As some readers know, I have been kept very busy this year writing the Organic School Gardens program for the Biological Farmers of Australia to teach children how to garden for a sustainable future.
This program is unique, as it is provided free to all schools across Australia – it is non-commercial – it features [...]

Soils for garlic need plenty of mature compost added, and they should have a a soil pH close to neutral for good growth and a rich supply of antioxidants.
The health benefits of garlic have been known for thousands of years, and this humble herb has been immortalised in carvings in Egyptian pyramids. We grow our [...]

I wish all “Aussie Organic Gardening” readers and their families a very happy, healthy and safe Christmas and holiday season. In order to spend some time with family, I will be taking a short break from answering garden questions over Christmas, but I will be back in time to let you know what you can [...]

Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for someone who enjoys gardening?
The new edition of my book, ‘Easy Organic Gardening and Moon Planting‘ would be an excellent choice. This book is not just about growing food – all your garden will benefit from organic cultivation. It has 500 pages packed with easy-to-follow guides and secrets on [...]

My blog has changed servers to avoid the problem of the blog becoming unavailable when the band width has been exceeded, due to the number of visitors. We are still ironing out a couple of gliches, including some images being temporarily unavailable, but we hope to have everything running smoothly soon, and I apologise for [...]

This is just to let Lyn’s readers know that her computer has crashed and so she’ll be offline for the next week or so until it has been repaired.
Apologies for any delays in response to comments or emails.

Read the prize winning entries here  The winners of the WAHMania book giveaway have been chosen and the winners notified.
The question asked was, ‘why organic gardening/farming is best’.   It was very difficult to choose the winner, as there were so many high quality entries.  Because of this, we decided to award two runners-up prizes [...]

I’ve had to neglect my blog somewhat in recent months as I have been kept busy preparing and promoting the new edition of my book Easy Organic Gardening and Moon Planting, which was released last Monday. I wrote the book to encourage more Australian and New Zealand gardeners to have a go at organic gardening [...]

It has been raining for the past ten days and I don’t want to seem ungrateful after so many years of drought but, I am anxious to get out in the garden again and get my hands dirty. At least the frogs are thoroughly enjoying the weather.
I really enjoyed visiting the Frogs Australia Network website, [...]

Now that the pumpkin vine is dying off, we are able to find the entire crop – 27 pumpkins from one vine. Compost and plenty of water are the secrets to healthy pumpkin growth. Despite prolonged periods of rain, the vine has remained healthy without a hint of mildew because full access to nutrients has [...]