Clive Blazey condenses 30 years growing experience at Heronswood to show you how to be self-sufficient with only 10 square metres of space using just a 7000 litre water tank. Shows children how to sow their first seeds and helps beginners start their first mini-plot. Includes successional planting plans, developed to assist schools in providing healthy food for our children.
Yes, that’s all it costs when you grow your own at home. You can save thousands of dollars by growing your own fruit and vegetables. We can show you how and when to sow your seeds, which varieties give the best yields and how to grow delicious tasting fruit and vegetables that are not genetically engineered. It is all explained in our new book Growing Your Own Heirloom Vegetables. “A trip to the supermarket is a greater threat to the environment than the air pollution generated by coal-fired power stations. Purpose-bred hybrids drenched with chemicals, picked unripe and shipped thousands of miles to supermarkets are responsible for up to 30% of CO2 emissions,” says Clive Blazey. Heirloom vegetables have been bred for taste and to provide early crops, late crops and continuity in between, without the need for chemicals. Growing your own backyard heirlooms, which are selected for flavour and long harvest yields is not just good for you and your family, it is the quickest and easiest way to bring CO2 down to earth.
Our fruit and vegetable book has the most detailed guidance on how to grow vegetables and fruit successfully in your own back yard. It is written by Australians for Australian conditions. Based on 30 years of experience at our Digger's Club gardens, it is the perfect gift for you, your family, and your friends.
"The most nutritious and best tasting fruit and vegetables never reach the market because super markets only buy rock hard fruits of deception that improve their bottom line" says author Clive Blazey.
"...all the practical advice you need to make your organic food growing work." - Earth Garden
"This book is highly recommended." - Australian Landcare
"With such an incredible amount of information and photographs, this book really is a bargain." - Earth Garden
“This is the most comprehensive book on growing heirloom fruit and vegetables in Australia,” says joint author Jane Varkulevicius.
Over 240 vegetables and herbs, and 188 fruits, nuts and berries. Suits all climates and the tiniest garden spaces. Explains how to make compost, and save $1,000's growing your own.
‘The Australian Vegetable Garden' shows you how to grow your own fresh, organic vegetables at home using the tastiest, most productive varieties that are definitely not genetically modified. Once you taste them you'll never be satisfied with supermarket vegetables again.
“I have purchased the Vegie garden book that I spotted in a book store (& paid $29.95 unfortunately), and have found it to be the best book ever on vegie gardens. It has become my Vegie Bible! Thanks for all the wonderful info.”
Did you know?
Over 200 vegetables described, from asparagus to watermelon. Shows how to be self-suffient in just 10 square metres using our mini-plot. Over 180 heirlooms described. 150 pictures, including Australian and overseas gardens.
When you replant your garden be sure to have the Australian Flower Garden as your guide. There is no reason to lose plants as 70% of the plants listed are drought tolerant and will survive without watering.
We will show you how:
Comments from our members:
"We seem to only get the common type of plants at nurseries here, which is why I like Digger's." - Helen
"It saddens me when visiting local, retail nurseries, that they sell such a load of rubbish." - Jenny
Lists over 80 bulbs, 330 perennials and shrubs, and 140 annuals, to help you create the most beautiful flower garden.
The Australian Flower Garden lists over 550 flowers in the 'What flower is that?' format. Has over 550 colour pictures compared to just 50 for Yates garden guide. Each plant has heat and cold zones too, so you can match plants to your heat, cold and water needs.
Do you know what to sow and when?
Don't be caught out sowing tomato seeds too early or planting broccoli that runs up to seed. Use Digger's new 'Sow what when' wall poster. From artichoke to zucchini, complete with our growing days map and instructions for sowing indoors or outside, months to sow and spacing.
All the information you need to become a seed sowing expert. Hang in the garden shed, study or on the fridge.
