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Leeds Castle
...or English cottage garden was built around 1978-79 and designed by Russell Page. It has brick paving and neat box hedges enclosing beds filled with colourful perennials and fragrant annuals, such as roses, iris, lavender, pinks, poppies, lupins and granny’s bonnets. The Culpeper Garden houses collections of catmint (Nepeta sp.) and bergamot (Monarda sp.), reflecting the Culpeper family history and their ancestor, herbalist Nicholas Culpeper. Don s...
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Pulled pork chilli with crunchy slaw
...spoon honey 2 tablespoons toasted pepitas (see note, in box top right this page) 1. Preheat the oven to 150°C. Heat the olive oil in a flameproof casserole dish over high heat. Add the pork, and brown all over, then set aside on a plate. 2. Reduce the heat to medium and add the onion and capsicum. Cook for about 5 minutes or until soft. Stir in the crushed garlic, cumin, coriander and ground chilli and stir them in for about 30 seconds. Add the to...
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Don’s Tips: Backyard Farms – Vegie Gardens
...paving around each section to make planting and harvesting really easy. On page 190 of my book Organic** we look at potager gardens which are a very attractive way of growing vegies in gridded garden beds. You could also choose to grow a vertical vegie garden. These are grown against sunny walls and the kits are available at nurseries or hardware stores. And don’t forget that you can grow fruit trees flat against a wall by a process called ‘espali...
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Painted Cushions
...book or magazine, or click here for our hibiscus print template). Turn the page over and cover the back with lead pencil. Remove the cushion cover. (Tip: Rita popped an old chopping board inside the cushion cover to make the design transfer easier.) Place the pattern on top of the cushion cover and trace around the edges of the picture with a blunt pencil. Remove the paper. Using fabric paint, follow the outline left by the pencil on the cushion c...
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Daintree Discovery Centre
...m (except Christmas Day) Entry Fees: Adults, $20 Children 5-16, $7.50 Children 0-4, Free Concession, $16 Family, $45 Student, $16 Audio Guide Hire, $5 45 page Interpretive Guide Book, $9.95 (included with Adult and Concession entry fee)...
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Fireweed
...s: CSIRO Publishing PO Box 1139 Collingwood Vic 3066 Phone: (03) 9662 7666 Fax: (03) 9662 7555 Email: [email protected] Home page: http://www.publish.csiro.au...
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Don’s French Provincial Garden
...Navajo Bright Red’, angel daisy, seaside daisy and pineapple sage (and see page 46 for more details on the cottage plants used in this makeover). The bed on the right side of the garden was planted out with a row of Viburnum odoratissimum, a mandarin tree, and a selection of fragrant David Austin roses. A small garden bed about 400mm wide surrounds the circular part of the pathway, and this was planted with the silvery-grey hedging plant, bush ger...
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Chilli Glut Tips & Recipes
...ng new to try, in the February 2009 issue of Burke’s Backyard magazine, on page 101 you’ll find Tracy Rutherford’s easy recipe for a prawn and watermelon salad with a lime and chilli dressing. It’s a fantastic seafood barbecue side dish, perfect for summer. 2. Make chilli paste The classic Indonesian chilli paste is called ‘Sambal Ulek’, and you make it in a blender. Remove the stems from the chillies, then put them into a blender and whizz until...
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Cichlids and Aquariums
...2) 9743 5978 There is an excellent website on cichlids, The Sydney Cichlid Page, at: www.ozemail.au/~jurupari Illawarra Branch (Wollongong Cichlid Group) 22 Mary Street Macquarie Fields, 2564 Contact: Anita Reismann Phone: (02) 9618 1720 Website: members.ozemail.com.au/~parkersm/index.html QLD Queensland Cichlid Group Inc PO Box 510 Clayfield, 4011 Contact: Greg Ure Phone: (07) 3341 4239 Website: members.ozemail.com.au/~gregure/ VIC Victorian Cich...
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Pruned V’s Unpruned Grevilleas
...while still keeping your distance from the plant. Further reading For information about buying, planting and caring for native plants, refer to ‘Don’s Guide to Native Plants’, a 20-page segment in the April edition of the Burke’s Backyard Magazine. The magazine is available at newsagents and supermarkets for $4.95....
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Drills
...DeWalt or Panasonic. Remember: Buy the best quality power tools that you can afford. They can last a lifetime and save you money in the long run. Safety first: keep drills and other power tools out of the reach of children. Further reading There is a free 48-page bonus booklet attached to the back of the August edition of the Burke’s Backyard Magazine, featuring all the best designs from Backyard Blitz. It includes step-by-step instructions for e...
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Update Native Pruning
...ng. Free Pruning Guide! The April edition of the Burke’s Backyard Magazine (available now at newsagents for $4.20) includes a 32-page zipout pruning guide, free!...
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