Homegrown

Home Grown is a journey back to the past where life was less complicated. Where we grew our own vegetables and herbs, had chickens in the backyard and our neighbours over the fence to have a yarn. Home Grown magazine's objective is to take the reader on a journey of healthy living and lifestyle, from the garden to the table. In every issue we try to nurture our readers’ knowledge of the fundamentals of creating, growing, making and providing greener and healthier options in all facets of their lives. Our aim is to do our bit to halt today’s throwaway mentality, and to encourage recycling and re-using, which ultimately reduces our wastage and lowers the cost of everyday living. Each issue we’ll bring you hints and tips for not only growing but also preserving your own produce and show you practical and easy ways to reduce your bills and move more towards a sustainable lifestyle. Regular articles include: profiling an organic grower or producer as well as a local community garden; power and water saving tips, seasonal fruit, vegies and herbs; preserving your produce; a local grower’s market; easy recipes from your seasonal produce; organic growing hints and tips; DIY from recycled articles.

Australian Dairies are Recycling • Ever wondered what happens to your milk and yoghurt containers after you wheel your recycling bin out onto the kerb? Chances are, they are back in your house in another familiar shape!

The Transitionary Teas

Let’s Go Shopping

Autumn In the Vegie Patch

Autumn Vegetable Calendar

Snow Peas and Sugar Snap Peas

Growing Spring Onions

Incubating and Hatching Raising Baby Chicks

Crop Rotation • If you are on the journey to grow some of your own food at home, crop rotation should be part of your gardening culture.

A Very Open Garden • Thanks to Blue Mountains Organic Community Gardens volunteer gardener, designer, and organiser Kat Szuminska for sharing many of the highlights of these amazing gardens.

Chill Time

The Urban Beehive where to start? • Bee populations are in decline in many parts of the world and this has prompted a lot of good-natured people to build new homes for our fuzzy friends.

Food Swaps • The simple things are often the best. Take food swaps – the craze that is still growing – copying what our parents and grandparents used to do, but expanding the offering to include others in their community, and not just relatives and friends.

Autumn A Guide to Planting in the Shade • It’s autumn and although winter may be around the corner it’s certainly not all doom and gloom in the garden. In fact, many plants bear flowers at this time of year and there are options to brighten up even the shadiest garden bed.

Flowering plants for shade and colour

Growing Carrots

One Bowl Carrot Cake

Growing Autumn Asian Greens • Many Asian vegetables grow best under milder conditions – not too hot or too cold, so autumn is a great time to grow these versatile and nutritious vegetables.

In the Market Hints, tips and reviews

Wine Hutch • There’s a great deal of satisfaction in creating your own wine hutch.

Skippy Anzac Biscuits • Chewy, light and crunchy, these are a homely afternoon treat or perfect gift.

Tuna and Olive Pasta

Classic Mediterranean Fruit Revival • Whilst Mediterranean style gardens have been in vogue for some time, lately there has been an explosion in interest in growing the wonderful fruits produced in this part of the world.

Roast Figs with Feta Cheese

Orange, Cheese and Pomegranate Salad

Steam Juicing Preserving Fruit Juice the Easy Way

Leave No Trace • Immerse yourself in a pristine eco-adventure that lets you escape the technological rat race, but that also respects -...