Crop Rotation Article reproduced with permission from Mark Peoples from Earth guide 1977, Food Co-operative and the Conservation Society, University of Melbourne, Australia. Photos: Sue Pavasaris: (Canberra Organic – Summer …
Blog Crop Notes Organic GardeningCrop Rotation
Crop Notes Growing Guides TomatoTomatoes
Article: Andy Hrast (COGS Quarterly – Summer 2021) History The tomato is the edible berry (it’s technically a berry rather than fruit) of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as …
Blog President ReportPresident’s Report Summer 2022
Summer 2022 Article: Andy Hrast (Canberra Organic – Summer 2022). Dear fellow COGS member Rain and more rain. And the forecast is for continuing wet weather. Our gardens are waterlogged …
Blog RecipeIndian cuisine using silverbeet
Palak Paneer (cheese) or Aloo Palak (potato) Article: Greta Nielsen (Canberra Organic – Spring 2022). Photo: Canstock (paulbrighton) If you are looking for a great way to use silverbeet, go …
Blog Crop Notes FruitGrowing rockmelon from seed
Article and photos: Greta Nielsen (COGS Quarterly – Spring 2021) The sweetest rockmelons I’ve ever tasted in my life were grown in the deserts of far western China and Kazakhstan, …
Blog President ReportPresident’s Report Spring 2022
Spring 2022 Article: Andy Hrast (Canberra Organic – Spring 2022). Dear fellow COGS member Welcome to the spring 2022 edition of Canberra Organic. I am writing this in mid-July on …
Blog Crop Notes Organic GardeningStinging Nettle
Article: The Soil Association of UK (Canberra Organic – Summer 1998) Heading the list of beneficial weeds must surely be the stinging nettle, for its uses are legion. It is …
Blog Brassica Cabbage Crop NotesHow To Grow A Cabbage
Article: Jackie French (Canberra Organic – Spring 1995) I fell in love with cabbages the day I realised they didn’t have to be boiled. That was in the sixties, when …
Brassica Crop Notes Growing Guides Recipe Turnip SwedeSwedes (with recipes)
Article and illustrations: Marjatta Asa (COGS Quarterly – Winter 1994) From a talk given by Marjatta at the February (1994) meeting. Swedes aren’t turnips, or are they? Yes, swedes are …
Allium Crop Notes Growing GuidesThe Challenge of Growing Onions
Article and illustrations: Michelle Johnson (COGS Quarterly – Winter 1994) Onions are one of those crops often overlooked by gardeners to whom gardening means sun-ripened tomatoes and golden corn, yet …