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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Planting a great idea • PICK OF THE BUNCH FOR YOUR GARDEN AND YOU.

SUPER SUCCULENTS • KAREN SUTHERLAND SELECTS SOME STAND-OUT SUCCULENTS TO PLANT NOW.

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SHINY STARS of the vegie world • HELEN MCKERRAL UNCOVERS THE WORLDLY ORIGINS, COLOUR AND DIVERSITY OF EGGPLANTS, PLUS ALL THE ESSENTIALS TO GROW YOUR OWN.

DID YOU KNOW?

COOL CLIMATE TIPS

SUPPLIERS

BUMPER backyard BANANAS • ADD TO YOUR SELF-SUFFICIENCY BY GROWING BANANAS, WHETHER IN THE TROPICS OR COOL CLIMATES. SIMON WEBSTER EXPLAINS HOW.

DE-SUCKERING

PESTS AND DISEASES

Propagating

BANANA CULTIVARS

Blooming delicious • KAREN SUTHERLAND USES A PROFUSION OF EDIBLE FLOWERS FROM HER GARDEN TO ADD A COLOURFUL SPARK AND FRESH FLAVOUR TO DISHES, BREW HEALTH-GIVING TEAS, AND CREATE DELICIOUS CORDIALS AND PRESERVES.

MORE EDIBLE FAVOURITES

10 EDIBLE FLOWERS to grow yourself

BEWARE

Breathing space in the bush • THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH CAN BE BEAUTIFUL AND AT TIMES HARSH, BUT CONNECTING WITH THE LAND CAN BE IMMENSELY REWARDING, AS TRICIA HOGBIN AND HER FAMILY HAVE DISCOVERED SINCE LEAVING THE CITY, WRITES LEANNE CROKER.

COOKING WITH NETTLES

We want FROGS! • PENNY WOODWARD TELLS HOW TO BUILD A FROG POND AND ENCOURAGE FROGS INTO OUR GARDENS - AND WHY THIS IS VITAL FOR THEIR SURVIVAL. PLUS, MEET SOME AUSSIE FROGS.

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UNDER THREAT

Frogs to look for

Create some WILDNESS • THERE’S NO NEED TO TOTALLY TAME YOUR GARDEN THIS SUMMER.

SEED SAVING

How to BUILD A SEED BOX

welcome to ORGANIC LIVING

Summer dazzle • IT MAY BE ALL ABOUT VEGETABLES BUT THERE IS NOTHING BORING ABOUT FOOD AUTHOR AND BROADCASTER ALICE ZASLAVSKY’S DAZZLING NEW BOOK IN PRAISE OF VEG.

IN SEASON

HARVEST NOTES

WINE PICKS

It’s only NATURAL • WHY NOT GO WASTE AND CHEMICAL-FREE BY MAKING YOUR OWN HOME AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS FROM SCRATCH. HERE’S HOW TO GET STARTED.

REWILDING the planet • CAN THE MASS RESTORATION OF ECOSYSTEMS HELP AGAINST THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY AND CASCADING EXTINCTION OF SPECIES? JUSTIN RUSSELL REPORTS.

Rewilding farmland

HEALING

Permaculture and rewilding

Hey chooks EAT YOUR GREENS! • JESSAMY MILLER IS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR CHOOK GREENS TO GROW AND FORAGE. PLUS, SHE HAS TIPS FOR KEEPING THEM COOL IN THE HEAT OF SUMMER.

HOT WEATHER TIPS

Your favourite books • EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE RAN A BOOK PACK COMPETITION WITH THE QUESTION: ‘WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE GARDENING, NATURE OR FOOD BOOK AND WHY’. HERE’S WHAT YOU SAID!

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WIN! 1 of 10 CERTIFIED ORGANIC PACKS • AN ESSENTIALLY ORGANIC BLEND OF INGREDIENTS

Jam-packed with jaboticaba • THE AGE-OLD BARTER SYSTEM HAS GIVEN SIMON WEBSTER AND HIS FAMILY A SUPPLY OF FRUIT THAT CALLS FOR SOME CREATIVE BOTTLING IDEAS.