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July 2008 Issue

JULY ISSUE

  • Big dreams: tips and designs for five-acre blocks
  • Dazzling: Don’s best grevilleas flower for months on end
  • Storage ideas: tidy up your garage and double your storage space
  • Safest dogs for kids: child-friendly dog breeds that love family life

 

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In the Garden

Acreage special

Grand designs for large blocks of land need a new way of thinking

Don’s best grevilleas

Don Burke chooses the grevilleas that perform best in our gardens

Good gear

What equipment one tree-changer decided to buy for his property

Little gem

This cleverly designed NZ garden is full of great ideas for you to copy

Vertical solutions

When space is tight, your best option is to start planting on the walls

Warm & sunny

How to create sun traps of warmth inside your chilly winter garden

Hands on

Transplanting plants, DIY kneeling pads, cleaning gutters and dodging draughts

In your climate

Jobs to do in your garden from our around Australia and NZ team

Jim Fogarty

Create an entrance garden that says what you want to say about yourself

Kitchen garden

Roast a crop of winter root vegies such as turnips, swedes and parsnips

Know your rights

If a neighbour’s tree roots damage your paving, what are your rights?

Using water on the land

Peter Andrews’ ideas are successful and very thought-provoking

Pets & Lifestyle

Family-friendly dogs

Chris Brown’s picks of the best dogs to buy for your children

Kids’ pages

Tyrone Turner has heaps of fun in his backyard in Western Australia

Reclaim your space

Clever storage ideas that reclaim shed space and get you organised

Alaskan Malamutes

We roadtest these big, cool doggies – and they’re quite a handful!

Backyard wildlife

Martyn Robinson stays a safe distance from smelly stinkhorn fungi

Chris Brown’s Q&A

Expert advice on pet health and behaviour from our vet

Nutrition adviser

Rosemary Stanton answers readers’ questions on nutrition

Rosemary Stanton

Four average Aussies record their diets – how healthy are they?

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