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When Scott Cam laid new turf in his backyard it looked fabulously lush and green. Now, only two months later, the lawn is struggling to grow. It's thin, full of weeds and ugly bare...

Screening a Narrow AreaLack of privacy or the need to block an unsightly view are familiar problems to many home owners, but often there's not enough space to construct garden beds and...

Seaside Gardens - Phillip Noyce Celebrity GardenerDon and the Burke's Backyard team visited film director, Phillip Noyce, at his home near Sydney's Palm Beach. Phillip talked to Don about the difficulties of gardening so close...

Don teamed up with Scott Cam to create a seaside garden featuring a beautiful, cypress pine boardwalk. A new gravel driveway was laid, and...

SeedsGrowing plants from seed is great fun, but seed collecting can be tricky because some plants have dry fruits that split open as soon as they're ripe. The seeds then drop to the ground, fly away in the wind, or...

Paula O'Hara loves her muehlenbeckia 'hedge' and enjoys clipping it, but her next door neighbour, Merry Howie, told Don that the vine is a curse because it creates so much work. Merry admitted that...

Sharpening Tools Don showed how easy it is to sharpen tools using a bench-mounted grinder. SpadeA spade is a cutting implement, just like a knife, a pair of secateurs or a saw. Spades are much...

Sick Gum TreesOne of the most popular native trees in Australia through the 70s and 80s was the Wallangarra white gum (Eucalyptus scoparia). It is an attractive small tree to 12m (40') tall, with slender weeping branches and smooth, powdery...

Sick Lawn in SpringDon looked at a lawn riddled with weeds, moss and lichen. He guessed that the garden owners had forgotten to reset the sprinklers for winter, so the lawn was overwatered. Also, being on the southern side...

Sick RosemaryPlants like rosemary and lavender are Mediterranean natives. They are perfectly adapted to wet winters, hot dry summers and well-drained soils. It's been a very wet year in many parts of Australia, particularly along the east coast, and gardeners...