Organic Gardening Magazine

Features

6 Save our spuds!
Grow a bit of history: Alan Romans offers an insider’s guide to the wonderful colourful world of heritage potatoes.

14 Knobbly but nice
Celeriac isn’t a pretty vegetable, says Joyce Russell, but looks aren’t everything – it’s easy to grow and it tastes great!

18 The virtuous weed
Our ancestors would have been horrified by our blinkered ideas about edible plants, says Michele Fitzsimmons – it’s time to put weeds back on the menu.

24 Water of life
If someone told you there was an easy way to bring more wildlife to your garden, you’d be all ears, says Jenny Steel. So listen up: build a pond.

3 0The final count-up
Two years ago, Dave Bevan set out to build an entire vegetable garden for just £250. Has he done it?

34 Top seeds
Gaby Bartai rounds up her preview of must-grow seeds for your 2008 season.

40 A tale of two books
John Walker compares two books aimed at showing us how to garden in more planet-friendly ways – and finds them poles apart.

42 Ticking all the boxes
Ann Somerset Miles pays a visit to veg box producers Flights Orchard Organics.

48 Fighting for the flowers
Gaby Bartai unearths the life of Lawrence D. Hills, whose passion for comfrey led to the founding of Garden Organic.

 

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60 Giveaway
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Regulars

10 10 things about… Brussels sprouts
Christina Maxfield digs up facts, folklore, tips and techniques on our kitchen garden crops.

28 This month in your garden
Helen Penrose checks off jobs coming up in January.

44 Gardener in the kitchen
Seasonal recipes from Anna Corbett.

46 Organic news
John Greenway and Kate Chancellor report.

50 The permaculture plot
Take a fresh look at your garden boundaries, says Paul Jennings – the effects of ‘edge’ are easily overlooked when you’re in the middle of things.

54 January cut down to size
What to prune this month, with Paul Hending.

56 Tom Petherick’s garden diary
There’s work to be done in the fruit garden – and Tom is taking a biodynamic approach.

57 Webwatch
Virtual gardening with Helen Gazeley.

60 Resources
The latest from the organic marketplace.

61 Out & about
What’s on for gardeners?

62 Letters
Your news, views and comments.

63 Down the garden path
Mat Coward has the last word.

64 Next month
A look ahead to what’s coming up in the next issue of OG, out February 1.