10 Tips For a Water Wise Garden This Summer
Whether you’re in the middle of a summer heat wave or are just having a dry spell, it is always smart to have a water wise garden.
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Mulberry Water Kefir Recipe
Learn to make yummy pink fizz with our Mulberry Water Kefir recipe. Follow these simple steps and in a few days you could be enjoying your very own homemade water kefir!
Pip Podcast #15: Milkwood Permaculture
This episode features Kirsten Bradley of Milkwood Permaculture, talking about tomatoes, life and her new book!
12 Ways To Use Kaffir Limes
Our Pipsters are a resourceful bunch. So we decided to put a call out to our Instagram community asking for tips on how to use kaffir limes.
Cauliflower Tortillas Recipe
Whether or not you follow food fads, these “paleo” cauliflower tortillas are a magic alternative to wheat flatbreads that taste amazing too!
Moon Planting Guide: Gardening by the Phases of the Moon
Moon planting – or using the phases of the moon to guide your monthly gardening activities – could help to maximise the potential of your harvests.
Apple Tree Pruning
Winter is a great time to prune certain fruit trees and apples especially quite fancy a winter prune. We show you how to get your seasonal apple tree pruning underway.
Growing and Harvesting Turmeric
Reap the health benefits of this golden wonder spice by growing and harvesting turmeric at home.
How To Plant Garlic: Video
It’s a great time of year to get your bulbs in the ground. We’ve created an easy to follow, Pip-style “How to Plant Garlic” video to help guide your planting garlic efforts..
How To Build Your Own DIY Worm Tower
Do you always kill your worms? Then try worm farming with our easy DIY worm tower!
Quick Cucumber Pickles Recipe
While these quick cucumber pickles don’t pack quite the nutritional punch as fermented pickles do, they’re just as delicious!
Harvesting Potatoes
Harvesting potatoes (and our hot tips for storing potatoes for long keeping)… Harvesting potatoes is a new year tradition we have enjoyed in our family for quite a few years! We do snaffle potatoes earlier in the season (by bandicooting and removing select plants to free up space in the garden). However the majority of… View more
Pip Podcast #6: Bush Foods with Robyn Francis
Get a “taste” of our latest eBook on Bush Foods from Pip writer Robyn Francis in this podcast! This time around Pip editor Robyn Rosenfeldt chats with Robyn Francis, of Djanbung Permaculture Gardens in Northern New South Wales, about why we need a bush foods revolution in Australia, as well as simple ways you can… View more
8 Beautiful Heirloom Seeds you Need in your Garden
We’ve all seen purple carrots and stripy tomatoes make waves in our local foodie stores in recent years, but heirloom seeds (those that predate the modern supermarket age) open a world of beautiful fruit and vegetables to the home gardener.
Grafting: The mind-blowing ancient technique that turns peaches into apricots
Grafting: the mind-blowing ancient technique that turns peaches into apricots and quinces into pears. Ever wondered why most fruit trees are so expensive at the nursery? Or how you can get an apple with multiple varieties on the one tree? That is because most fruit trees aren’t simply grown from seed, like common veg. Get… View more
Pruning Citrus
Pruning citrus can often have folks bamboozled, as they’re often either full of fruit or blossoms. Simon Marshall, landscape designer, permie and pruner to the stars gives us the basics on how, when and why you might think about pruning citrus trees.
When To Prune Fruit Trees
Winter is a great time to prune your fruit trees. This is our guide about when and how to prune all your different fruit trees.
7 Homemade Chicken Feed Ideas
Don't waste your hard-earned on commercial chicken feed. Try these 7 natural homemade chicken feed ideas instead.
Easy Tomato Passata Recipe
Looking to preserve fresh tomatoes? Here's our easy tomato passata recipe – using either a passata machine or a simple, low-tech, DIY version for those without a passata press. It’s tomato season! Backyard tomato gluts are ubiquitous with this time of year. The logical progression of glut is preserve – where we capture and store the energy... View more
Pip Podcast #2: Keeping quails with Kat Lavers
Pip Podcast #2 is all about quails! Our editor Robyn Rosenfeldt chats to Kat Lavers about the ins and outs of keeping quails.
Low Tech DIY Seed Sprouter
Don't spend a fortune on new-fangled sprouting gadgets... create your own DIY seed sprouter instead! When the summer heat burns our lettuces, we like to keep things fresh in the salad department with home grown sprouts! There are plenty of new-fangled sprout gadgets on the market for the aspiring seed sprouter but the humble DIY... View more
