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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

Grow, Partner Profiles

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

Grow

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

News

Issue 30 Out Now!

It’s the big 3-0 issue of Pip Magazine! Our 30th issue includes plenty of excellent reads to help inspire you on your sustainability journey.

Emma Gibbs
November 1, 2023

Eat, Videos

How To Harvest & Prepare Sea Urchins

Looking every bit a strange creature from the deep, sea urchins are a seafood delicacy.

Robyn Rosenfeldt
October 30, 2023

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

Grow

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

Connect, Nurture

5 Rituals To Celebrate Spring

It’s a special time of year – the ushering in of the new spring season – so we think it’s worth celebrating with some unique rituals!

Maude Farrugia
August 29, 2023

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

Grow

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

Escargots Recipe (aka Gardener’s Revenge!)

Normally cursed by gardeners and overlooked as a food source, these small unassuming culinary morsels can be enjoyed and even celebrated.

Julie Bennett
August 21, 2023

News

Issue 29 Out Now!

Drum rolllll…. The new issue of Pip – Issue #29 – has arrived! And what a beauty it is.

Emma Gibbs
July 27, 2023

Grow

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

Grow

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

Build

From Disused Tennis Court to a Productive Vegie Garden

We explore a productive vegie garden that once played host to family tennis tournaments. For Jaclyn Crupi and her partner Andrew Stewardson, transforming a disused tennis court into a productive vegie garden was about finding a design that balanced history,…

Kel Buckley
June 26, 2023

Nurture, Self-reliance

Grow Your Own Herbal First Aid Kit

We bring you the herbs and plants you will need to grow to create your own herbal first aid kit.

Stephanie Zetah
June 19, 2023

Grow

Overwintering Plants

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

Julie Bennett
May 22, 2023

Grow

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

News

Issue 28 Out Now!

Issue 28 is packed full of inspiration and information to nourish yourself and the planet.

Emma Gibbs
May 4, 2023
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Podcasts

Pip Podcast #41: Alison Pouliot

In this Pip Podcast, we chat to ecologist, author and environmental photographer Alison Pouliot about the diverse world of fungi and its importance in our ecological networks.