ABC Organic Gardener Magazine

Organic Gardener Magazine is a guide to organic gardening, providing informative and inspirational stories on everything you need to know to grow your own fruit and vegetables- without the use of harmful chemicals. Each issue includes practical tips and advice from leading organic gardening experts.

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green living • DISCOVER A CHEMICAL-FREE HOME AND GARDEN LIFE

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CLEAN & HEAL • PENNY WOODWARD SELECTS SOME HERBS WITH HEALING AND CLEANING PROPERTIES TO PLANT NOW.

Make room for APPLES! • HELEN MCKERRAL INTRODUCES CULTIVARS AND TECHNIQUES TO GROW APPLES IN SMALL SPACES – FROM BALCONIES TO BACKYARDS – AND EVEN IN WARM CLIMATES.

Choosing your cultivar

PRUNING FOR SMALL SPACES

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DEFEND YOUR PLANTS naturally • Read how new Natroshield Plant Defence Foliar Spray will help your plants and garden.

Natroshield for the home...

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Farming in AFGHANISTAN • TRADITIONAL, LOW-TECH FARMING REMAINS STRONG IN AFGHANISTAN DESPITE THE RAVAGES OF WAR AND DROUGHT, WRITES MAHDI HOUSAINI.

A hidden garden

SUPER-CHARGED CELERIAC • PENNY WOODWARD EXPLORES THE RESURGENCE OF FLAVOURSOME, VERSATILE CELERIAC.

SELECTED SUPPLIERS

CULTIVARS

Find your SHIITAKE sweet spot • KIRSTEN BRADLEY EXPLAINS HOW TO PRODUCE YOUR OWN SUPPLY OF DELICIOUS SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS.

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avoiding the BIG C • AUTHORITIES ASSURE US CONVENTIONAL PRODUCE IS SAFE TO EAT. BUT MOUNTING EVIDENCE SUGGESTS AN ORGANIC DIET CAN REDUCE PESTICIDE LEVELS IN OUR BODIES, AND LOWER THE RISK OF CANCER. SIMON WEBSTER INVESTIGATES.

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MONSANTO’S SECRETS UNRAVEL • AS LEGAL AND REGULATORY THREATS MOUNT AGAINST CHEMICAL GIANT MONSANTO, ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALIST CAREY GILLAM INVESTIGATES HOW ITS DECADES OF ASSERTIONS THAT GLYPHOSATE IS HARMLESS HAVE BEEN UNDONE.

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in conversation with DAVID RITTER • SIMON WEBSTER TALKS TO GREENPEACE AUSTRALIA PACIFIC CEO DAVID RITTER ABOUT HOPE AND RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF HUGE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES.

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Heard it through the grapevine • MAX ALLEN SURVEYS THE CONTINUING RISE OF ORGANIC, BIODYNAMIC AND NATURAL WINES, WHILE PROFILING THREE WINERIES.

WHAT’S THE ALTERNATIVE?

Crazy for CARROTS • JULIE RAY DISHES UP A CARROT EXTRAVAGANZA, FROM A ROASTED CARROT, LENTIL AND FETA SALAD, TO A DELICIOUS CARROT AND ALMOND CAKE.

Pickled carrots

HARVEST NOTES

WINE PICKS

Ants – friends or foes? • DENIS CRAWFORD LOOKS AT THE BENEFICIAL ROLE ANTS PLAY IN ECOSYSTEMS, BUT ALSO THE DAMAGE SOME SPECIES CAN DO, ESPECIALLY INVASIVE ONES.

Inside the house

TRICKY STICKY

get the NATIVE BUZZ • PAUL WEST EXPLAINS HOW TO BRING MORE NATIVE BEES INTO YOUR LIFE AND GARDENS BY ENCOURAGING THEIR NATURAL HABITATS.

NATIVE BEES AS POLLINATORS

a turkey tale • NOW THAT CHRISTMAS HAS PASSED AND IT’S SAFE TO TALK TURKEY, JESSAMY MILLER, TELLS OF THE PLEASURES AND PITFALLS OF RAISING BABY TURKEYS.

a clean start • JESSAMY MILLER OPENS THE DOOR OF HER GREEN-CLEANING CUPBOARD FULL OF HOMEMADE PRODUCTS AND RECIPES.

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Keeping PESTS AT BAY • OUR TEAM OF EXPERTS LOOK AT JOBS FOR AUTUMN.

SEED SAVING

How to make GARLIC SPRAY

WHAT TO PLANT AND SOW NOW

ONE OF FIVE NETA RETRACTABLE HOSE REELS!

HOW TO ENTER

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Off the grid • THE CATTLE GRID IS THE ONLY THING BETWEEN THE ALPACAS AND GARDEN MAYHEM, WRITES SIMON WEBSTER.