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Bush Weeds If you live near the bush, it's a good idea to keep an eye out for any weed seedlings and remove them immediately. Weeds are always a worry in bushland areas, particularly in places where there...
Bushfire Gardens   The bushfires that swept through areas of New South Wales recently caused an incredible amount of damage. Sadly, some people lost their homes, while many others lost everything around their homes, including their gardens....
Buying Time Years ago, nurseries were fairly boring places. The plants were rarely sold in flower, and not much effort went into presenting them. However, times have changed dramatically. These days nothing cheers gardeners up more than a trip...
Don looked at a camellia suffering from a problem called 'balling'. It should have been a mass of flowers but instead, few flowers had opened. Most of the buds had browned and fallen unopened to the ground, and were scattered...
Camellia Rescue Burke's Backyard visited a garden where three years previously 87 healthy camellias had been moved and are now sick and dying because the plants never established a new root...
Chainsaws                 As a builder, Scott Cam uses power tools such as chainsaws every day, and he thinks they are fantastic. Although he jokes about 'toys for the boys', he actually doesn't regard power tools as toys. Scott thinks...
Wherever you live in Australia, it pays to shop around and make sure you buy your plants at prices to suit your budget. There are a growing number of nurseries that sell plants at...
The cheapest and best way to buy plants is to purchase them in small pots known as ‘tubes’. Tubes are long and thin, with ridges running down the sides to encourage the roots of the plant...
If you buy your premium potting mix in 30 litre bags, you’ll pay around $14 per bag. That’s more than $460 for one cubic metre of potting mix (roughly 33 bags). If you...
Scott Cam, the builder from the Backyard Blitz team, has some valuable advice on buying the best circular saw for home use. He recommends lightweight machines with a small blade diameter - that is blade diameters of...

 


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