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.

ABC Organic Gardener Magazine

It’s raining apples

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True colours • A GARDEN FILLED WITH COLOURFUL PLANTS IS AN ABSOLUTE JOY, SO START PLANNING NOW!

Bulbous BRASSICAS • THERE’S LOTS TO LOVE ABOUT THESE BALLS OF BEAUTY. ANGIE ROACH HAS THE LOWDOWN ON WHY YOU SHOULD GIVE BULBOUS BRASSICAS A GO THIS SEASON – THINK KOHLRABI, SWEDES AND TURNIPS.

Apple of my eye • ARABELLA FORGE’S FAMILY HAVE BEEN GROWING AND HARVESTING TASTY HEIRLOOM APPLES FOR YEARS. HERE, ARABELLA TALKS ABOUT THE BEST VARIETIES, FOR FLAVOUR AND USE IN THE KITCHEN.

HOW TO Get going with APPLES • JULIAN BLACKHIRST SETS OUT THE BASICS FOR PLANTING AND TRAINING APPLE TREES.

BEYOND BOK CHOY • JIAN LIU ENTICES WITH SOME UNUSUAL ASIAN GREENS TO PLANT THIS COOL SEASON.

A garden for the senses • JESSAMY MILLER VISITS HEIDE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, WITH ITS RICH CULTURAL AND PLANT HISTORY AND MANY SENSORY AND FOOD GARDENS.

Get SORTED • PHIL DUDMAN URGES US TO GET ORGANISED TO SAVE TIME HUNTING FOR SEEDS AND TOOLS, AND TAKE BETTER CARE OF OUR GARDEN EQUIPMENT.

DIY TOOL RACK • THIS SIMPLE TOOL RACK MADE FROM A RECYCLED PALLET CAN BE FREE STANDING OR SCREWED TO A WALL.

Road to nowhere • TALKING ‘FOOD MILES’ BECAME BIG IN THE 1990S BUT NEW RESEARCH SAYS THE PROBLEM IS MUCH BIGGER THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT, WRITES SIMON WEBSTER.

CAPITAL GROWTH • MORE THAN 500 CANBERRA GARDENERS ARE INVOLVED IN A GROUP THAT’S BEEN PROMOTING ORGANIC GROWING AND OPERATING COMMUNITY GARDENS FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS, WRITES SIMON WEBSTER.

Life is for growing • SINCE THE 1960S, GITA FROM CANBERRA* HAS BEEN TENDING A HOME PLOT AND A COMMUNITY GARDEN ALLOTMENT, BOTH BURSTING WITH PRODUCE, NOT TO MENTION BEES, CHOOKS AND WORM FARMS.

Plant for the future • LOOK OUT FOR SUMMER PESTS THAT PERSIST INTO THE COOL SEASON, ADAPT YOUR GARDENING TO CLIMATE CHANGE, AND GET PLANTING.

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REIMAGINING MEDITERRANEAN …going gluten-free • TELEVISION PRESENTER HELEN TZOUGANATOS HAS USED CLEVER INGREDIENT SWAPS TO TURN CLASSIC DISHES FROM GREECE, ITALY, SPAIN AND LEBANON INTO DELICIOUS DISHES FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T EAT GLUTEN.

BIG APPLE • ALEX ELLIOTT-HOWERY AND JAIMEE EDWARDS HAVE LEARNT A THING OR TWO ABOUT MAKING THE MOST OF OLD APPLES – HERE’S A FEW IDEAS SO THERE’S NO WASTE IN YOUR KITCHEN.

Growing strong • JACQUELINE FORSTER TALKS TO AUTHOR, SOPHIE MERKENS, WHOSE NEW BOOK GROW: WĀHINE FINDING CONNECTION THROUGH FOOD SHINES A LIGHT ON WOMEN GROWERS, HUNTERS, AND GATHERERS OF AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND. PLUS, READ A PROFILE FROM THE BOOK.

Low-tox KITCHEN • JESSAMY MILLER EXPLORES OPTIONS FOR COOKWARE AND CLEANING IN THE KITCHEN THAT HELP US ALL LIVE A GREENER LIFE.

Companions for life • TRUDY TANDBERG LOVED HER INNER-CITY CHOOKS BUT ALWAYS DREAMED OF HAVING SPACE FOR MORE, WRITES JESSAMY MILLER. SHE NEVER THOUGHT THAT HER FEATHERED FRIENDS WOULD LEAD TO ROMANCE AND A NEW LIFE ON A FARM.

COOL SEASON CHOOK CARE • JESSAMY MILLER SETS OUT SOME ESSENTIAL CHOOK CARE STEPS TO KEEP YOUR FLOCK HEALTHY AND WELL PROTECTED FROM THE EXTREMES OF THE COOL SEASON.

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WIN! 1 of 3 PRUNING PACKS from DARLAC • AUTUMN IS HERE, SO YOU’LL WANT A SET OF TOOLS ON HAND TO MAKE ALL THAT MUST-DO PRUNING AND TIDYING EASIER.

Pipe dreams • SIMON WEBSTER GETS DOWN AND DIRTY WITH SOME DIY SEPTIC TANK REPAIRS.