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| Welcome to the Gardening Australia Newsletter: 18/07/2014 | Coming Up This Week | | Dividing Dahlias - Calling All Gardeners - Designing with Pots - Sumptuous Strawberries - 'My Garden is Everything' Read more ABC: Saturday 19 July 2014, 6:30pm and Sunday 20 July 2014, 1:00pm | > Watch a Story | | Designing with Pots 19/07/2014 Preview a Story from the Upcoming Show Watch video | > Find a Fact Sheet | | Sumptuous Strawberries Presenter: Sophie Thomson, 19/07/2014 For sumptuous summer strawberries now is the time to plant, and Sophie's got all the tips to make sure they thrive. 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. | Weekly Gardening Action Plan | | Tropical Zone As it's the middle of Wurrgeng - or cold weather season - counteract the low humidity by watering your garden deeply, then mulching with whatever is around and freely available: Building a No-Dig Garden Fact Sheet Subtropical Zone It's wise for many gardeners to check over their citrus at this time of year, looking to the next crop: Citrus Care Fact Sheet Temperate Zone Get in some plants that will give you winter colour next year: Keep Up the Colour Fact Sheet Arid Zone Consider a wildflower garden with plants like the spectacular Sturt's Desert Pea Swainsona formosa: A Dryland Garden Fact Sheet Cool Zone This is a good time to give hanging baskets some attention: Hanging Baskets Fact Sheet And if you want some ideas of what to plant in the vegie patch, don't forget to visit The Vegie Guide or Download the App | Gardening Australia Magazine | | AUGUST ISSUE AVAILABLE NOW PETS IN THE GARDEN If you own a cat or dog, you're probably familiar with your furry friend undoing all your good work in the garden. We show you how to design a garden that they're not as likely to destroy and highlight some features you can add to cater to their needs.
GET READY FOR SPRING Can't wait for spring to start planting? Even if you don't have a fancy greenhouse, there are plenty of simple ways to grow seeds under cover. We explain the ins and outs of this technique, including how to protect them and how to plant them on.
COUNTRY RETREAT Have a peek into the delightful Glenrock garden in the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. Owner and landscape designer, Carolyn Robinson, shows us around and shares how the garden expanded and what lessons she learnt along the way.
GROWING APRICOTS Now is a perfect time to plant an apricot tree in your backyard. As long as you choose the right variety and plant it in the right place, you should be rewarded with luscious fruit that has to be tasted to be believed.
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS We break down the basic design elements of an award-winning sustainable garden and explain how to apply the principles at your place. The elements highlighted include layout, water efficiency, materials and plant diversity.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
- We profile hellebores, the heroes of the winter garden
- Tino shows us the revamped Pete's Patch
- Tips for creating a sustainable garden
- Costa is in Alice Springs for an environmental festival
- Delicious winter sweet potato dishes
- Explore the south-west of Western Australia
- Home-grown grains for your chooks
- Your gardening questions answered
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