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 …
Blog RecipeGlobe Artichokes
Featured RecipeBrainy 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 …
Blog RecipeHolder’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 …
Blog RecipeOverrun 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 …
Blog RecipeMaking 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 …
Blog RecipeCalendula 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 …
Blog RecipeIn 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 …
Blog RecipePumpkins Anyone?
Our first year at Betty Cornhill garden Story and Photo: Jo Kirwan (Canberra Organic – Spring 2019) Our first year at the Betty Cornhill community garden has been a very …
Blog RecipeOf Leeks and Love
By: Gerry Jacobson (Canberra Organic – Spring 2019) in the gardenthis sunny windyspring morningplanting the leeksfor autumn soups Fifteen years of successive leek harvests at the Cotter garden. Sometimes two …
Blog RecipeIt’s people at the heart of a community plot
The Canberra Times’ most recent edition of ‘Kitchen Garden’ featured COGS Kambah Garden convenor Shirley Bolton. This lovely article about one of our own also features Shirley’s delicious Healthy Moist …