Good Organic Gardening

Gardening with goodness at its heart — fresh, organic and fun. This magazine is 100% real. We are unashamedly earthy, reflecting the spirit and culture of people who just love to get their hands dirty. Our emphasis is on productive gardening. We just love the satisfaction of growing your own and finding new ways to bring produce to the table. The magazine includes features such as Amazing Gardens, Celebrity Chefs, Celebrity Gardeners, Clever Crops, Flavours of the month, Garden solutions, Kids Corner, Living Organics, Weekend Gardening, What’s New and a guide to What’s on Where. Purchase includes the Digital Edition and News Service. Please stay in touch via our Facebook Page.

HEALTHY, WEALTHY AND WISE • THE POWER OF SUSTAINABLE AND WILD GARDENS

THIS ISSUE

Good Organic Gardening

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THE Grapevine • ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS AND UPDATES COMPILED BY JO IMMIG

What’s hot RIGHT NOW • TWO BEAUTIFUL NEW GARDENING BOOKS PLUS A PAIR OF FLOWERING PERENNIALS FROM AUSTRALIAN PLANT BREEDERS

Green news • WHO IS GREENING OUR WORLD AND HOW THEY ARE DOING IT

SWEET AND SOUR • FROM AFRICA TO THE MIDDLE EAST, FROM THE CARIBBEAN TO SOUTHEAST ASIA, ROSELLA IS A WORLD-WIDE FAVOURITE

ROSE HIPS ARE RED • THE TINY FRUITS THAT GROW UNDER THE ROSE PETALS AND CONTAIN THE SEEDS ALSO MAKE TEA RICH IN VITAMIN C

COOL AND LEAFY • WHEN THE TEMPERATURE GOES DOWN, THERE’S STILL TIME TO GO GREEN

Peachy keen • THIS SWEET-SMELLING, FLOWERING FRUIT TREE IS YET ANOTHER DELICIOUS MEMBER OF THE ROSE FAMILY AND WELL SUITED TO AUSTRALIAN CONDITIONS

FOOD FOREST • WE VISIT A THRIVING, LAYERED PERMACULTURE GARDEN THAT LOOKS AS IF IT WAS CARVED OUT OF THE RAINFOREST

GREEN ON A BUDGET • RECYCLED, UPCYCLED, LOW-COST, SUSTAINABLE — HERE’S A PRODUCTIVE ACRE THAT TICKS ALL THE BOXES

HERBAL HAVEN • SOOTHING OILS, A RELAXING CUP OF TEA — STEP INTO AN ORGANIC OASIS OF CALM THAT BELIES ALL THE HARD WORK THAT’S GOING ON

MOON PLANTING

TIME TO PLANT • DEPENDING ON YOUR CLIMATE, THERE’S STILL PLENTY OF PLANTING TO BE DONE BEFORE THE COMING SPRING

MAKE TATERS GREAT AGAIN • OK, SPUDS GET A BAD RAP FOR BEING MAINLY CARBS AND WATER BUT THERE’S NO DENYING HOW DELICIOUS THEY ARE

THE ZING BRINGER • GINGER NOT ONLY TASTES DELICIOUSLY TANGY, IT ALSO LOOKS GREAT AND COMES IN MULTIPLE FORMS

LET’S STALK ABOUT RHUBARB • IS IT A FRUIT OR A VEGETABLE? WHICH ARE BETTER — RED OR GREEN STEMS? WHO KNEW RHUBARB WAS SO COMPLICATED?

ASIAN RADISH • IT LOOKS LIKE A WHITE CARROT AND TASTES LIKE A MILD MUSTARD BUT DAIKON IS A PAN-ASIAN STAPLE FROM JAPAN TO KOREA AND BANGLADESH

LOOSE-LEAF CABBAGE • KALE IS A NUTRITIOUS, FROST-HARDY LEAFY GREEN WHICH, UNLIKE ITS CLOSE RELATIVE CABBAGE, DOES NOT FORM A HEAD

SCENTS OF BELONGING • AUSTRALIA’S NATIVE MYRTLES ADD THE BOUQUET AND TASTE OF ANISEED, LEMON, CINNAMON AND HONEY TO THE BUSH AND ITS FOODS

Raising cane • THERE IS SOMETHING SOOTHING ABOUT BAMBOO RUSTLING IN THE WIND BUT IF NOT TREATED WITH CAUTION AND RESPECT IT CAN BE A WORLD OF PAIN

Zen and now • DESPITE ITS LONG HISTORY, JAPANESE GARDEN DESIGN IS ABOUT TRANQUILLITY, RENEWAL AND CENTRING THE MIND IN THE MOMENT

Forever flowers • PAPER DAISIES HAVE SPREAD THEIR EVERLASTING LOVE RIGHT ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND AS FAR AFIELD AS EUROPE AND THE US

Fruit without fuss • THERE ARE DELICIOUS FRUIT-BEARING PLANTS YOU CAN GROW WITHOUT THE HASSLE OF PESTS AND DISEASES THAT CAN PLAGUE APPLES, CITRUS AND STONE FRUIT

Soil saviours • GYPSUM AND LIME CAN MAKE A FORMIDABLE TAG TEAM FOR IMPROVING SOIL STRUCTURE. SO, WHEN, HOW AND WHY? EITHER OR BOTH?

GAINING AN EDGE • A SHARPENED SPADE IS AN EFFICIENT TOOL THAT CUTS PRECISELY THROUGH TURF, ROOTS AND SOIL,...