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.

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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

GOODY GUMDROPS • IT HAS A LONG HISTORY AND ITS EVERYDAY APPLICATIONS ARE MANY, BUT MOST PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HEARD OF GUM ARABIC

MARINE GREENS • LIKE A SUNBATHER, THE SALTY, SUMMER-FLOWERING SUCCULENT KNOWN AS PIGFACE CAN BE FOUND PROSTRATE AT THE BEACH

WORMWOOD & MUGWORT • … AND TARRAGON AND SAGEBRUSH. THEY’RE ALL SPECIES OF ARTEMISIA, A GENUS OF HARDY, AROMATIC HERBACEOUS PLANTS RICH IN ESSENTIAL OILS

Cabbages are king • WHICHEVER WAY YOU SLICE THEM, THESE BUNDLES OF LEAFY GOODNESS ARE EASY TO GROW, HAVE A GOOD SHELF LIFE AND ARE VERSATILE IN THE KITCHEN

HILLSIDE HOMESTEAD • WHEN ANNA AND PETER MOVED THEIR YOUNG FAMILY TO A REMOTE FARM, THEY WERE EXPECTING LOTS OF HARD WORK BUT NOT A HEALTH SCARE. ANNA EVEN WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT

THE HEALING GARDEN • A NATUROPATH SHOWS HOW ORGANIC GARDENERS, BY BRINGING BACK BIODIVERSITY, CAN HEAL NATURE AND ALSO HEAL THEMSELVES AND OTHERS

COTTAGE ON THE DOWNS • EVEN AMONG TOOWOOMBA’S RENOWNED GARDENS, THIS COUPLE’S PRETTY AND PRODUCTIVE FRENCH-INSPIRED POTAGER STANDS OUT

MOON PLANTING

TIME PLANT • CHECK YOUR CLIMATE ZONE TO FIND OUT ALL THE LOVELY WINTER CROPS THAT CAN POPULATE YOUR PATCH

SPARROW GRASS

DO YOURSELF A FAVA • HIGHLY NUTRITIOUS AND EASY TO GROW, BROAD BEANS CAN BE A BIT OF A FIDDLE TO PREPARE BUT THEY’RE TOTALLY WORTH IT

SALAD DAYS • AFTER LAST YEAR’S PRICE SCARE, LETTUCE IS BACK ON THE MENU — BUT IT’S EASIER, GREENER AND CHEAPER TO GROW YOUR OWN

TROPICAL FIG • IT RESEMBLES A FIG, IS RELATED TO GUAVA AND TASTES A BIT LIKE PINEAPPLE, WHICH MAKES FEIJOA A FRUIT SALAD ALL ON ITS OWN

ORNAMENTAL ORIENTAL • WITH FRAGRANT FLOWERS IN AUTUMN AND GOLDEN FRUIT IN SPRING, THE LOQUAT IS ALL YOU COULD WANT IN AN EXOTIC TREE

Top tips • CLEVER IDEAS FOR YOUR GARDEN

FLYING VISITS • WITH THE RIGHT PLANTS IN THE RIGHT PLACE YOU CAN MAKE YOUR BACKYARD BOTH A MAGNET AND A TRANQUIL HAVEN FOR NATIVE BIRDS

Berried treasures • FROM CRANBERRIES AND CRABAPPLES TO NATIVE LILLY PILLIES AND MIDYIM, BERRY-BEARING TREES AND SHRUBS ARE AN ADORNMENT TO ANY GARDEN

Catching butterflies • WITH THE RIGHT FLOWERING PLANTS YOU CAN ADD SOME LOCAL COLOUR TO YOUR GARDEN BY MAKING IT A HAVEN FOR FLUTTERING POLLINATORS

DIRT RICH • THE HEALTHIER THE SOIL, THE MORE BOUNTIFUL THE LIFE THAT GROWS IN IT AND FROM IT

STEEPING WILLOW • PROPAGATING PLANTS FROM CUTTINGS? THE HORMONES RELEASED BY WILLOW SOAKED IN WATER COULD BE JUST THEIR CUP OF TEA

Hamburgh with the lot • BRIGHT AND FLIGHTY, HEAT TOLERANT AND HAPPIEST WHEN FREE-RANGING, THIS BEAUTIFUL BREED HAS A RICH HISTORY

The tricks of the mix • EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT POTTING MIXES, INCLUDING HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN

THINGS TO DO IN MAY • AS AUTUMN HEADS TOWARDS WINTER, THE CHANGE...