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Jap pumpkin Maree Allen wrote to say that she has recently grown a Japanese (Jap) pumpkin weighing 17 kilos, and she wonders if this is an extra large specimen. Don asked anyone who has grown a...

Reusing garden leftovers Paul Pascoe emailed Don to suggest that Burke's Backyard run a weekly item on how to use up landscape gardening leftovers for projects around the home. As an example, Paul and...

Toadstools Sarah Munday, of Camberwell in Victoria, wrote to ask Don what to do about all the toadstools in her garden. Sarah thinks that the toadstools are poisonous and she is worried that her...

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...

Virginia CreeperThe common name of Virginia Creeper was originally applied to the North American climber Parthenocissus quinquefolia. It was later also given to the closely related P. tricuspidata, which is a native of China and Japan. The Asian species...

WA WildflowersDon and the Burke's Backyard team travelled to Kalbarri, about 500 km north of Perth. This area, which is part of Western Australia's Mid West, is...

Waltzing Petunias The winner of the Bedding Plants of Australia's Flower of the Year for 1998 is Waltzing Petunia. Petunias are the most popular flowering annuals in Australia and are suitable to plant now and...

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...

War of the Roses Gardens are often restful places where people can relax, take a break from the stresses of everyday life and be at one with nature. However, when Don visited the Melbourne home of Joanne and...