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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Cover all bases • GET YOUR FILL OF GARDENING GOODNESS.

The cool TOP TEN • PHIL DUDMAN SAYS IT’S TIME TO GET CRACKING ON YOUR COOL SEASON ORGANIC VEGETABLE GARDEN. HERE’S HIS PICK OF VEGIES TO GROW.

EDIBLE NATIVES take off • KAREN SUTHERLAND REVEALS THE VIBRANT, EXPANDING WORLD OF INDIGENOUS HERBS AND FRUITS YOU CAN GROW AND COOK WITH.

GET YOUR GARDEN BUZZING • ANNUALS GROW QUICKLY AND THEN FLOWER PROFUSELY, ATTRACTING BENEFICIAL INSECTS, AND ADDING BIODIVERSITY, COLOUR AND MOVEMENT TO THE GARDEN.ANGIE ROACH SUGGESTS THREE BEAUTIES YOU CAN SOW BY SEED NOW.

The science of success • AN EXPERIMENT IN CLOSED LOOP AGRICULTURE (INCLUDING INSECT FARMING) EARNS FULL MARKS FOR AN INNOVATIVE PAIR OF NEW ZEALAND SCIENCE TEACHERS, WRITES JACQUELINE FORSTER.

RIGHT way up • PLAN AND BUILD A RAISED GARDEN BED, WITH SIMON WEBSTER.

Time to CLEAN UP! • HELEN MCKERRAL PRESENTS A STRATEGIC 10-STEP PLAN TO EFFICIENTLY TIDY YOUR SUMMER GARDEN FOR LONG-LASTING RESULTS THAT WILL IMPRESS.

BEETLE MANIA • WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG KID, DENIS CRAWFORD BECAME A FAN OF BENEFICIAL BEETLES – AND STILL IS! HE SAYS YOU MAY NOT HAVE NOTICED THEM, BUT MANY BEETLES ARE BUSY IN YOUR GARDEN POLLINATING, DECOMPOSING WOOD, AND EATING PESTS.

COOL TIMES AHEAD • IT’S TIME TO CLEAN UP THE SUMMER GARDEN, PRESERVE, AND GET PLANTING FOR THE COOL SEASON.

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Poh’s simple pleasures • IN HER LATEST BOOK What I Cook When Nobody’s Watching, POH LING YEOW, REVEALS HER SECRET PLEASURES FOR SIMPLE, DELICIOUS FOOD THAT’S MADE WITH HONESTY AND FRESHNESS.

Crunch time • CORNERSMITH DUO, ALEX ELLIOTT-HOWERY AND JAIMEE EDWARDS ARE ALL ABOUT SAVING ON FOOD WASTE. HERE ARE THEIR IDEAS FOR USING EXCESS CUCUMBERS.

CLEAN, GREEN BATHROOM • JESSAMY MILLER EXPLORES WASTE-FREE, LOW-TOX OPTIONS FOR BATHROOM PRODUCTS FROM TOOTHPASTE TO TOWELS. PLUS A FEW ECO-CLEANING TIPS!

Stop, look and listen • PENNY WOODWARD SAYS LISTENING TO, NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE LIFE IN YOUR GARDEN, CAN BRING MANY INSIGHTS, BUT THESE SOUNDS ARE DISAPPEARING.

Moulting time • DON’T BE ALARMED WHEN YOUR CHOOKS TURN STRAGGLY (POSSIBLY EVEN END UP NUDE) IN AUTUMN, WRITES JESSAMY MILLER. IT’S ALL NATURAL!

AN ONLINE PERMACULTURE COURSE with MILKWOOD

Rip snorter of a meal • SIMON WEBSTER’S GARDENING PROWESS SUFFERS THE CYNICAL DISDAIN OF HIS CHILDREN.

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