Gardening Tips, Books, Techniques and Tools
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Cheap Nurseries around Australia
Wherever you live in Australia, it pays to shop around and make sure you buy your plants at prices to... read more -
How to Grow a Hedge
One of the most fashionable things to plant at the moment in Australia is a hedge. In fact, hedges have... read more -
Planting tip
This has been a very gentle winter and we’re facing what could be a very dry spring and summer in... read more -
Stonewalling
In 1999, Hugh and Karen Anderson invited landscape stone artist Neal Plummer and his partner, Natalie Hocking, to create a... read more -
Tillandsia Pole
Don showed how to create some high-rise garden style using tillandsias, glue and an old terracotta pipe. How it was... read more -
Viewers’ Letters – recycling, passionfruit, rose, duck poo
Reusing garden leftovers Paul Pascoe emailed Don to suggest that Burke’s Backyard run a weekly item on how to use... read more -
Drought Proof Garden
Water-wise gardens are becoming more and more important as the drought bites hard and water restrictions are in place in... read more -
How to Mulch
It is very important to mulch your garden. Mulch helps to stabilise soil temperatures in the root zone, it suppress... read more -
Planting a Shade Tree
Planting a Shade Tree Dianne Fiddyment, from Narraweena in New South Wales, emailed Don to ask for advice. A... read more -
Privacy Plants
There’s nothing worse than nosey neighbours! Nigel Ruck showed some of the best privacy plants to help protect your backyard... read more -
Question Time – agave, cactus, xanadu
Dying tips on agave Don was asked about dying tips on an agave (Agave sp.) growing in the garden. He... read more