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Just peachy

FREESTONE OR CLINGSTONE, WHITE FLESH OR YELLOW, THERE’S A PRUNUS PERSICA FOR EVERYONE

Waste No Water

Soil Moisture Retention Can Be Improved And A Garden Made More Efficient By Using Environmentally Safe Water-saving Soil Amendments And Products

The Writer's Plot

Ever Wondered What A Gardening Journalist’s Own Backyard Looks Like? We Talk To Jana Holmer To Find Out

Ravishing Radishes

These Spicy, Colourful Root Vegies Grow Fast And Can Be Eaten From Root To Tip, Leaves And All.

Great Balls Of Sweetness

There’s A Time And A Place To Enjoy These Fruits: All Year Round And All Over The World.

Break The Mould

Unenthusiastic About Not-so Fantastic Plastic? Here’s How To Avoid Using It In The Garden And Help Save The Planet

Backyard Reptile Park

Some Of The Most Welcome Garden Visitors Are Often Invisible — But You Can See Where They’ve Been By The Lack Of Insects

Walking On Sunshine

You’d Never Guess This Little Piece Of Paradise Is Tucked Away In Queensland’s Hectic Sunshine Coast Tourist Mecca

A Plum Assignment

No Wonder The Name Of This Juicy Stone Fruit, Loved Around The World, Is A Byword For All That’s Easy And Desirable

The Fertile Acre

One Couple Tells How A Bit Of Hard Work Turned Ordinary Soil Into A Productive Fruit And Vegetable Garden

The Headache Plant

TRADITIONALLY USED TO HELP PREVENT MIGRAINE AMONG OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS, FEVERFEW IS PRETTY IN THE GARDEN OR VASE

Bitter Sweet

THE GNARLY CITRON LOOKS LIKE A ROUGH FIRST DRAFT FOR A LEMON, BUT WHILE ITS FLESH IS TART, ITS PITH IS SURPRISINGLY SWEET

Things To Do In August

START PLANNING FOR LATE SPRING AND SUMMER HARVESTS NOW BY SOWING SEEDS!

Gardening On The Edge

STEEP AND SLOPING SITES ARE CHALLENGING, BUT WITH A LITTLE CAREFUL PLANNING THEY CAN BE TURNED INTO LUSH PATCHES OF BOTH ORNAMENTALS AND EDIBLES

Get The Soil To Do The Work

SOIL IS A COMPLEX LIVING ECOSYSTEM THAT KEEPS PLANTS ALIVE, HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE. WORK WITH IT FOR AMAZING RESULTS

Multi-talented Herb

FROM MAKING YOUR HANDS SMELL NICE TO SOOTHING A SORE THROAT OR PEPPING UP A SALAD, LOVAGE IS A VERY VERSATILE PLANT

Parasite Plant

ACTUALLY ONLY HEMI-PARASITIC, THIS COMMONLY SEEN BUT HARDLY NOTICED PLANT HAS MANY VIRTUES

Citric Shrub

LEMON VERBENA IS A DOUBLE THREAT, ADDING COLOUR AND FRAGRANCE TO THE GARDEN AND A CITRUSY ZEST TO FOOD

The Littlest Stone Fruit

SWEET OR SOUR, WILD OR ORNAMENTAL, CHERRIES COME IN MANY VARIETIES AND THEY TASTE AS GOOD AS THEY LOOK

One Wonderful Weed

THOUGH MANY PEOPLE REGARD THE NASTURTIUM AS A NUISANCE, ITS 80-ODD SPECIES ARE BOTH PRETTY AND PRETTY USEFUL

The Fruit With A Boot

NOTHING IN THE GARDEN BEATS THE TANGY HIT OF LEMON

Unfeathered Friends

NOT THE PRETTIEST CHOOK IN THE FLOCK, BUT THE NAKED NECK MAY ADAPT BEST TO HOTTER TEMPERATURES

Bitter Sweet Breakfast

A Hybrid Of Orange And Pomelo, Grapefruit Originated In Barbados, Which Makes It The Original Tropical Fruit

Dive Into Ducks

If You Want Hours Of Entertainment Along With Big, Tasty, Nutritious Eggs, Ducks Are Well Worth Considering

Some Like It Warm

You Don’t Need To Live In A Cool Climate To Grow Some Apple Or Stone Fruit Varieties. Here Are Our Low-chill Picks For Coastal, Warm Temperate, Subtropical And Some Tropical Zones

Long-Flowering Favourite

Of All The 3000-odd Cultivars And Hybrids Of Camellia, Sasanqua Has Long Been Popular In Australian Gardens

Getting In The Zone

The Elements In A Garden Design Can Be Located According To How Often We Need To Use Or Service Them, Which Makes For Efficient Use Of Energy

The Essential Veg

Probably The Most Used Vegetables, Onions And Other Alliums Are Worth Enjoying Straight From The Garden

Sparrow Grass

This Long-lived Perennial Needs Plenty Of Room In The Garden So You Can Spot The Emerging Shoots In Spring

Smooth And Sweet

If You Want To Grow Succulent, Juicy Blackberries, Thornless Is The Way To Go