‘At this time of year, us cool climate gardeners start to get really excited about the growing list of crops that we can put in.’ Tino

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Welcome to the Gardening Australia Newsletter: 29/08/2014 Coming Up This Week Driveway Design - James Street Reserve - Cactus Merv - Making Art - Citrus Care - The Patch: Spring Vegies Read more ABC TV: Saturday 30 August 2014, 6:30pm and Sunday 31 August 2014, 1:00pm Watch a Story Citrus Care 30/08/2014 Preview a Story from the Upcoming Show Watch video Find a Fact Sheet Driveway Design Presenter: Sophie Thomson, 30/08/2014 Sophie plants out her driveway with local species to provide habitat and food for birds, lizards and butterflies 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 Why not pot up some produce this week?: Tropical Zone Chillies love to be grown in pots, and in the Top End now's the time to do it: Chillies Fact Sheet Subtropical Zone Fruit trees can be planted into pots now, giving them time to become established before the hot weather sets in: Potted Fruit Fact Sheet Temperate Zone Microgreens are fashionable right now, but they're really just grown-up sprouts and are grown in the same way: Growing Sprouts Fact Sheet Arid Zone What about a wheelbarrow full of strawberries? Here's how to plant up different containers: Potted Success Fact Sheet Cool Zone An attractive self-watering pot can take a lot of the hassle out of growing quick, thirsty crops like greens: Self-watering Pots 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 Entries close 4th September! GARDENER OF THE YEAR 2014 Entries close 4th September 2014! The search for Australia's top gardeners is on again. There are three categories to enter, so gardeners of all abilities and ages can take part. Our panel of expert judges will choose one winner and one finalist for each category from the entries received. For now, though, we need your nominations! If you think you or someone you know is worthy of a Golden Spade, we'd love to hear from you! Fill in an entry form and show us why you deserve the top title. For more information and an entry form, click here. For full terms and conditions, click here. Gardening Australia - gardening for you, gardening for the planet Join us on Facebook Follow @gardeningaus Follow gardeningaus © 2012 ABC | Privacy Policy | Homepage | Manage newsletter subscription