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The Meyer lemon was discovered in China in 1908 by Frank Meyer, an employee of the United States Agriculture Department. Believed to be an orange/lemon hybrid, it has rounded, thin-skinned yellow/orange fruit, with sweeter juice than most other...

Winner of Mine's Bigger Than Yours RadishElke Illy, Orchard Hills, NSW Winner of Mine's Bigger Than Yours 'Weird' Category Two headed appleDireen Family, Tasmania Special mention Biggest pumpkinKen...

Mines Bigger Than Yours Don received a letter from Mrs Eileen Fourro, who was surprised and amazed when she harvested her potato crop. All the potatoes were normal, except for one gigantic spud shaped like a pig's...

If you reckon your backyard is too small for fruit trees – think again! There’s an incredible variety of dwarf and mini fruit trees available that are perfect for pots or today’s shrinking backyards. You don’t have...

Mint - The French Alternative Jackie French says that when you serve mint, don't be boring! There are many different forms of mint available, all with their own distinctive flavours and uses. Growing mintThe genus Mentha includes...

Nashi PearsNashi pears come from eastern Asia, China, Japan and Korea. They are very juicy and resemble apples in shape. Don looked at the best varieties for the home garden, while Geoff Jansz used Nashis to prepare an appetiser and...

Persimmons Persimmons (Diospyros kaki) are outstanding trees for the backyard, and deserve to be much more popular in Australian gardens. They have been cultivated for centuries in China and Japan, and although they are believed to have been...

The front cover of the August issue of the Burke’s Backyard Magazine comes with a bonus free packet of ‘Burke’s Backyard Italian Tomato’ seeds. Voted the Best Tasting Tomato by...

Everyone eats potatoes, but almost nobody grows their own. Jackie French demonstrated a simple way of making a potato patch in a corner of your backyard, that will produce kilos of potatoes. Potatoes can be grown in...

Red EggplantsMost people would be familiar with the large, purple-black eggplant or aubergine (Solanum melongena) which is used to make delicious recipes like ratatouille and baba ganoush. If you shop around you'll also be able to...