GETTING THE BEST TOMATO CROP.

BOILING WATERBATH PASSATA

. BOTTLES AND JARS

Heirloom stories

TASTY TOMATO SAUCE

Preserving the past

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Flower fairies • ELIZA HENRY-JONES HAS LONG LOVED THE DELIGHTFUL AND GENEROUS COSMOS FLOWER.

FIVE favourites • ALL OF THESE ARE FROM THE SPECIES COSMOS

Where to get them

CUT FLOWERS

Give CHOKOS a chance • THE OFTEN MALIGNED CHOKO IS ONE OF KAREN SUTHERLAND’S FAVOURITE PLANTS.IT IS PERENNIAL, FAST GROWING AND PRODUCTIVE, SHADE-GIVING, NUTRITIOUS AND SURPRISINGLY VERSATILE IN THE KITCHEN.

AROUND THE WORLD

In the kitchen

LOOKALIKE ALERT

STOP THAT CHOMPING! • PENNY WOODWARD OUTLINES EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO DETER AND KILL THE ETERNAL BANE OF GARDENERS – SNAILS AND SLUGS.

COMMERCIAL BAITS

WASP WORLD • DESPITE THEIR FEARSOME REPUTATIONS, WASPS, WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS, ARE THE MOST BENEFICIAL GROUP OF INSECTS IN OUR GARDENS. DENIS CRAWFORD LOOKS AT THE WORK THEY DO AND BADDIES TO AVOID.

Wasp society

WASPS. BEES. What’s the difference?

LIF E IN A FIG

POLLINATION TRICKS

Here comes the heat • EFFICIENT WATERING, MULCHING AND PROVIDING SHADE ARE ALL ON THE LIST FOR SPRING JOBS.

UP, UP & AWAY • KAREN SUTHERLAND LOOKS AT THE BENEFITS OF RAISED CONTAINER GARDENS AND HOW BEST TO MANAGE THEM.

FILLING YOU RBED

Options to buy

welcome to ORGANIC LIVING

For the plate and the • IN HER NEW BOOK LOW TOX LIFE FOOD, ALEXX STUART FOCUSES ON SOURCING PRODUCE FROM ORGANIC AND REGENERATIVE FARMERS, REDUCING WASTE AND AVOIDING ULTRA-PROCESSED FOODS THAT ARE BAD FOR US AND THE PLANET.

HARVEST NOTES

LEMONY OZZIE BAR • MOSQUITOES LOVE NATURAL HARRY, SO WHEN THEY COME OUT SO DOES HER HOMEMADE REPELLENT.

All the froth on PET-NAT WINE • MAX ALLEN EXPLORES THE RAW, RUSTIC AND IN VOGUE PET-NAT WINES AND THE WINEMAKERS BRINGING THEM TO LIFE.

WINEMAKER PROFILE

6 of the BEST ORGANIC AND BIODYNAMIC PET-NATS

RAISING CHICKS NATURALLY • JESSAMY MILLER EXPLAINS THE INTRICACIES OF RAISING CHICKS, EITHER BRED FROM YOUR OWN FLOCK, OR VIA PURCHASED FERTILISED EGGS AND YOUR BROODY HENS.

SAFETY

BREEDERS’ DIET

feed & water

reviews

TOP PICK

The hills are alive … with camphors • SIMON WEBSTER’S WEEDY CAMPHOR LAURELS ARE FINALLY GETTING THE CHOP AND BEING TURNED INTO SURPRISINGLY USEFUL MULCH.