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Welcome to the Gardening Australia Newsletter: 21/07/2011

Coming Up This Week

Coming Up This Week

The Vegie Patch - A Kings Cross Treasure - Unusual Edible Plants - Tidying Up Citrus - Building a Bat Box - A Garden Retreat
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ABC 1: Saturday 23 July 2011, 6:30pm

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A Garden Retreat

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23/07/2011
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Unusual Edible Plants

Unusual Edible Plants
Presenter: Jerry Coleby-Williams, 23/07/2011
Jerry Coleby-Williams shows some of the unusual edible crops he is growing in his garden
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AUGUST ISSUE AVAILABLE NOW

IT'S EASY BEING GREEN As part of the Green issue, Josh Byrne goes beyond recycling in his efforts to save the environment.

BUSH SPIRIT Visit a Melbourne home with a garden designed to feel like the Australian bush. The garden is by the late Gordon Ford, a pioneering landscape architect who wrote The Natural Australian Garden with his wife Gwen.

GOOD BUG, BAD BUG Resident expert, Denis Crawford provides a cut-and-keep guide with handy photos so that you can tell the difference between common pests and beneficial insects. Then it's up to you to nip the nasties in the bud before they take over your patch.

DAISY SPECIAL To celebrate her love of the daisy, Sophie Thomson shares facts, figures and some of her favourite types.

TURNIP TRICKS Maggie Beer shares her growing advice for this nutritious vegetable that is often overlooked. You'll discover that a home-grown crop will deliver sweetness and tenderness that's difficult to find in the shops.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

  • Find out the new trends from this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show and learn about the Australian winners
  • Be inspired by a school teaching environment principles with the help of the community
  • Stephen Ryan explains the difference between a snowdrop and a snowflake
  • Millie Ross shows how to build a fire pit
  • Why the little penguin is under threat on our mainland



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