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Propagation - A Budding Spring
Budding is a highly efficient method for creating new plants. It is easier than grafting, making it a good option for the home gardener.
Plant Life Cycles - Fruit and Seed Formation
Autumn is the season to nourish your fruit trees.
The Life Cycle of Plants - Germination
Part one of our new series on the life cycle of plants.
Saving the Franklin
Twenty years ago, a nation changing blockade saved Tasmania’s Franklin River.
Love & the Greenhouse Effect - Australian Edition
Published by Pan Macmillan, 1992.
I wrote this in 1992, when global warming was called the greenhouse effect. Jessica, our heroine, is too busy saving the world to have a boyfriend. Her best friend Mandy is the opposite. Until Jessica meets Lars, a Norwegian exchange student, and Mandy has a crisis when love goes wrong.
Cafe Jardin - Cosmic Speculation Tackles Permaculture
It was a liberating moment when I discovered the Garden of Cosmic Speculation.
Jungle Fever
The urge to bring the jungle indoors is strong among gardeners and non-gardeners alike.
Weeding Out the Bad Weeds
Bellingen Island in the town where I live, is special because it’s a remnant of the rainforest, which once covered the valley.
A Return to Those Salad Days
Over the last decade the humble lettuce has undergone a much needed image boost.
Legumes - Not Just Peas and Beans
By Simply Living resident gardening expert, Helen Cushing
Winter Gardening
I live in the subtropics so winter is a great relief from the heat and humidity of summer.
The Sea Meets the Land
I grew up by the beach, playing in the sand, sun, sea and on stormy days when the waves crashed and dumped like mountains on the move, I played in the seaweed.
The Miracle of Nature
We have all seen Australian native plants growing in apparently impossible situations.