growing fruit and vegetables from seeds and scraps

gardening

Learn how you can make use of your fruit and vegetable scraps to help give birth to fresh produce.

organic expo sydney 2010

gardenchef

Gardening Central filmed the action at Sydney's Organic Expo and we're in the process of editing and uploading videos + recipes and fact sheets. Keep checking back

winter gardening to prepare for spring

fact sheets

With spring just around the corner, the short winter days are the best time to prepare the garden for summer - preparation now will give many months of colour and enjoyment

pest and disease watch for autumn and winter

pest watch

Pest and disease watch for Autumn/Winter. Green aphids love the tender tips of newly planted pansies, viola and other ornamental seedlings, and they will distort and

growing pears

fact sheets

Pear trees belong to the rose family. Native to Europe they have been grown all over the continent, also in Britain and even Western Asia for more than 4000 years

bbq prawns with avocado salsa - pete evans recipe

recipes

Celebrity chef Pete Evans (who you may know from My Kitchen Rules, Masterchef, Fresh or as co-owner of Hugo's), cooks up a light, refreshing meal whose simplicity does not to justice to its delightful taste.

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