In our new issue you’ll learn how to grow
enough food to feed your family, techniques to preserve garlic by drying, fermenting and more.

With some careful planning, observation and know-how, you can turn your vegie patch into a productive garden capable of feeding your family every night of the week.

We all want to harvest our homegrown…

Plants are a brilliant low-cost solution for shading your home, so make the most of it by utilising plants that will also feed you.

Longer days and warmer temperatures may signal a time of…

Sustainably sourced seafood is hard to find, but the types of shellfish called bivalve molluscs are not only packed full of important nutrients, they’re contributing to the protection and restoration of our precious coastlines.

With a relatively long growing season, you want to make sure you get the most out of your garlic harvest before your cloves begin to sprout, indicating it’s time to get them back in the ground.

This character-filled farmhouse located in southern lutruwita/Tasmania was sustainably renovated to improve circulation and connectivity with the seasons, animals and productive garden space.

When Helen and Ronnie approached Jane Hilliard of Homeful by Designful…

Author, filmmaker and founder of Local Futures Helena Norberg-Hodge explains how adopting an economic strategy based on the wisdom of indigenous cultures and smaller communities could be the answer to human, societal and environmental issues.

Farm My School is an initiative aiming to transform unused land within schools into regenerative market gardens, to grow community, educate youth and produce affordable nutrient-dense food.

Two men with a vision have built…

Drawing on the wisdom of Indigenous Americans, the Milpa method of gardening mimics a forest ecosystem to promote fertility and increase resilience.

Adapted from the forest ecosystem by Indigenous Americans over a period of…

In the small Northern Territory town of Mataranka, Yen Nguyen has created a swathe of green among red dust and termite mounds.

Situated on Mangarayi and Yangman country, Mataranka is a town famous for…

Edible Towns & Cities

National Urban Agriculture Month is happening between 1–30 November and everyone’s invited! Brought to you by Sustain: The Australian Food Network, it’s a month-long celebration of urban agriculture, featuring a…

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KITCHEN GARDEN CALENDAR

An Australian gardener’s guide to planning, planting and producing. The calendar features stunning photography of fresh garden produce that will inspire you to…

BYTHER FARM

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Byther Farm is a small permaculture farm set up as a space to educate and inspire people to grow…

An over-barrow garden sieve can up your food-growing game. As well as helping you make low-cost and nutritious seed-raising mix, it can also make the time- consuming bits of seed saving a cinch. And best of all, they’re simple to…

‘Quitting sugar’ might be the latest in a long line of food fads, but not everyone’s crazy about it. Australians are, of course, as a society eating far too much of it, but this is not a reason to make…

What’s the best medium to raise seeds in?

Seed-raising mix is a bit of a misnomer. While it’s light and friable and easy for germinating seeds to push through, it doesn’t contain the nutrients…

Potted pleasures

Thank you for the article on how to make newspaper seedling pots – a great little project! I can’t wait to use all those wasted newspapers in my garden this year. I…

This versatile perennial herb from the Zingiberaceae family has many uses – but beware its weedy potential.

Botanically Heychium coranarium, white ginger is also known as Cuban ginger and is the national flower of…

As suggested by the name cleavers, meaning to ‘cleave’ or stick together – all parts of this distinctive looking and edible plant will attach itself to nearly anything that brushes past it.

Cleavers (Galium…

Citrullus lanatus – in Latin, citrullus is the diminutive of citrus and lana means wool, referring to the fuzziness of the young fruit.

Origin

Nineteenth-century explorer Dr David…

Seasonal garden guides for Australian climates

Moon planting

The moon’s phases and its associated gravitational pull has a significant effect on the behaviour of tidal oceans, so it’s…

We love seeing what kids are growing with their families in their gardens, so snap and email us an image of what you’re harvesting at the moment. Send the photo to editorial@pipmagazine.com.au – and you might even pick up this…

THE GREAT PLANT-BASED CON

WHY EATING A PLANTS-ONLY DIET WON’T IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH OR SAVE THE PLANET

BY JAYNE BUXTON (HACHETTE 2022)

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THREE IN ONE

Review by Robyn Rosenfeldt

We all know the experience of being out and needing coffee, and realising you don’t have a cup on…

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Founded in 1978 by Clive and Penny Blazey, The Diggers Club believes gardeners are the secret weapon in combating climate change.

Whether it has been championing heirloom vegetable and flower seeds in the face…

I’m really excited about bringing this issue to you. I love every bit of its content and I love the new cover art by Nastia Gladushchenko.

It seems the interest in all the ideas…