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    By Ulrika Grönlund, Hardie Grant, $34.99 Originally a mountain wildflower from Mexico and Guatemala, the lovely dahlia was a feature of Aztec gardens and, like Montezuma’s gold, was plundered by the Spanish conquistadors and spirited off to Europe. S
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    Turbo Tree
    People often ask me, “How is it that you are able to harvest fruit in the first year of planting a young tree, while our trees are five years old and half the size with no fruit?” When I tell them the formula I have developed they’re surprised. Conve
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    This Issue
    We live in the large area that was declared the Red Zone when the varroa outbreak was first detected in the Port of Newcastle. Some of my friends had to kill their honeybees and have their hives stand empty. The authorities, meanwhile, euthanised lar
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    Garden To Table
    This is an edited extract from Healthiest Vegetables by Emily Ezekiel, published by Hardie Grant Books. Available in stores nationally. Photography by Issy Croker. Healthiest Vegetables focuses on 15 of the most nutrient-rich vegetables, including sw
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    Good Organic Gardening
    Editor Kerry Boyne Email: kboyne@umco.com.au Designer Michaela Primiano Contributors Claire Bickle, Angelo Eliades, Jana Holmer, Jo Immig, Megg Miller, Jennifer Stackhouse, Chris Stafford, Angus Stewart, Chloe Thomson National Advertising Manager Ros
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    Peas On Earth
    Many of the peas you see in the supermarket freezer are grown near where I live in rural northwest Tasmania. Harvest time is usually through the night as the fields are picked and the peas podded and snap frozen before being trucked off to the factor
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    Round The Mulberry Bush
    Late spring and early summer would not be complete without a backyard mulberry feast: standing beneath the tree enjoying handfuls of the sun-warmed ripe, dark-purple fruit — preferably not wearing white. If stained fingers, faces and clothes aren’t y
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    Pollinate Or Perish!
    Pollination is all the buzz, if you’ll excuse the pun, and that buzz is all about bees. Got fruit trees? Pollination is vital if you want to harvest a crop. While most flowers need pollination to develop fruit, many fruit trees make pollination far f
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    Absolute Beginners
    Galloway Springs is a thriving 200-acre farming enterprise near Bridgetown, around 270km south of Perth. Raquel and Murray Johnson, who bought the property eight years ago, run four land leases, a farm shop that sells their own produce as well as tha
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    The Essential Ingredient
    It’s hard to think of a dinner I cook that doesn’t include garlic. I love the stuff — and homegrown really does taste so much better than store bought. It may be a slow grower but the great thing about it is that in a 1m2 space, with very little effo
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    Moon Planting
    Late autumn is a great time in most regions to get brassicas and root vegies in the ground — and don’t forget the peas, including sugar snap and snowpeas Time to think about fruit trees and, although it’s a quieter time for planting vegies in cooler
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    Winter Root Veg
    Parsnip is an old-fashioned root vegetable that often gets overlooked in comparison to its more popular cousin the carrot. A slow-growing crop, it thrives in areas with cool to cold winters and the sweetest parsnips will be those kissed by a good win
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    Food Forest
    Dynes Austin’s Tamborine Mountain garden was already well underway when he finally bit the bullet and did a 12-week permaculture design course, something he’d been hankering to do for some time. Since then, everything he does has been influenced by p
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    Old Fruit
    Quandong is a parasitic tree that thrives in harsh conditions to produce edible fruit. The number of local names for it (see label) indicates its extensive use, especially among desert communities. It is also a very ancient tree that was once widespr
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    THE Grapevine
    A study of oysters in the Richmond River estuary in the NSW Northern Rivers has detected 21 pesticides including herbicides, fungicides and insecticides. Each oyster had on average detectable levels of nine different pesticides, among them diuron, at
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    BLUE CHEESE & BROCCOLI FRITTATA
    SERVES: 4 PREP / COOK TIME: 10 MIN. / 20 MIN. GLUTEN-FREE Serve this simple frittata with a light green salad and a dollop of Dijon mustard for a summer lunch, if you like. • 2¼ cups (200g) purple (or green) sprouting broccoli• ½ bunch of flat-leaf p
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    Scent Of The Bush
    There are few more pleasing sights than a boronia in full bloom in the Australian bush, often acting as a harbinger of springtime. Mass displays of colourful blossoms combined with delicate floral perfumes and cut-flower qualities add to the allure o
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    Pick Of The Crop
    The team at Aussie Gardener have made it really easy to grow your own vegetable seedlings at home and put an end to all the plastic waste that happens from buying punnets at the nursery. This complete kit contains: a year’s worth of seed, large propa
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    Edibles Made In The Shade
    In urban and suburban environments, gardeners face the perennial challenge of growing edible plants in shaded areas. You can’t always choose how much sun your patch gets when there are neighbouring buildings, fences and trees blocking the sun and thr
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    Walking Tall
    Common name: Green long-legged fly Scientific name: Austrosciapus connexus Among the vast order of insects loosely known as flies — estimated at around a million species — the green long-legged fly stands head and feelers above the rest even though i
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    One-pan Kale With Baked Eggs
    SERVES: 2 PREP / COOK TIME: 10 MIN. / 20 MIN. VEGETARIAN / GLUTEN-FREE This is a warming green breakfast/brunch, all done in one pan and with minimal prep. Serve with warm flatbreads and steaming coffee to start the day. • 4 tablespoons (60mL) olive
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    A Change Of Place
    Friends and family thought Donna and Kevin Easton were crazy when they relocated from Dalyellup to Woorree, an eastern suburb of Geraldton in Western Australia. She resolved to move her dragonfruit plants there, too, as well as many varieties of figs
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    Alt.spinach
    Run out of spinach? Has your own crop bolted to flower or are this week’s supermarket offerings below par? Have your leafy greens gone to mush at the back of the fridge or are you simply — perish the thought — tired of spinach? There’s no shortage of
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    Finger Food
    Okra is an unusual vegetable as it is part of the hibiscus family and related to cotton and ornamental hibiscus. It’s also both ornamental and productive and can be grown in the vegie patch, in the garden or even in a large pot. The part we eat is th
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    Green News
    Weevils are rarely considered beneficial insects but scientists at Australia’s CSIRO have identified some that use their powers for good — not evil. Of our thousands of native species, only 4110 of which have been described, many are outright pests t
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    Things To Do In June
    • Continue planting out brassicas — broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower — to ensure constant cropping through the cooler months before the cabbage white butterflies get busy. Consider some sage as a companion for brassicas as it’s said t
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    SPINACH & RICOTTA MUFFINS
    MAKES: 9 LARGE MUFFINS PREP / COOK TIME: 15 min. / 20 min. VEGETARIAN / NUT-FREE These fluffy, light, and zesty muffins are great for picnics, light lunches, and snacks. They are full of vitamin C. Serve with a zesty green salad. • 6½ cups (200g) bab
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    Pretty But Tough
    If you’re a mum or a grandmother, you may well be enjoying a cyclamen in pride of place indoors right now. In Australia, a cyclamen in a pot is a popular gift for Mother’s Day, which falls when these charming potted plants are at peak blooming. In re
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    Mexican Sweet Potato Soup
    SERVES: 4 PREP / COOK TIME: 15 MIN. / 25 MIN. VEGAN / GLUTEN-FREE / NUT-FREE This soup is a brilliant all-rounder, great for lunch and dinner. Serve with crusty bread, rice and tortilla chips if you need extra carbs. Double it and freeze the soup for

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