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 RecipeIndian cuisine using silverbeet
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 …
Crop Notes Growing Guides PeaSugar Snap Pea
Article: Traudi Kalivoda and Mary Flowers (COGS Quarterly – Summer 1993) The sugar snap pea is a wonderful vegetable – easy to grow, productive and tasty. Eaten fresh from the …
Blog Organic GardeningRecommendations for selecting inputs for organic gardens
Recommendations for selecting inputs for organic gardens Download the PDF here. Organic growing is a cultivation system that uses biological fertilisers derived from animal and plant wastes and nitrogen fixing …
Crop Notes Growing Guides Turnip SwedeKohlrabi
Article: Traudi K (COGS Quarterly – August 1993) Kohlrabi is a cool weather crop but tolerates heat well. Although available plants or seeds are mostly of the purple variety, the …