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Mango growing tips and recipes Mango (Mangifera indica) Mangoes are medium-sized evergreen tree 8-12m tall, 5-7m wide with dark green leaves and fist-sized yellow-apricot fruit. They like a warm, sheltered position and well-drained soil and...

Best orange varieties for backyards   Valencia: the seedless ‘Valencia’ orange is the best orange variety for most areas of Australia. It has few or no seeds. It is a fast-growing, hardy tree. The fruit...

2UE parsley tips and recipes Like most herbs, parsley likes to be grown in a mostly sunny spot, but parsley is versatile in that it can take some shade through the day. In fact, in very hot...

Passionfruit don’t ripen after picking, but those passionfruit which fall to the ground and look a bit wrinkled are usually perfectly OK to eat. You can store passionfruit in the fridge for a couple of weeks, and they should keep...

Pears notes Pears are wonderful eaten on their own. Either choose from traditional pear varieties such as Williams, Packham, Beurre Bosc or Corella, all of which you eat when ripe. Or just go out and try the wonderful, crisp,...

August issue Burke's Backyard magazine’s spud-growing guide In the August issue of Burke’s Backyard magazine, on sale Monday, July 28, you’ll find our special kitchen garden feature on growing potatoes on page 96. It includes two easy and delicious...

International Year Of The Potato 2008 is the International Year of the Potato. To find out more, visit the website (see the link below). It includes recipes from around the world, and lots of different pages to...

Quinces The quince (Cydonia oblonga) is an excellent backyard fruit tree for cooler parts of Australia. No wonder it is becoming trendy again, because it has several things going for it: it’s small (around 4-5m, but they...

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Rosemary growing tips Rosemary is an easy to grow herb. For average backyards, just one plant will provide you with more rosemary than you’ll ever be able to use in cooking. While it can grow up to a height...