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Lemon myrtle fish cakes This recipe is adapted from one which first appeared in the book, ‘Wild Lime’, by Juleigh Robins (published Allen & Unwin), which seems to be out of print at the moment, but your...

Storing fruit Leave it on the tree! Lemons, oranges, mandarins and cumquats all store quite well just left on the tree. Limes don’t store so well. In fact, if your oranges or mandarins are a bit...

Here are Geoff Jansz's suggestions for using up surplus citrus from your backyard trees to make cordials and syrups, marmalade, a cake or a delicious lemon curd. ...

Clean Toilet SeatBurke's Backyard scientist Graeme Quirk explained that when it comes to household hygiene, things are not always as straightforward as they seem. Tucson study...

If you love coffee, Dr Rosemary Stanton has some good news. Studies now show that there are many benefits from drinking coffee. Coffee can perk you up, make you more alert, improve your reaction...

Colds and FluDespite all the advances in modern medicine there is still no cure for the common cold. As the days get cooler many people will suffer from a cold or...

Most vegetables have maximum vitamins when they're raw, and they lose vitamins when they are cooked. However, in some instances cooking enhances the nutritional benefits of vegetables. Carrots, for example, contain an antioxidant...

Cooking a Turkey Geoff Jansz demonstrated how to stuff, roast and glaze the Christmas turkey. Stuffing This stuffing is suitable for any type of poultry, not just turkey. (Note: if you prefer to use packet...

Cooking for OneLots of people - young and old - eat on their own and many of them don't make a good job of it. Nutritionist, Rosemary Stanton, says that you can eat well when...

You might think that the fastest way to cook steak or sausages is to throw them onto the hottest part of the barbecue. That's bad physics, according to Burke's Backyard resident scientist, Graeme Quirk. When...