Good Organic Gardening

Gardening with goodness at its heart — fresh, organic and fun. This magazine is 100% real. We are unashamedly earthy, reflecting the spirit and culture of people who just love to get their hands dirty. Our emphasis is on productive gardening. We just love the satisfaction of growing your own and finding new ways to bring produce to the table. The magazine includes features such as Amazing Gardens, Celebrity Chefs, Celebrity Gardeners, Clever Crops, Flavours of the month, Garden solutions, Kids Corner, Living Organics, Weekend Gardening, What’s New and a guide to What’s on Where.

THIS ISSUE

Good Organic Gardening

– THE – Grapevine • ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS AND UPDATES COMPILED BY JO IMMIG

What’s hot – RIGHT NOW – • PRESENTING SOME STUNNING-LOOKING PLANTS THAT WILL MAKE EXCELLENT ADDITIONS TO YOUR GARDEN AT THIS TIME OF YEAR

Green news • WHO IS GREENING OUR WORLD AND HOW THEY ARE DOING IT

OLD GROWTH • PART FUNGUS, PART ALGAE, LICHENS ARE AMONG THE MOST ANCIENT AND LONGEST-LIVED ORGANISMS ON THE PLANET

GOLD DUST • IT’S SAFFRON’S LABOUR-INTENSIVE PRODUCTION THAT MAKES IT WORTH MORE THAN THE PRECIOUS YELLOW METAL

SQUASH WASHER • LUFFA IS A CLIMBING GOURD THAT CAN BE EATEN AS A GREEN VEGETABLE OR DRIED OUT AND USED AS A SPONGE OR LOOFAH

The fruity Ficus • OF THE 800 OR MORE SPECIES OF FICUS, THE FIG WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FOODS CULTIVATED BY HUMANS AND IS NOW GROWN AND ENJOYED WORLDWIDE

THE SNOWY FOODIE • GARDENER, PHOTOGRAPHER, DESIGNER AND HOME COOK, A QUÉBÉCOISE WRITES ABOUT HER JOURNEY FROM CANADA’S APPALACHIANS TO THE SNOWIES

LIVING LANDSCAPE • A HORTICULTURIST AND GARDEN DESIGNER HAS CREATED HER OWN FOOD FOREST AND FRUIT ORCHARD IN SEMIRURAL OUTER BRISBANE

PERFECT IMPERFECTION • THIS LIFELONG GARDENER IS STILL GROWING NEW PLANTS, TRYING NEW TECHNIQUES AND RECYCLING BROKEN THINGS

– MOON – PLANTING

TIME TO PLANT • DEPENDING ON YOUR CLIMATE ZONE, AUTUMN IS A GREAT TIME TO PLANT FOR AN ABUNDANT WINTER TABLE

OLD KING CAULI • CAULIFLOWER, FROM THE LATIN FOR CABBAGE FLOWER, IS A BRASSICA OF THE COLE CROPS THAT INCLUDE BROCCOLI, BRUSSELS SPROUTS AND KALE

THE MYSTERY BULB • PART OF THE FUN OF KOHLRABI IS DEFINING EXACTLY WHAT IT IS

HOT STUFF • THOUGH ITS SEEDS ARE USED IN THE SPICY CONDIMENT, MUSTARD GREEN LEAVES ARE PRIZED IN AFRICA AND ASIA FOR THEIR PEPPERY KICK

SUMMER GOLD • ONE OF THE HEALTHIEST FRUITS YOU CAN EAT, APRICOTS ARE UNUSUALLY RICH IN VITAMINS, MINERALS AND ANTIOXIDANTS

ROYAL PURPLE • KNOWN IN THAILAND AS THE QUEEN OF FRUIT, MANGOSTEEN IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF QUEEN VICTORIA’S FAVOURITE FOODS

10 top tips • CLEVER IDEAS FOR YOUR GARDEN

THE ORGANISED ORGANIC GARDENER • ORDERLY SYSTEMS FOR STORING SEEDS AND TOOLS AND KEEPING TRACK OF YOUR PLOT SAVE TIME, INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY AND ADD PLEASURE AND BEAUTY TO GARDENING

Pre-winter pop-ups • AS SPRING BULBS START TO DIE DOWN IT’S THE TURN OF AUTUMN-FLOWERING NERINE, LYCORIS, CROCUS AND CYCLAMEN TO SHINE

Wild about waxflowers • IT’S EASY TO WAX ELOQUENT ABOUT THESE PRETTY, AROMATIC BLOOMS THAT ADD VIVID COLOUR TO SPRING ON THE WEST COAST

PLANTING 1.01 • BEFORE YOU START YOUR SEASONAL PLANTING, WHETHER IT’S SEEDS, FRAGRANT SHRUBS OR A FRUIT TREE, READ THIS BASIC HOW-TO-PLANT GUIDE

HOMEMADE BUG SLUGGER • HORTICULTURAL OIL IS A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PESTICIDE YOU CAN MIX UP EASILY FROM NATURAL INGREDIENTS

Greening the henhouse • SUSTAINABILITY IS ALL ABOUT CHOOSING CHOOKS THEN FEEDING AND HOUSING THEM WITH THE PLANET IN MIND

What plants really want • DIAGNOSING GARDENING PROBLEMS MAY BE A MATTER OF GETTING THE NUTRIENTS RIGHT AND KNOWING WHICH ONES GO TOGETHER

THINGS TO DO IN MARCH • EARLY AUTUMN IS ABOUT...