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Pug

...inkled squashed face and give the dog an animated expression. The tail is curled as tightly as possible over the hip, with a double curl being considered perfection. The coat is dense, soft, short and glossy. Pugs come in silver, black, and apricot/fawn with black mask and markings. Temperament Pugs are exuberant, alert and show great affection for their owners and everyone else. They are good with children and have a great attitude towards almost... read more

Don’s Tips: Lawn Beetles

...damage that they do. My lawn is full of lawn beetle larvae (called white curl grubs), yet the lawn itself is very healthy. A lawn that is watered occasionally and fertilized once a year normally is not greatly damaged by lawn beetles. My local magpies usually dig most of them up anyway. Lawn beetle sprays are not very successful and they are bad for the environment, so learn to live with lawn beetles. Maybe you could rent a power aerator and aera... read more

Basenji

...ehead and cheeks. They have a classic ‘ring’ tail with a single or double curl which sits over the back, and a short, sleek coat with pliant skin. Coat colours include red and white, black and white, tricolour and brindle. The white should be on the feet, chest and tip of the tail. They can also have white legs, a white blaze and a white collar. Size Ideal height: Dogs 43 cm (17″) at withers. Bitches 40cm (16″) at withers Ideal weight: Dogs 11 kg... read more

Spoodle

...gs and most breeders leave the tail undocked. The coats usually have some curl, and the ears are soft and often long. As to be expected, there is considerable variation between spoodles as the aim is to breed for good temperament rather than a particular look or type. The best spoodle puppies get the intelligence of the poodle and the devoted, outgoing nature of the cocker – although it’s not guaranteed! Pet owners report their spoodles are friend... read more

Flowering Plum Blossom

...ing into flower. Repeat spray in autumn after the leaves fall. Peach leaf curl: This disfiguring disease affects the leaves of peaches and nectarines. The leaves become puckered and thickened as the fungus develops. The leaves eventually drop. It can be controlled by spraying before the leaves develop in late winter with copper oxychloride. The ideal stage at which to spray is as the leaf buds begin to swell and become plump. Pear and cherry slug:... read more

Question and Answer – staghorn, avocado

...terial. As new fronds grow each year the old ones at the back of the fern curl over to form a convenient basket shape. When the plant is well established, fertile, antler-like fronds 1-2m long are produced. The staghorn does not produce plantlets, but grows larger each season. Don’s tips: Fill the basket with sphagnum moss, compost, tea leaves, banana skins, or whatever organic material happens to be lying around. Water the fern well. Don uses a m... read more

Don’s Expert Answers: bad case of ‘curly leaf”

...pper mix, even tried Lugol’s iodine, no luck! Upload photo if available: curly leaf.jpeg Other Comments: Since the trees are young still, does it matter if i sprayed them when they are flowering? if yes, why does it matter? If I spray when buds are showing, why is so important to do it then, rather than later when flowering? Is the fruit going to be contaminated with the spray regardless? Will those trees always have this fungus for the rest of... read more

Crusty Trout

...er. With a sharp knife, nick the skin side of the fish so that it doesn’t curl up when cooking. Put a little olive oil into a hot ovenproof frying pan and just seal the surface of the non-skin side of the steaks. Remove the fish from the pan and pat some of the herb topping onto the sealed side of each fish steak. Place the pan into an oven pre-heated to 200°C, for five to six minutes only. (You could also use a lightly oiled ovenproof dish to bak... read more

Safe Garden Pesticides

...s, cockroaches, fleas, flies and mosquitoes thenCoopex is very safe and odourless. Slugs and Snails Slugs and snails are pests we all have from time to time and they particularly like to devour young seedlings. If you keep dogs you have to be especially careful. Baysol, a blue pellet which now contains a bittertasting dog repellant, should be lightly scattered around the garden as per instructions. Never put it in mounds where animals can eat it.... read more

The Best Classroom

...eks Don offered them a range of tips for dealing with pests such as white curl grubs. The solution he suggested involved using nematodes (tiny worms) that will kill the larvae of the grubs. These nematodes can be obtained via www.ecogrow.com.au For the children to see some interesting insects Don also suggested that they put some of the grubs into an old aquarium filled with potting mix & watch them grow into rhinoceros beetles. Rhinoceros beetles... read more

Don’s Tips: How To Plant A Plant

...ball slides out. Throw the pot to one side and check the roots for white curl grubs etc. Turn the plant the right way up and put the root ball into the hole. Fiddle with it until the top of the root ball is level with the surrounding soil. Gently fill in the soil creating a saucer-shaped depression around the stem of the plant to collect and hold water. Water the plant in with heaps of water. Do NOT stomp the soil down, just let it find its own l... read more

Oven Roasted Tomato Salad

...size of the tomato. After about 30 minutes, or when the tomatoes start to curl up at the edges, take them out of the oven. When they are cool enough to handle, remove their skins. Quick salad lettuce leaves extra virgin olive oil, good quality balsamic vinegar, good quality fetta cheese grilled bread salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste oven roasted tomatoes Method Wash and dry the lettuce leaves, then dress them with the balsamic vinega... read more