Article and Photos: Dr Van Kien Nguyen (Canberra Organic – Summer 2021) My family has enjoyed artichoke tea for years. Each year we would buy artichoke tea from Dat Lat …

Artichoke Tea

My Tomato Morning
Article: Betty Cornhill (Canberra Organic – Winter 2001) All the working spaces in my kitchen were covered with tomatoes, and Gary at Northside garden had fired me with enthusiasm to …

Broccoli and Stilton Soup
Article and Photos: Rebecca & Jeremy – Mitchell Garden (Canberra Organic – Summer 2018) Broccoli and Stilton soup 1 onion (diced)2 potatoes, large (diced)1 ltr chicken stock (or vegetable stock …

Globe Artichokes
Globe artichokes (Cynara scolymus L.) Article and Photos: Ange McNeilly (Canberra Organic – Winter 2019) I love to grow globe artichokes for their majestic sculptural form, large grey serrated leaves …

Brainy gardeners
Article: Elizabeth Dangerfield (Canberra Organic – Autumn 2019) All gardeners know that gardening is good for your soul as well as your body; but did you know that gardening is …

Holder’s Mr Fix-It
Article and Photos: Margaret Stapper (Canberra Organic – Autumn 2019) Conrad, you have gardened at Holder Garden for a long time. Can you give us a potted history of Holder …

Overrun by pumpkins?
Article: Michele Barson (Canberra Organic – Autumn 2021) Will you have a bumper pumpkin harvest this autumn? Not sure what to do with them? Here are a couple of recipes …

Making the most of the zucchini glut
Zucchini Cake Story and photos: Janet Popovic (Canberra Organic – Autumn 2019) Janet Popovic shared her well-loved recipe for zucchini cake “as the extremely hot weather has boosted the harvest …

Calendula officinalis
Article: Elizabeth Dangerfield (Canberra Organic – Summer 2020)Photo: Harish Kumar The pot marigold, or Calendula officinalis, lights up our winters with its bright yellow and orange daisy flowers when everything …

In Praise of Silverbeet
Story: Gerry Jacobson (Canberra Organic – Spring 2018) “Eat yer vegies!” How the ancestral voices echo. Most of us call it ‘spinach’ but it’s really ‘silverbeet’, and it’s also known …