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Welcome to the Gardening Australia Newsletter: 03/05/2013 Coming Up This Week It Comes Down to Love - Savouring Seed - The Art of Preservation - More than Food - A Passion for Produce Read more ABC 1: Saturday 4 May 2013, 6:30pm // Sunday 5 May 2013, 1:00pm Watch a Story It Comes Down to Love 04/05/2013 Preview a Story from the Upcoming Show Watch video Find a Fact Sheet The Art of Preservation Presenter: Jane Edmanson, 04/05/2013 Jane visits the headquarters of the Victorian CWA to pick up some pointers for making the most of the garden glut Read more Browse the Video Archive There are three ways you can access Gardening Australia video: Streaming: Watch short clips of various segments online. Download: Manually download the complete episodes to your computer. Vodcast: Subscribe and have the complete episodes automatically downloaded to your computer. Gardening Australia Forum Got a gardening question? Why not go to our forum where you can talk to other keen gardeners, share ideas, help others or just share your passion for plants. Join the conversation Organic Gardener Essential Guide BACKYARD CHICKENS In backyards across Australia, something small, clucking and feathered is making a resurgence: the humble chook. As families in urban and regional areas strive for greater self-sufficiency, the popularity of chickens is soaring. Backyard Chickens tells beginners and more experienced chicken owners all they need to know about their feathered friends, with topics including: Best breeds for your climate Grow your own chicken feed Build your own DIY chicken tractor (portable chookhouse) Breeding and raising chicks Pros and cons of roosters Turkeys, ducks and guinea fowl Health, housing and more Backyard Chickens, the seventh Organic Gardener Essential Guide, provides all the in-depth information, inspiring photography and stunning design that are hallmarks of the series. The 124-page, book-quality magazine follows on from the previous Essential Guides: Getting Started, Fruit, Vegies A-Z, Herbs and Spices, How to and Inspirational Gardens. WIN A COPY! To celebrate the launch of the new Organic Gardener Essential Guide, we're giving away 5 copies of the latest edition - Backyard Chickens! For your chance to win a copy of this definitive guide to keeping chooks, simply send an email telling us in 25 words or less why you'd like to win a copy of Backyard Chickens. Email your entry to: abcmagazines@your.abc.net.au Terms and Conditions Entry is only open to residents of Australia who enter the ABC Commercial promotion between 3/5/2013 00:01 AEST and 9/5/2013 23:59 AEST. Only one entry permitted per person. Entrants must submit their answer to "Why you'd like to win a copy of Backyard Chickens." The best 5 answers from all entries received during the promotional period will receive 1 copy of Organic Gardener Essential Guide: Backyard Chickens (5 in total to be won.) Finalists will be notified by email during May 2013. Total prize pool is valued at $54.75.... Prizes are not transferable or exchangeable and cannot be taken as cash. The Promoter is ABC Commercial For Mother's Day! Looking for the perfect gift for Mother's Day? Digital versions of the DVDs - Costa's On the Verge Community Garden and A Year in Pete's Patch: A Guide to Organic Vegie Gardening - are now both available to download from the iTunes store. For more information, go to the following links: Costa's On the Verge Community Garden A Year in Pete's Patch: A Guide to Organic Vegie Gardening Gardening Australia - gardening for you, gardening for the planet Join us on Facebook Follow @gardeningaus © 2012 ABC | Privacy Policy | Homepage | Manage newsletter subscription