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.

THIS ISSUE

Good Organic Gardening

THE Grapevine • ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS AND UPDATES

What’s hot RIGHT NOW • PRESENTING SOME STUNNING-LOOKING PLANTS THAT WILL MAKE EXCELLENT ADDITIONS TO YOUR GARDEN AT THIS TIME OF YEAR

THAT MANUKA BUZZ • THIS AROMATIC TEA TREE IS A FRIEND TO BEES BUT IT’S BEEN INDIRECTLY INVOLVED IN A LONG AND BITTER TRADEMARK DISPUTE

A PLANT WITH FIBRE • SUSTAINABLE PERENNIAL COTTON IS HARDIER THAN ANNUAL COTTON AND BELONGS TO AN HISTORICAL THREAD GOING BACK SEVEN MILLENNIA

SALTY BUSHES • THESE PLANTS THAT GROW IN AREAS OF HIGH SALINITY AND HAVE LONG BEEN INDIGENOUS BUSHFOOD COULD BE MARKETED AS A HEALTHY ALTERNATIVE TO SALT

The beet goes on • FROM THE GREAT AUSSIE BURGER TO UKRAINIAN BORSCHT, THIS ANCIENT ROOT VEGETABLE HAS A (VERY) COLOURFUL HISTORY AND IS STILL A WORLDWIDE FAVOURITE

A COOK’S PATCH • A LONGTIME CHEF PLANTS A KITCHEN GARDEN TO ENSURE THAT DINNER IS NEVER MORE THAN A FEW STEPS AWAY

NURTURE BY NATURE • A 100-ACRE RURAL PROPERTY BECOMES A PRODUCTIVE GARDEN AS WELL AS A WELLNESS RETREAT FOR ITS OWNERS AND VISITORS ALIKE

FISH FOOD • WITH A MINIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT, THIS AQUAPONICS FARM GROWS A GREENHOUSE FULL OF VEGIES AND AN ORGANIC ORCHARD

MOON PLANTING

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

FRUIT OF THE ANDES • CLOSELY RELATED TO THE TOMATILLO, THIS SOUTH AMERICAN BERRY IS A SWEET’N’SOUR FLAVOUR BOMB FULL OF VITAMINS AND ANTIOXIDANTS

THE RAINBOW ROOT • CARROTS WEREN’T ALWAYS ORANGE AND THESE DAYS THEY COME IN A VERITABLE SPECTRUM OF BRIGHT COLOURS

CHIVES TALKING • THESE SLENDER, GREEN, FLOWERING ONIONS ARE PERHAPS THE TASTIEST AND MOST ELEGANT MEMBERS OF THE ALLIUM GENUS

EASTERN LEAVES • NUTRITIOUS AND DELICIOUS, ASIAN GREENS COME IN MANY FORMS, ARE EASY TO GROW AND ADD A PEPPERY BITE TO SALADS AND STIR-FRIES

THOSE SMASHING AVOCADOS • SLICED OR DICED, MASHED OR SMASHED, THIS AMAZING FRUIT IS A DELICIOUS, CREAMY TREAT PACKED WITH VITAMINS

THE AVOCADO’S CURIOUS POLLINATION HABITS

African queen • FABULOUSLY REGAL IN THEIR INFINITE VARIETY, PROTEAS DO SO WELL IN AUSTRALIA THEY ARE OFTEN REGARDED AS NATIVES

Lovely shrubbery • WITH THEIR ATTRACTIVE FLOWERS AND AROMATIC LEAVES, THE MORE THAN 60 SPECIES OF KUNZEAS DESERVE TO BE BETTER KNOWN

SPREADABLE EDIBLES • MORE THAN MERE GROUNDCOVERS, PROSTRATE CREEPING PLANTS MAKE A LIVING MULCH THAT FIGHTS SOIL EROSION AND CROWDS OUT WEEDS — AND SOME YOU CAN EVEN EAT

TREATING TREES • SOMETIMES PESTS OR DISEASE WILL ATTACK TREES BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO ORGANICALLY MANAGE INFESTATIONS AND EVEN PREVENT THEM

SAFE SOIL DETOX • THE WIDELY USED HERBICIDE GLYPHOSATE, A COMMON CAUSE OF SOIL AND GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION, CAN BE COUNTERED USING ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE ORGANIC METHODS

War on weeds • WEEDING BY HAND IS AN IRKSOME CHORE BUT THERE ARE OTHER NATURAL WAYS TO COMBAT UNWANTED INTERLOPERS WITHOUT RESORTING TO CHEMICAL WARFARE

Breaking good • IT’S ALL ABOUT EGGS: GOOD EGGS, BAD EGGS, HOW THEY SHOULD LOOK AND TASTE AND WHAT MAKES THEM THAT WAY

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