Homegrown

Home Grown is a journey back to the past where life was less complicated. Where we grew our own vegetables and herbs, had chickens in the backyard and our neighbours over the fence to have a yarn. Home Grown magazine's objective is to take the reader on a journey of healthy living and lifestyle, from the garden to the table. In every issue we try to nurture our readers’ knowledge of the fundamentals of creating, growing, making and providing greener and healthier options in all facets of their lives. Our aim is to do our bit to halt today’s throwaway mentality, and to encourage recycling and re-using, which ultimately reduces our wastage and lowers the cost of everyday living. Each issue we’ll bring you hints and tips for not only growing but also preserving your own produce and show you practical and easy ways to reduce your bills and move more towards a sustainable lifestyle. Regular articles include: profiling an organic grower or producer as well as a local community garden; power and water saving tips, seasonal fruit, vegies and herbs; preserving your produce; a local grower’s market; easy recipes from your seasonal produce; organic growing hints and tips; DIY from recycled articles.

Australian Honey Crisis • Australia’s honey industry is in the midst of one of the worst honey shortages in decades. Abnormal weather conditions and a perfect storm of excessive heat, flood and drought hit many prime honey growing areas in the second half of 2013, leading to 2014 honey supplies falling in excess of 50 per cent.

6 tips for going organic on a budget

What’s Car Sharing? • Car sharing is a form of car rental, where people can rent a car for a short period of time, even one hour. It is different to car pooling, where people share a car when they have similar needs, such as driving to the same office, and the driver may collect one or more people on the trip.

Create a Beautiful yet Functional Vegie Garden • Vegie gardens are often placed in a back corner of the garden - out of sight, out of mind - BUT what if we thought as much about how a vegetable garden looks, as we do about its function i.e. to produce lots of food? You too can create a vegie garden that is a feast for the eye as well as the stomach!

Adriana’s top 10 heirloom tomato picks for spring 2014

Some colourful vegies you can sow in spring

Backyard Ducks • Ducks are a friendly family pet which can provide garden pest control, delicious eggs or meat.

Taking the Road Less Travelled • Not only is it easy to take the bike path on your next holiday, it will no doubt take you places that are the least travelled and will be the most enjoyed.

Window Boxes • Window boxes are especially useful for livening up town and city gardens where outdoor space may be at a premium, but even sprawling rural properties and village high streets can be revitalised with a colourful floral display.

Types of milk • It’s getting more and more confusing going into the shop to buy milk. Here’s a list to help explain just what you are buying:

Natural Pest Control

Watering Plants With Less Water • Water is a precious commodity. In fact, it is becoming more precious than ever.

Lakeside Drive Community Garden Darwin, Northern Territory • Lakeside Drive Community Garden’s vision: “LDCG is a welcoming space where all members of the community come together to share skills, local and traditional knowledge, and innovative ways of living sustainably. Collectively we will create a thriving, healthy centre for producing food, knowledge and inspiration based on permaculture ethics, principles and design.”

Love Chai Love Tea • Love Chai Love Tea is a certified organic tea company, based in Geelong, Victoria, which specialises in quality, organic and therapeutic blends. The company was founded in 2006 by Naturopath...