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Potatoes recipes

...in the coriander leaves. Now your filling is made, but let it cool down for 20 minutes before making the pies. Shaping the pies: I find that using small tart tins 10cm wide and 2cm deep makes this easy (mine come as a tray with four tarts per tray). Spray the inside of each tart tin with light olive oil, then add a layer of mashed potato about 5-10mm thick. Then put a dollop of meat filling inside. Top with more mashed potato to seal into a pie sh... read more

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...’s Backyard looked at three of the more exotic varieties with Megg Miller, editor of Australian Poultry magazine. BREED: Welsummer TEMPERAMENT: placid, a good pet COST: $15 upwards LIFESPAN: 9 year lifespan, productive for 3 years RECOMMENDED FOR: backyarders History The Welsummer breed originated in Holland around the turn of the century, and was produced by crossing local red-brown land fowl with several pure breeds. Named after a small village... read more

Home Theatre Systems

...smart home living, see Sholto Macpherson’s special report in the September 2004 edition of the Burke’s Backyard Magazine. It is available from newsagents and supermarkets for $5.70. Contact information Domayne 84 O’Riordan Street Alexandria, NSW Phone: (02) 8339 7000 Len Wallis Audio P/L 64 Burns Bay Rd, Lane Cove 2066 Phone: (02) 9427 6755 Web: www.lenwallisaudio.com.au Switched On Living 108 Pittwater Rd, Gladesville 2111 Phone: (02) 9879 2100... read more

Burke’s Backyard Bake Off 2009

...o work on Monday. There were two sections – sweet and savoury. Our cookery editor, Tracy Rutherford was the judge, and she came up with two excellent winners, with creativity being the ‘X-factor’ that decided the winner each time. The overall winner was created by stylist Sandy de Beyer: home-made brandy snap baskets filled with sour cream, gingered figs and orange. Yum! And in the savoury section, Chris Burke’s very tasty Tomato Pastries took out... read more

Don’s Expert Answers: Something is rotting away at the bottom of my cherry tree trunk

...n the plant: Seasol & powerfeed, occasionally Upload photo if available: image.jpeg Other Comments: Could it be ants ? Answer: Leave the poor bloody ants alone Tracey! Ants are good guys who help aerate the soil etc. But You! You put evil black gunk around the poor tree’s roots. Remove the evil. Your tree has a fungal decay caused by the evil gunk and perhaps other soil issues – it has about a 50/50 chance of recovering. After removing the gu... read more

Microscope Art

...ly accurate as well as artistically exciting". In the future he sees these images being used on cards, wrapping paper, fabrics or as art works. The photographs Ralph’s subjects include crystals, pollen, plant stem sections, insects, plankton, vitamin C, sulphur, his own urine, baking soda, bat hair, kangaroo hair, radiolarian shells and fish scales. Pollen samples are particularly fascinating because they vary so much in shape depending on the pla... read more

Don’s Expert Answers: I have this plant that came up in my veggie patch and have no idea what it is. So I’m not sure if to leave it or rip it out.

...ago Have you fertilised? If so, with what and when: No Is the plant indoors or outdoors: Outdoors Is the plant in a pot or in the ground: Raised garden bed. What other treatments have you given the plant: None Upload photo if available: image.jpeg Other Comments: At this stage I’d like to know what the plant is so I can decide if it’s worth keeping or not. Answer: Hi John, Growing in a vegie garden, it could be an eggplant, but it... read more

Top Ten Gum Trees

...to all gum trees. Some of the species that have given all gum trees a bad image include the Tasmanian blue gum, Tasmania’s floral emblem, which grew into a towering forest giant, and the Sydney blue gum, which also grew very big. But gums have a lot to offer. Many grow quickly to give dappled shade and privacy, have pretty flowers and will attract birds, insects and even small mammals to your garden. Gum trees deserve a revival in our backyards s... read more

Mira Mira Fantasy Bed and Breakfast

Sheila and Nobby (Norman) Ward came to Australia from Britain about 20 years ago. Nobby is a builder, who grew tired of constructing buildings to other people’s specifications. He wanted to construct buildings based on his own designs. He conceived an elaborate plan to design and build seven different structures on a family-owned property. Two structures are now complete, with the third approaching completion. Nobby and Sheila are building these... read more

Backyard In Desperate Need of Makeover

...tments have you given the plant: Not applicable Upload photo if available: image.jpg Other Comments: Hello, I am reaching to try & obtain some help for a friend who is genuinely doing it tough. Peter is one of the most generous and giving person I have had the privilege of knowing. He regularly helps other individuals also doing it tough, despite battling and enduring what many sadly wouldn’t survive. He consistently puts others before himself. Pe... read more

Chinese Art Show

...eum, and are by major artists of the Ming and Qing dynasties (15th to early 20th centuries). Peter looked at a 16th century horizontal scroll which captures the subtle changes of the seasons in the budding, blooming and falling of blossoms. There are over a hundred paintings in the exhibition depicting plants that Chinese gardeners brought into cultivation and developed over hundreds, and in some cases thousands of years. Many of these plants, suc... read more