Article: Neil Williams (Canberra Organic – Winter 2023) A warm welcome to the winter 2023 issue. This is my first article as President. Firstly, I would like to pay tribute …
President’s Report Winter 2023
Phoenix rising
A tale of renewal after Canberra’s bushfires Article: (Canberra Organic – Autumn 2023) After one our wettest years on record in 2022, it is hard to fathom the events that …
President’s Report Autumn 2023
Autumn 2023 Article: Andy Hrast (Canberra Organic – Autumn 2023). Dear fellow COGS member What a mild summer we are having. Its mid-January and there have been only a few …
Crop Rotation
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 …
Tomatoes
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 …
President’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 …
Indian 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 …
Growing 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, …
President’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 …
Stinging 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 …