Compost banana peels
Edible gardening

Peeling back the truth on bananas

Have you heard the tip about placing banana peels around your flowering and fruiting plants? Here's the lowdown on this common gardening advice...

Seaweed extract explained
Edible gardening

Seaweed extract explained

Seaweed extract is sometimes seen as an all-purpose fertiliser, but does it contain enough nutrients to be used for this purpose?

Pruning citrus August issue Gardening Australia magazine
Pruning

What’s the best way to prune citrus?

In Australia, the best time to prune citrus trees is late winter to spring. Here’s a tried-and-trusted method for cutting them back.

Growing sprouts Gardening Australia magazine
Vegies

How to grow sprouts

When you really want fresh greens on demand, but you don’t have a garden, or there’s not enough sun shining on your patch, what do you do? You grow sprouts!⁠