Better Homes and Gardens Australia

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Dear readers, • About 31 odd years ago, as a novice in the world of publishing, I was given the opportunity to do a two-week freelance stint on BHG...

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Colin’s Kitchen

Clarissa’s Cuisine • Create your own stock and make a big bowl of heartwarming soup for the soul, then go bananas over creamy, pearly puds

Eat well • Designed for foodies with diabetes, this recipe is so good the whole fam will love it!

Comfort Cooks • Create simple diabetic-friendly winter dishes with easy Thermomix recipes

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High Contrast • Punch up your home’s architectural character with a tight palette of black and white

Country Convert • Home is where the heart is – a family farmhouse combining hardworking spaces with a high-end look

Green House • Include house plants in your decorating plan in the same way you do art and antiques to add a welcoming, lived-in layer of comfort to every room

Better Decorating

Grace With Flair • Blending an old garden with a new one can be fraught and the result can be jarring – or you can make it seamless!

Splendour In The Dark • It takes determination to flower in the depths of a late winter but proteas and their cousins have it in spades!

Tough Love • As you huddle indoors away from the cold outdoors, cheer yourself and your home up with colourful, winter-flowering succulents!

Succulent Pumpkins • When you tire of pumpkin scones or pumpkin soup, turn one of these mighty beasts into a breeding ground for succulent cuttings for planting out in spring. Meanwhile, you’ll have fabulous colour to brighten your winter months!

How To Grow Pumpkins • When you grow your own, you can choose from the many flavours. But be sure you give them plenty of room in your patch!

Top Of The Forest • When you’re immersed in a rainforest, you get drama and tranquility wrapped into one – a native garden gives you a sense of belonging!

Go Back To Front • Options are never limited when laying out your garden, they may just be hiding in plain sight – so think outside that square backyard when looking for solutions

Cutting Edge • Your roses in winter are just sticks – pruning them now will generate new spring growth and result in bountiful, beautiful blooms in summer!

In Your Garden • As your winter garden goes quiet, it’s still active underground

Better Gardening

Moon Guide • Use the phases of the moon to your advantage by following Milton Black’s planting guide How to use the calendar

Living Like The Jetsons • You don’t need to be a technophile, or George Jetson, to set up your automated dream domain. All it takes is the right devices and a little know-how!

Housewarming Party • How do you keep your heating bills in check while staying cosy this winter? It’s as easy as a few often-overlooked tricks and simple switches

Set The Scene For Winter • When the icy winds howl, try these budget-friendly hacks for a stylish seasonal update, sans the costly reno!

Hot Desking • Create an enviable work station from those set of drawers you were about to discard

Hallway To Heaven • Give mucky walls in high-traffic zones the brushoff with clever paintwork and style tricks

Turntable • Convert a cube shelving unit into a sideboard that also transforms into a dining table!

An outdoorsy type • Bring the outdoors into your WFH space and hack your kid’s old wardrobe into a desk with the...