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Cucurbits- Hand-Pollinating For Seed Saving

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Hand Pollinating For Seed Saving: Cucurbits

By hand pollinating your cucurbit flowers you can ensure the seeds you save from the resulting fruit will always be true to type. The Cucurbitaceae family, which consists of zucchini, pumpkin, cucumber, melons, gourds, luffa and marrows, is one of…

Julie Bennett
November 10, 2023

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Bioguano: How To Care For Your Soil & The Planet

With the ability to clean toxins from your soil, improve soil structure and promote healthy plant growth we find out more about this powerful organic fertiliser – BioGuano+.

Robyn Rosenfeldt
November 8, 2023

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3 Natural Ways To Deter Pests In Your Garden

Just as much as we love good homegrown vegies, so do many pests species. We bring you three ways to naturally deter pests in your garden.

Julie Bennett
November 2, 2023

Healthy soil is the foundation every garden needs. These six superfoods will help improve your soil health.

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6 Superfoods to Improve Your Soil Health

Healthy soil is the foundation every garden needs. These six superfoods will help improve your soil health.

Bec Shann
September 15, 2023

We show you three ways to grow more food from your vegie patch.

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3 Ways To Get More Food From Your Patch

We show you three ways to grow more food from your vegie patch.

Kel Buckley
August 29, 2023

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How To Create a Verge Garden

Everything you need to know about converting your boring old grass nature strip into a bountiful edible verge garden.

Julie Bennett
July 21, 2023

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Japanese Sickle: Review

The Japanese sickle is an affordable, lightweight, and essential piece of kit for any gardener who is harvesting, chopping down plants for composting, mulching or cover crops.

Emma Gibbs
July 17, 2023

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Overwintering Plants

Protect your top producing vegies and get a jump on the new season by overwintering plants.

Julie Bennett
May 22, 2023

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Fruit Tree Grafting Guide

We show you how to add varieties and improve pollination with our fruit tree grafting guide.

Julie Bennett
May 10, 2023

Grow, News, Self-reliance

How to Start Growing Onions

Growing onions is easy, and they are one of the few things you can plant through winter in cooler areas.

Maude Farrugia
May 5, 2023

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How To Propagate Hardwood Edibles

With a bit of knowledge and patience you may never have to buy a semi-hardwood or hardwood plant again.

Julie Bennett
April 19, 2023

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Why Healthy Soil Makes Healthy Humans

Just like our gut, the soil in our gardens needs a rich diversity of microbial life to be healthy.

Pip Magazine and Food2Soil
March 2, 2023

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How To Make Hot Compost: Video

Growing great vegies all comes down to the health of your soil, and you can’t have healthy soil without compost. Here we show you how to make compost quickly… aka hot compost!

Emma Gibbs
February 2, 2023

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Flower Seed Saving: Poppy, Calendula & Cornflower

Summer heat might not be the best time for garden blooms, but it’s a great time for flower seed saving.

Maude Farrugia
January 6, 2023

Eat, Grow, Self-reliance

How To Preserve Garlic

We show you how to preserve garlic to get the most out of your garlic harvest.

Kel Buckley
January 4, 2023
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Grow Your Own Food: Pip’s Free eBook

Our ‘Sow, Know, Grow’ eBook will teach you how to grow enough food to feed your family every night of the week.

Emma Gibbs
December 27, 2022

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5 Health Benefits of Gardening

Science is starting to catch up with what gardeners already know – growing food and caring for a garden is hugely beneficial for the body, mind and spirit.

Denise Cullen
September 22, 2022

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Pip Profile: Laurie Green (Crop Swap)

Crop Swap founder Laurie Green reveals how her produce swapping initiative helps build community, reduce food waste and allows people to eat better, for less.