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Don has received lots of interesting letters and emails from viewers. Some people write seeking information, others simply want to let us know what's going on at their place. A year's free subscription to Burke's Backyard Magazine goes...

Don showed a very good use for the small-leaved variety of creeping fig (Ficus pumila ‘Minima’). Creeping fig makes an excellent, quick...

War of the Nature Strips Mark Horton wrote to Burke's Backyard to tell Don about his two neighbours, Simon Wright, who is an Australian, and Pete Kavanagh, a New Zealander. Simon and Pete are engaged in a bit...

Every year thousands of viewers write to Burke's Backyard and tell us that weeds are ruining their lives! Don has been through all the letters and compiled a list of the problem weeds, starting with with worst, public enemy...

Don used the latest swimming pool technology to create a wonderful piece of fantasy at the back of a house. The idea was to have water cascading down the natural erosion channels...

Watering Tips Soil which has been exposed to the hot, dry conditions that have been experienced recently in much of Australia can become resistant to water. Even after heavy falls of rain or deep watering, soil that is water...

Weather PatternsThere have been strange weather patterns all around Australia over the past year. With the end of the El Niño and the beginning of the La Niña period there have been some curious changes in the weather. In Adelaide...

Don looked at a row of standard Hill's weeping figs (Ficus microcarpa var. hillii) growing by the side of a driveway. These large, evergreen trees come from the rainforests of coastal Queensland. They have large, short main trunks or several...

Weird CarrotsDon reached into the Burke's Backyard mailbag and pulled out two interesting letters from viewers with problems growing vegetables. Both gardeners enclosed photographs of twisted, bizarre-looking carrots. Carrots need a light, well-drained soil, and poor soil preparation can...

Weird Plants In keeping with the ‘weird’ theme of this week’s program, Don looked at some very curious and unusual plants. String of pearls (Senecio rowleyanus)This is a type of succulent that actually looks like beads on a string. It...