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Pip Magazine is your essential guide to permaculture, with all the inspiration, ideas and practical skills that you need to grow yourself - in the garden and in life

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Editor’s Note
Pip wants to do more than just inspire you to live your best life. We want to lead by example, practise what we preach and live by the ethics of earth care, people care and fair share. And although permaculture is a concept created 40-odd years ago,
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Contributors
Founder of Good Life Permaculture and based in Hobart, Hannah works across many areas. She’s the the lutruwita/Tasmanian host for ABC’s Gardening Australia, a permaculture educator, community worker, designer and best-selling author. She’s spent the
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Publisher, Editor and Art Director Robyn Rosenfeldt Managing Editor Kel Buckley Digital and Social Media Content Emma Gibbs Digital Support Goldie Rutherford Customer Service Cindy Minahan Design and Illustrations Sonia Blaskovic Proofreader Peter As
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Editorial
Hello faithful readers and welcome to our 10th anniversary issue of Pip! This is a big moment for myself, the team and for all of you who have supported Pip along the way. When I started Pip 10 years ago, people told me I was crazy to be starting up
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Pip Noticeboard
A weekend celebrating off-grid living, sustainability and self-sufficiency is taking place in Chiltern, Victoria, just 35 kays from the New South Wales border. Held at the racecourse over 6–7 April, the Off-Grid Living Festival will take in more than
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Pip Picks Things We Like
One of the many activity kits by Poppy & Daisy aimed at reducing the amount of plastic toys in landfill and to inspire more wholesome nature play for kids, this Australian-made kit allows kids five years and older to make their own paper. As well as
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International Projects
ediblebristol.org.uk Inspired by the ‘incredible edible’ movement, permaculture and other urban edible projects around the world, two friends – a horticulturalist and a human rights-environmental scholar – started Edible Bristol almost 10 years ago.
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5 Heritage Apples
One of the oldest featured food heroes – the apple – has starred in stories since biblical times and for good reason; ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor at bay’ is far from an old wives’ tale. There’s abundant evidence of apples putting their high pect
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Letters To The Editor
I read your EV article Taking Charge (Pip, Issue 30) with great interest. As someone who has been investigating EVs for at least five years, my primary concern is the fact that EVs rarely come in sizes that will hold a family of four with dogs and as
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Brains Trust
What are fire ants? Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) are native to South America and were first detected in Australia in 2001 when it’s believed they arrived on a shipping container from Argentina that docked in Brisbane, Queensland. They
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Bushfoods At Home
Here are three Australian bushfoods that play important roles in Indigenous culture. Easy to grow at home, they add versatility to your kitchen and support native fauna. You don’t need a lot of space to grow a small collection of bushfoods in your pa
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Prickly Pear
Often found rising over suburban backyard fences, along train lines or growing wild on marginal land, this invasive, contentious and tasty cactus is not only known for its brightly coloured fruits, but also its edible pads and flowers. Prickly pear (
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Tomato
Lycopersicon lycopersicum is the ordinary tomato and L. pimpinellifolium, the cherry tomato. Lycopersicon is derived from the Greek lykos for ‘wolf’ and persicon for ‘peach’, referring to the beautiful, but supposedly deceptive appearance of the frui
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February-may
The moon’s phases and its associated gravitational pull has a significant effect on the behaviour of tidal oceans, so it’s easy to understand how the moon can have a similar effect on the moisture in our soils and plants. By planning what you sow to
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SUBSCRIBE & ENTER TO WIN
This pack of high-quality garden goodies features half a dozen of Urban Revolution’s most popular garden tools – some hand forged – as well as an eight-function spray nozzle, open-pollinated heirloom seeds, a fruit picker, a handmade timber seedling
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Root vegetables GOING TO GROUND
Root vegetables like carrots, beetroots, parsnips and radishes are staples in our kitchens and vegetable gardens. Let’s dig down into how to grow your own bunch of crunchy carrots or bountiful beets. Root crops are versatile vegetables that produce a
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Garden hydration WELL WATERED
Water is the lifeblood of a garden - but should you hand-water, install an irrigation system or plug in a sprinkler? Let’s consider the best ways to keep our plants happy and hydrated. Without water, plants would not survive. It makes up the majority
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Old-fashioned preserves TESTS OF TIME
Throughout history and across many cultures, humans have always found ways to preserve food. As we farewell summer and her generous abundance, the Pip team recalls some old-fashioned family favourites. Every family has one or two recipes that have be
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Pip In Your Pocket And On Demand!
