Next on: Tonight 7.30pm, Rpt Sunday 1.30pm on ABC + iview | | | | | |
| | | | | Clarence visits a state park managed for its cultural value, Josh gets tips from a physio on avoiding injuries when gardening, Millie meets a man who crafts his own gardening tools and Sophie makes seed tape! | | | | | | | | |
 | | | | | | | | Tonight 7.30pm on ABC + iview | | | | Millie visits a green woodsmith who shuns power tools and makes his own sustainable gardening utensils by hand | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | Fact Sheet | | | | Sophie demonstrates how to make your own seed tape | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | | |  | | Gardening Australia Weekly Quiz
The Country Brazil is named after: A) A tree B) A nut C) A flower
Answer to last week's question:
Q. What is liana?
A. B - A woody long-stemmed vine that has its roots in the ground and climbs around other plants | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Tropical Climate Zone - Asparagus
- Capsicum
- Lettuce
- Oregano
Subtropical Climate Zone - Basil
- Cucumber
- Mustard Greens
- Tomatoes
Arid Climate Zone - Burdock
- Chives
- Potatoes
- Sweet Potato
Temperate Climate Zone - Beetroot
- Cabbage (Loose and Tight-headed)
- Garlic
- Parsnip
Cool Climate Zone - Cauliflower
- Endive
- Kohlrabi
- Radish
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| | | | | Cool - Give your azaleas a good feed with some aged cow manure mixed with blood and bone. They will tolerate a light haircut too, if flowering is finished.
- Sass up your old tree stumps and pretty your pots with some native Dendrobium orchids. These stunners love a sheltered, shady spot – hunt out some local to your neck of the woods.
- Looking for a tough, good-looking native climber – then you can’t go past Hardenbergia violaceae. Produces masses of perfect purple pea flowers over winter and spring.
Warm Temperate - Gardeners can stop the march of the dreaded Moth Vine in warm temperate gardens by removing, bagging and disposing of fruits. Wear gloves before handling this invasive climber.
- It’s time to sow the seeds of happiness and plant some sunflowers. Sow seeds direct in full sun, where you’d like to see the showy flowers emerge in about eight weeks.
- The Grey Spider Flower, Grevillea buxifolia, is a tough native shrub with silvery foliage and unusual, grey, woolly flowers. Flowering now, this one will bring the birds to your backyard.
Subtropical - Fruit flies are starting to get active. Remove fallen fruits, prune trees to a harvestable size, install organic baits and consider exclusion netting.
- It’s the perfect time to get rolling and plant a rockmelon. Easily grown from seed, rockmelons will grow happily as a creeper, or build a sturdy trellis and train them vertically.
- Who doesn’t love the delicious scent and good looks of a Gardenia? To keep them at their best, give them a feed of some slow release organic fertiliser this weekend
Tropics - Nothing says tropical garden like the spectacular foliage and form of the many cultivars of Cordyline. Cordylines can tolerate a range of light conditions and will provide year-round colour.
- Hippeastrums – these big, brassy bulbs may be old-fashioned, but they’re still hip and happening. Plant bulbs now and hippies will reward you with their flamboyant trumpet flowers come late spring
- Looking for a plant that’s tough, pretty and has edible flowers, foliage AND seedpods? Well look no further – it’s Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus cv.), and you can sow the seeds this weekend.
Arid Zones - Gardeners in arid zones, get your squash seeds in today. Easy to grow, super productive and good for you, these vegies can be eaten raw or cooked, and there are fantastic heritage varieties available.
- There’s more to aloes than just Aloe Vera. With striking flower colours and gorgeous architectural form, check out some of the winter-flowering Aloe cultivars for your place.
- It’s an ideal time to get Eggplants cracking now. There are some ripper compact varieties, perfect for smaller plots or pots.
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