Turmeric (Curcuma longa syn. C. domestica) A good looker: turmeric is a good looking garden plant with broad, green tropical-style leaves throughout the summer growing season. Though it’s a tropical plant that thrives on heat and moisture, turmeric will grow...
Carrots are one of the best vegies you can get kids started with in the garden. They don’t take up much space, either, so even if you have only a small patch of sunny ground available, you can get a small crop of carrots growing. Seed or seedling? Carrots...
Best climate: unless you live in a cold climate zone such as mountain areas, cool inland tableland districts such as Young and Orange in NSW, or cool parts of Tasmania or Victoria, you won’t have much luck growing cherries. Everywhere else, just enjoy the...
Watermelon growing tips & recipes Growing tips: watermelons need space to grow, a sunny spot (at least six hours of sun a day) and plenty of moisture, a rich soil and a warm, frost-free climate, the warmer the better. Go easy on the nitrogen-rich fertilisers (like...
Lettuce tastes best when grown rapidly in well-fertilised soil in lots of sunshine, and with a steady supply of water. Prepare the soil well beforehand: add plenty of chicken poo (eg, Dynamic Lifter) and compost and dig it in well. To plant seedlings: just remove each...
In the January 2009 issue of Burke’s Backyard magazine, which goes on sale on Monday, December 29, our Kitchen Garden section has a special feature on snacking gardens – food plants which you can snack on while you’re out in the garden. These include: •...
Seafood & Green Papaya Salad with Hot & Sour Dressing 250g cooked prawns peeled and deveined 250g squid cleaned and sliced 1 cup shredded green pawpaw 6 golden shallots, finely sliced 1 tablespoon finely chopped lemon grass 1 tablespoon finely shredded kaffir...
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 parts of Australia, some shade during the middle of the day, or the afternoon, would be preferable....
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 can be kept smaller with pruning), it puts on...
Antonio’s tomato toast crusty bread, sliced thickly (sourdough is ideal) several large garlic cloves, cut in half several ripe tomatoes, cut in half olive oil, for drizzling salt, for sprinkling 1. Put the bread under a griller or on top of a barbecue, and lightly...