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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...

Growing persimmons In the April 2010 issue of Burke's Backyard magazine, on sale now nationally, our 'Kitchen Garden' section has a complete grower's guide to persimmons. These deciduous fruit trees, which grow to about 5-8m tall and...

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...

Potager  gardens were named after the French word potage which...

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...

Red GrapefruitPink fleshed varieties of grapefruit, such as 'Ruby' and 'Thompson' have been available for some years, but they often fail to colour well in Australian gardens. The new red varieties 'Star Ruby' and 'Rio Red'...

Seville Oranges: The French Alternative According to legend, a gallant Spanish knight returning from the Crusades in the 11th Century, brought a gift of great value for his beloved. But to her dismay, instead of receiving a costly treasure,...

Don showed how to make your own strawberry planter using  two terracotta pots stacked in a tower formation. When growing strawberries in a tower it is not necessary to mulch with plastic or straw, because the fruit hangs...

Don demonstrated how to make your own strawberry planter using imitation terracotta pots stacked in a tower formation. When growing strawberries in a tower it is not necessary to mulch with plastic or straw,...