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.

FIX YOUR SOIL • TAKE YOUR PLANTS TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH THIS UNIQUE SOIL-BOOSTING CONCENTRATE

THIS ISSUE

Good Organic Gardening

THE Grapevine • ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS AND UPDATES COMPILED BY JO IMMIG

What’s hot RIGHT NOW • A NEW LANDSCAPE BOOK PLUS A STYLISH AND PRACTICAL GARDENING BELT AND SOME FLORAL STUNNERS FROM THE LAVINNOVA AND DREAMERIA SERIES

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

ASIAN FAST FOOD • THE SO-CALLED CHINESE CABBAGE ACTUALLY EVOLVED FROM MUSTARD AND IS READY TO EAT IN LITTLE MORE THAN TWO MONTHS

ROCK DUST: WHY ADD IT TO SOILS? • EARTHLIFE’S COLIN PURNELL ANSWERS OUR QUESTIONS ABOUT ROCK MINERALS

BLUE-GREY EVERGREEN • THE VERY DEFINITION OF A HARDY PERENNIAL, SAGE IS A VERSATILE FLOWERING HERB THAT CROPS ALL YEAR ROUND

NOT JUST ANY SPRINKLER! • YOUR LAWN AND GARDEN DESERVE THE BEST

THE SNAPPY TAPROOT • AS A BRASSICA, ZESTY RADISH HAS ATTITUDE: IT’S CLOSER TO MUSTARD THAN CABBAGE AND THE WHOLE PLANT IS EDIBLE, FROM TOP TO BOTTOM

Heads you win • OLD KING COLE IS A VERY OLD SOUL — AND GROWING AND EATING HEIRLOOM CABBAGES PUTS US IN TOUCH WITH OUR MOST DISTANT ANCESTORS

CHOCK-A-BLOCK • BAG END IS THE SUBURBAN PLOT WITH THE LOT, JAM PACKED WITH VEGIE GARDENS, FRUIT TREES, CHOOKS AND CHARMING ECCENTRICITY

PERMACULTURE CLUB • A COMMUNITY THAT GARDENS TOGETHER IS A COMMUNITY THAT GROWS BOTH VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LINES OF UNITY AND SUPPORT

ON A MISSION • THIS CHURCH’S ORGANIC, NO-WASTE PATCH OF GREEN IS A MINIATURE GARDEN OF EDEN RIGHT THERE IN THE ADELAIDE CBD

MOON PLANTING

TIME TO PLANT • AUTUMN IS STILL A BUSY PLANTING TIME IN MOST CLIMATE ZONES, GUARANTEEING PLENTY ON THE PLATE THROUGH WINTER

BEET IT • WHO’S FOR BURGERS? THIS TASTY, FAST-GROWING PURPLE BULB JUST MIGHT BE AUSTRALIA’S FAVOURITE ROOT VEG

THE CLASSIC BRASSICA • BROCCOLI IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN CABBAGE STOOD UP AND SPROUTED BRANCHES — WHICH IS WHY SOME CHILDREN LIKE TO CALL IT ‘LITTLE TREES’

CARROTS ARE TOPS • DON’T JUST TAKE BUGS BUNNY’S WORD FOR IT — THEY’RE EVERYBODY’S FAVOURITE ROOT VEG

OFFBEAT EATS • THIS AUTUMN, WHY NOT GET OFF THE BEATEN TRACK BY PLANTING SOME OF THESE GARDEN ODDITIES?

TAKING THE PULSE • BOTH PODDED AND SNOW PEAS ARE FAST, EASY CROPS THAT SAVE SPACE IN THE GARDEN AND MONEY AT THE SHOPS

CUSTARD APPLE CLAN • THE EXOTIC ANNONA GROUP BRINGS TROPICAL FRUIT LOVERS CREAMY DELICIOUSNESS STRAIGHT FROM THE AMAZONIAN JUNGLE

THE GREAT UNLOVED • IT’S JUST A MATTER OF TASTE, OF COURSE, BUT SOME FRUITS AND VEGIES GET A BAD RAP. STILL, THERE ARE WAYS TO GROW THEIR APPEAL

Fresh as a daisy • THE CONEFLOWER IS A US IMPORT AT LEAST AS ATTRACTIVE AS A CHEESEBURGER AND TWICE AS GOOD FOR THE SOUL

Homegrown showoffs • WHILE PERHAPS NOT AS GAUDY AS THOSE ON HAWAIIAN SHIRTS, NATIVE HIBISCUS SPECIES DON’T SHY AWAY FROM FLORAL DISPLAY

GROW THE RAINBOW • MULTICOLOURED FOODS AREN’T JUST ABOUT MAKING YOUR PLATE LOOK PRETTY — THE VARIOUS SHADES PROMISE DIFFERENT NUTRIENTS

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