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Welcome
to the issue
Late spring/early summer has to be the
best time of year in the garden. For me,
anyway. Maybe it’s because I can grow my
favourite things, most especially zucchini.
You can honestly never have too much because
you can use it in so many ways: roasted, in frittatas
and fritters, lending lovely moisture to cakes and
bread, and — my current favourite — as zoodles.
I’m mad for them, especially piled with prawns
cooked with chilli, garlic, lemon and parsley.
Melissa King has the many faces of zucchini
well covered in Family Heirlooms and she also
looks at honeydew melon and tamarillo as fruits
to plant now. Meanwhile, Jennifer Stackhouse
covers celery, scarlet runner bean and taro to
plant in the vegie patch, along with parsley for
the herb garden. Plus, she sings the praises of
Clever Crops, carob and gourd.
Capsicum is another summer essential, so we
take a closer look at this very colourful vegie that’s
such a winner in both cooked dishes and salads.
The other herb garden item we look at this
issue is our Power Plant, rosemary. It’s linked
to a fascinating story of a small Italian seaside
village that will make you want to plant some
immediately, if you haven’t already, and put it
in all your cooking.
And what are we cooking this issue? Jo
Rushton has some easy-to-make recipes
featuring basil, strawberries, chillies, capsicum
and baby spinach that are as wholesome as
they are delicious.
As this is a time when many chook lovers
think about breeding their own, Megg Miller
explains what you need to know to keep mother
and babies healthy and happy, ranging from
how to choose which eggs to let her to sit on,
to looking after new chicks until they can hold
their own — with Mum’s help, of course.
Claire Bickle has more friendly, pretty insects
to showcase — it’s always nicer to talk about
the ones we like rather than those we need
to get rid of — plus she discusses the need
for shade in the summer garden, something
we don’t always give a lot of thought to. Some
plants love that hot sun but a lot really don’t,
so Claire looks at both sides of the ledger.
Speaking of hot sun, water is the other big
issue in summer as both insufficient and too
much can wreak havoc on the vegie garden.
When chooks want to
be mums, page 72
Carrol Baker provides an overview of good
water management for your plants.
It’s not only plants that need water, either. All
the other life of the garden has to drink and some
creatures need to immerse themselves in water,
so Sandra Tuszynska has a step-by-step guide to
building a natural-looking frog pond — not just for
frogs, though. It’s perfect for attracting all kinds of
small wildlife to your backyard.
Our Gardening Folk this issue hail from
Queensland and Victoria, with Sean Morrow
from the Sunshine Coast hinterland installing
36 frog ponds on his property. (Our how-to
pond was built at his place, in fact.) In addition
to the Gardening Folk, Jo Immig introduces us
to a movement, and the people behind it, that’s
all about setting up small-farming opportunities
in northern NSW. The group is called Future
Feeders and, as the name suggests, they have
some great ideas for the future of food growing.
Then there are all the other regular items,
of course: what needs doing in the garden
right now, clever tips to use in your home and
backyard, environmental news plus new-release
plants to consider for your garden. So enjoy the
read and happy gardening until next time.
Kerry
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