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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Go natural! • FROM CHEMICAL-FREE FERTILISERS TO THE CELEBRATION OF BIRD LIFE.

COOL FRUITS • KAREN SUTHERLAND CHOOSES SOME POPULAR AND VERSATILE HERITAGE FRUIT TREES TO PLANT NOW.

WARMER CLIMATE OPTIONS • IF YOU’RE A GARDENER ANYWHERE WARMER THAN SYDNEY, YOU’RE BEST TO TRY LOW-CHILL VARIETIES OF THESE FRUITS.

Sensational CITRUS for all • HELEN MCKERRAL SAYS SPACE IS NO BARRIER IF YOU WANT TO GROW CITRUS, WITH LOTS OF DWARF VARIETIES NOW AVAILABLE. HERE ARE HER TIPS FOR WHAT TO GROW WHERE, AND HOW TO KEEP THEM HAPPY ALL YEAR ROUND.

FANTASTIC CITRUS TO TRY

How to grow in CONTAINERS

PESTS AND DISEASES

KNOW YOUR ROOTS

Growing in SHADE • BECAUSE OF NEARBY TREES AND BUILDINGS, JIAN LIU HAS BECOME AN EXPERT AT GROWING IN SHADE – USING VERTICAL SPACE, GOOD PLANT SELECTION AND MANY OTHER TECHNIQUES TO MAXIMISE SUN EXPOSURE.

GREENHOUSE ADVANTAGE

Rocket riches • PENNY WOODWARD PROFILES THIS VERSATILE, PEPPERY HERB.

Bring in THE BIRDS • LIBBY WOODWARD TELLS HOW SHE AND HER HUSBAND REDEVELOPED A SECTION OF THEIR GARDEN WITH NATIVE UNDERSTOREY PLANTS DESIGNED TO DRAW IN INSECTS, BIRDS AND WILDLIFE.

Our favourite BIRD-ATTRACTING PLANTS

BIRDWATCHING for beginners • GEORGIA ANGUS HAS WRITTEN AN ACCESSIBLE AND AMUSING BEGINNERS GUIDE TO BIRDWATCHING – 100 AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. HERE SHE INTRODUCES THE BASICS EVERY TWITCHER NEEDS TO KNOW, PLUS PROFILES OF FOUR POPULAR BIRDS.

Take part in citizen science

A FEW QUICK POINTERS

Four of the best • THESE PROFILES FROM 100 AUSTRALIAN BIRDS HAVE BEEN EDITED AND SHORTENED BUT WILL GIVE YOU A GOOD INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIES WHEN READ ALONGSIDE THE ILLUSTRATIONS. THERE IS A LOT MORE DETAIL ON EACH SPECIES AND WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THE BOOK.

Mallee Design

AFTER THE FLOOD • HAVING ENDURED THE TRAUMA OF THE BRISBANE FLOODS OF 2011, AND NOW 2022, GARDENER AND SCIENTIST KATE WALL HAS DELVED INTO HOW TO REVIVE GARDENS AFTER FLOODS OR WATERLOGGING. THIS IS AN EDITED VERSION OF AN ARTICLE SHE PUBLISHED WITH THE AIM OF HELPING OTHER GARDENERS IMPACTED BY FLOODS.

KEEP OFF

ADD MICROBES!

SILT

Going under • TEA TREE AND FLOWER FARMER TARA LUCA TELLS OF THE SHOCK AS FLOODWATERS INUNDATED HER FAMILY PROPERTY SOUTH OF LISMORE.

When the GOING GETS TOUGH • PENNY WOODWARD SURVEYS THE RANGE OF LARGER DIGGING TOOLS, FROM SPADES TO FORKS, AND WHAT TO LOOK FOR.

Caring for YOUR TOOLS

SMALL AUGERS & POWER PLANTERS

The BARE ESSENTIALS • KAREN SUTHERLAND EXPLAINS THE BENEFITS OF BUYING BARE-ROOTED TREES AND HOW TO PLANT THEM.

BARE-ROOTED CHOICES

Planting into pots

BIRDS & bounty • FROM ATTRACTING WILDLIFE TO PLANTING FOR WINTER — THERE’S HEAPS TO DO!

SEED SAVING

GARDENING ON YOUR LOCAL ABC RADIO

the best of your

welcome to ORGANIC LIVING • INSIDE: SALLY WISE TREATS SAFE CHOOKS BODY SCRUB

Heart-warming fare • IN HER NEW BOOK THE COMFORT BAKE, LIVING LEGEND OF HOME COOKING SALLY WISE OFFERS UP SIMPLE AND SUMPTUOUS RECIPES, FROM PIES AND QUICHES TO BREADS, CAKES AND SWEETS. HERE, SHE TELLS THE STORY OF HER VALLEY’S ‘CUSTARD CLUB’ THAT HAS BUILT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND SUPPORT.

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PREDATOR PROOFING • JESSAMY MILLER SETS OUT THE ESSENTIALS OF PROTECTING YOUR POULTRY...