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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

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 Sweet Cereal

SWEET CORN IS A GRAIN, A VEGETABLE AND A FRUIT ALL IN ONE — NOT BAD FOR A PLANT THAT’S ESSENTIALLY A GRASS

The Grapevine

ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS AND UPDATES COMPILED BY JO IMMIG

Wild Apples

MEDIUM-SIZED DECIDUOUS TREES WITH ATTRACTIVE FLOWERS AND SMALL FRUIT, CRABAPPLES CAN HELP POLLINATE APPLES

What's Hot Right Now

PRESENTING SOME STUNNING-LOOKING PLANTS THAT WILL MAKE EXCELLENT ADDITIONS TO YOUR GARDEN AT THIS TIME OF YEAR

The Purple People Eat

Call it aubergine or brinjal or melanzana, the eggplant has many names and comes in many colours

Things To Do In July

USE THE WARMEST PARTS OF THE DAY TO HARVEST AND TEND THE VEGIES

Precious Petals

ARE THERE ANY FLOWERS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN PEONIES? THE CATCH IS, TO GIVE YOU THE RESULTS YOU WANT, THEY’RE PRETTY DEMANDING ... BUT WORTH IT

The Uber Tuber

AFTER MAIZE, WHEAT AND RICE, THE HUMBLE SPUD IS THE WORLD’S FOURTH-LARGEST FOOD CROP

Golden Oldie

NOT MANY PLANTS CAN CLAIM TO IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY, HELP PREVENT ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND LIVE FOR A MILLENNIUM

The Tropical Cherry

ACEROLA IS A SELF-CONTAINED INDOOR OR OUTDOOR SHRUB WITH A SHINY RED EDIBLE FRUIT PACKED WITH VITAMIN C

The Buzz

MAKE YOUR GARDEN HOSPITABLE TO NATIVE BEES, AS WELL AS HONEY BEES, AND YOU’LL ALWAYS HAVE PLENTY OF POLLINATORS

Weaving Happiness

IF YOU’RE CRAFTY AND HAVE THE GARDEN SPACE, IT CAN BE IMMENSELY SATISFYING TO GROW PLANTS YOU CAN MAKE INTO BASKETS, PLACEMATS, HATS AND MORE

The Clove We Love

ONCE CONSIDERED OVERPOWERING TO THE AVERAGE PALATE, THE PUNGENT BULB HAS NEVER BEEN MORE POPULAR — AND WHERE WOULD OUR COOKING BE WITHOUT IT?

Lemon Balm For Calm

With Both Culinary And Therapeutic Uses, Including For Anxiety And Restlessness, This Is One Handy Herb

Icicle Radish

That’s Just One Of The Many Names Of This Peppery Root Veg Shaped Like An Oversized Carrot But White Like A Radish

Cymbidium Symphony

HARDY, ELEGANT AND LONG-FLOWERING, CYMBIDIUM ORCHIDS ARE GOOD FOR A RIOT OF COLOUR FOR MANY WEEKS

Forbidden Fruit

ADAM AND EVE WORE FIG LEAVES AND THE BUDDHA SAT UNDER AN ANCIENT FIG TREE — BUT THE FRUIT IS LEGENDARY AS WELL

The First Fruit

IT’S NO ACCIDENT THE APRICOT LOOKS LIKE A MINIATURE SUN AS THE LITTLE GOLDEN ORB IS A HARBINGER OF SPRING AND SUMMER

Flu Fighter

ONE OF THE OLDEST FOLK REMEDIES IS STILL FINDING NEW FANS, THESE DAYS IN SCIENCE LABS

Chicken And The Egg

A comprehensive guide to choosing which Hens to breed from and which of their eggs to set

Round The Mulberry Bush

Despite The Words Of The Nursery Rhyme, The Fruitful Mulberry Is Of Course A Tree, Not A Bush

Greens Party

Spinach And Silverbeet Look And Taste Like They’re In The Same Club But They Are More Different Than You Think

The Red Spinach

Until Largely Supplanted By Spinach, Fast-growing Red Orach Was A Popular Leafy Annual In Its Native Europe