FROM $3.50/MONTH Pick up a Lifetime Digital Subscription for $120 and have Pip in your pocket for life! Every article Pip has ever published is now live and searchable online. Whether you need a hand in the garden, help in the kitchen or advice on yo
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Whisper of Cardamom SWEETLY SPICED
Commonly associated with savoury dishes, spices can add a warmth and complexity to your sweet desserts – a tasty way to use up the last of your summer produce. In sweet cookery, spice can provide a delicate fragrance, hard to put your finger on but o
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Intergenerational living HOME MADE
Nestled in the rolling hills of New South Wales’ far south coast stands a solar-passive place that’s home to a family reaping the benefits of intergenerational living. Home to Honey and Stu and their two kids Ocean (nine) and Forest (four), as well a
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Permaculture property THE FOOD FOREST
If you’re interested in permaculture, chances are you’ve heard about, or visited, The Food Forest. An award-winning property spanning 50 acres, it is a certified-organic, permaculture farm and learning centre based in Gawler, an hour north of Adelaid
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Skin & Hair Care JOJOBA OIL
Completely natural and long lasting, jojoba oil is an excellent choice for nourishing your face, body, hair and nails as it mimics the naturally occurring oils in our skin. Pronounced ho-ho-ba, jojoba oil can be used in so many ways for everyone’s sk
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Attracting birds NATIVES FOR NATIVES
Using native plants to attract birds not only brings life, colour and song to our gardens, it also helps keep our local ecosystems balanced because of the roles birds play in pollinating plants, dispersing seed, controlling insects and, in some cases
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Confronting death ANNIE AUTUMN
What if we peeled back the fear and taboo associated with dying and looked at death through the lens of acceptance and celebration? Annie Werner is doing just that. The story of Annie Werner and Genevieve Derwent’s inspiring move from Sydney to the B
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Re-covered OFFICE CHAIR
We turn a much-loved tea towel featuring Issue 23’s cover artist Cheryl Davidson’s black cockatoo artwork into a practical washable cover for a well-used office chair. Even though ergonomic seat bases might often be unusual shapes, making a new elast
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Course Providers
Study with Robyn Francis, permaculture pioneer with 40 years of global experience, and her dynamic team. The living classroom bridges theory and practice in Residential PDCs (Mar & Sep), Bamboo Course (Jul), hands-on workshops, internships and educat
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Kids’ Patch
We love seeing what kids are growing with their families in their gardens, so snap and email us an image of what you’re harvesting at the moment. Send the photo to editorial@pipmagazine.com.au to win a copy of Harriet’s Hungry Worms by Samantha Smith
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Woven Planter
Old plastic garden pot Pencil or marker Scissors Cotton twine or wool 1 To create the spokes through which to weave, mark the top of a pot where cuts will be made (you need to make sure you have an odd number of cuts for the weaving to work), and cut
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Fun Pages
Have a go at colouring in the image that appears on this issue’s cover. Once you’re happy with it, ask an adult to take a photo of you holding your finished artwork and have them email it to editorial@pipmagazine.com.au. You can post your entry to Pi
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LOOK & LISTEN
AN INTRODUCTION TO FIRST NATIONS SEASONS BY AUNTY MUNYA ANDREWS (HARDIE GRANT EXPLORE 2023) Ask Aunty: Seasons is a delightful and educational picture book aimed at introducing children aged five to 10 years to First Nations seasonal calendars. Have
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TRIED & TRUE
Review by Robyn Rosenfeldt This gadget is useful for planting out large amounts of small tubestock and plants. It creates a planting hole without having to use a shovel or spade. At the time of writing this I had a shoulder injury that was exacerbate
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New Releases
RECIPES, TECHNIQUES AND PLANT SCIENCE FOR BIG-FLAVOURED, VEGETABLE-CENTRED MEALS BY NICK SHARMA (CHRONICLE BOOKS 2024) Nik Sharma’s most cookable collection of recipes yet. Veg-table is a technique-focused repertoire for weeknight mains for cooks of
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Ethical farming HOW NOW DAIRY
hownowdairy.com.au Five years ago, music industry executive and animal activist Cathy Palmer had never stepped foot on a dairy farm. Today, she’s the owner of an ethical dairy that’s not only practising regenerative techniques and following organic p

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