A complete guide to the aromatic Asian culinary rhizomes perfectly suited to subtropical and tropical Australian gardens.
Growing your own vegetables is one of the most rewarding things you can do as a home gardener, and in Australia it is entirely possible to maintain a productive vegetable container…
Lemongrass is one of the most useful tropical herbs for Australian gardens — a dramatic ornamental clump grass that provides an intense citrus flavour for Thai, Vietnamese, and I…
Ginger and turmeric grow abundantly in subtropical and tropical Australian conditions — fresh rhizomes with flavour incomparably superior to dried supermarket alternatives.
Lemon verbena has the most intense lemon fragrance of any herb. Treat it as an annual in cold climates or a container perennial brought indoors. Use in teas, desserts, and cocktail…
Design a garden where food production and aesthetic beauty coexist — fruit trees as shade trees, herbs as groundcover, vegetables in the border.
Australia is not one climate — it is many. From the monsoonal tropics of the Top End to the cool-temperate highlands of Tasmania, from the Mediterranean-climate southwest of West…
Turmeric and ginger grow beautifully in subtropical and tropical Australian gardens, and as annuals in temperate zones. Learn planting rhizomes, the growing season, and harvesting …
There is something deeply satisfying about being able to step outside your kitchen door, or even reach to a windowsill, and snip fresh herbs directly into whatever you are cooking.…
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