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  • Growing coriander

    Coriander Growing Tips

    Coriander grows better during the cooler months of the year. During summer, coriander plants change rapidly from leafy to seedy... read more

  • Ponytail Plant

    The decorative ponytail plant is native to dry, desert regions of Mexico and the southern United States. Plant details Common... read more

  • Beetroot – The French Alternative

    Jackie French loves sitting down to a feast of delicious, home-grown beetroot. She grows all different kinds – red, white,... read more

  • Upright Western Red Cedar Hedge

    Don looked at the upright, narrow-growing form of the western red cedar. Thuja plicata ‘Fastigiata’ is a small tree to... read more

  • Coffee

    Giuseppe and Rosa Bianca Carlo-Stella have a fabulous garden filled with vegetables, herbs and fruit. They even have a mini... read more

  • Giant Tomato Vine

    In November 2000, Eileen Grange bought a small tomato plant from a nursery and planted it in a pot. Recently,... read more

  • Gourds

    Mansoor Noor wrote to Burke’s Backyard to tell us about the very long gourds grown by his uncle, Mashuk Ali.... read more

  • Growing Avocados Indoors – The French Alternative

    According to Jackie French, you can have large, beautiful house plants without spending hundreds of dollars – you simply grow... read more

  • Harvesting Fruit

    Growing your own fruit is tremendously rewarding, but knowing exactly when to harvest is sometimes difficult. Here are Don’s tips... read more

  • Herbs of the World

    Australia is a multicultural society and this is reflected in our cooking styles. Don showed that it is both easy... read more

  • Magic Maple Moment

    Japanese maples are usually grown for their magnificent displays of autumn colour. However, in Australia they also look wonderful in... read more

  • New Flowering Cherries

    Don looked at a new flowering cherry, Prunus ‘Millennium Sunset’, which has been developed at the University of Western Sydney.... read more