Good Organic Gardening Magazine Issue#6.5 - 2015 Edizione posteriore

Every wondered whether it would be a good idea to try growing truffles? Jennifer Stackhouse has some answers. She also covers clever crops mouse melon and dragon fruit, as well as good old Brussels sprouts, parsnips, mandarins and grapes, plus she outlines what needs doing now in gardens around the country. Meanwhile, Melissa King introduces some new cultivars, both ornamental and edible, and does a beautiful roundup of heirloom crab apples, plus kale and spinach to plant now. Claire Bickle offers the first part of a biodynamics basics series and there’s a simple moon planting calendar to go with it, plus she finishes her ongoing articles on fungal diseases. We garden to feed ourselves well, but our gardens also supply the good stuff to bees and other pollinators, so we look at some of the flowering plants that act like magnets to them. Not forgetting our chickens, either, who also need to be well nourished, Megg Miller addresses chook nutrition this issue. Plus, there are some great vegie gardens to inspire you and mouth-watering recipes from Joanna Rushton for using your produce.