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Autumn Garden Tips Many parts of eastern Australia received heavy rainfalls recently bringing relief to some drought situations. There are some gardening tips for autumn that will help your garden look...

Autumn Leaves: The French Alternative It is said that if you catch a falling autumn leaf before it hits the ground you will have one month of good luck. So if you catch 12 of them you'll have...

Azalea DamageHave you noticed that your azaleas are looking a bit the worse for wear at the moment? If they have mottled grey/bronze leaves with sticky blobs of excrement on the leaf undersides, they've probably been damaged by either Azalea...

About 10 months ago Don reworked an azalea hedge that had grown so tall it was blocking the light and obscuring the view from the house. The pruning...

Azalea Hedge RenovationDon reworked an azalea hedge that had grown so tall it was blocking the light and obscuring the view from the house. It is very difficult to keep a hedge at exactly the...

Azalea Sports Burke's Backyard receives letters about confusing flowering plants that have two different coloured flowers on the one bush. For example an azalea may have magenta purple flowers with one branch of whitish flowers with a magenta purple...

Azaleas In spring, many gardens are filled with azaleas in colours such as pink, white, mauve or red. However, a wider range of colours can be found in some cool climate gardens. Peter Valder explores...

Baby's tears is a ground cover plant with tiny leaves. It grows in moist areas and has a moss-like appearance. DetailsCommon name: Baby's tears, angel's tears, helxine.Botanic name: Soleirolia soleirolii....

Rosemary Healion wrote a letter to Burke's Backyard begging Don to come and save her garden. Just over twelve months ago she and her husband, Craig, hired a local...

Just because you’ve only got a balcony, doesn’t mean you can’t grow your own food.  Don showed how to grow your own balcony tomatoes & herbs. Make sure you have...