The first of our four special episodes. This week - Soil Health!

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Welcome to the Gardening Australia Newsletter: 31/10/2014

Coming Up This Week

Coming Up This Week

SPECIAL: SOIL HEALTH
The Flying Doctors - Adding Calcium - Two Paths - A Grand System - Rock Minerals - Chasing Orchids


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ABC TV: Saturday 1 November 2014, 6:30pm and Sunday 2 November 2014, 1:00pm

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Adding Calcium

Adding Calcium
01/11/2014
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The Flying Doctors

The Flying Doctors
Presenter: Sophie Thomson, 01/11/2014
Sophie discovers how soil fungus is being used to combat a disease in cherries, and how the delivery method being used is creating quite a buzz
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Weekly Gardening Action Plan

Weekly Gardening Action Plan

Jerry's chat with entomologist Gurion Ang attracted a lot of interest this week, so here's some more information about critters in your garden.

Tropical Zone
Tropical mosquito control is always an issue, but if you've already got them, how do you deal with them? One word - garlic: The Garlic Effect Fact Sheet

Subtropical Zone
The dead-end trap crop, Land Cress, is also known as Upland Cress or Rock Cress, so it's best to search for seeds via the Latin name, which is Barbarea vulgaris: Friends and Foes Fact Sheet

Temperate Zone
Root-knot nematodes are attacking tomato plants' roots at this time of year. Here are some options to help manage the problem: Natural Solutions Fact Sheet

Arid Zone
Portuguese Millipedes are such a problem in some areas that the South Australian Dept of Primary Industry has provided details for how to make your own traps: Primary Industries SA - Portuguese Millipedes Fact Sheet

Cool Zone
Obviously honeybees, as well as native bees, are vital to our gardens and ecosystems in general - here are some summer perennials that will attract them: Summer Colour 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

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New!

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Backyard Chickens 2

Backyard Chickens 2

The Chooks are Back in Town!

Following the success of last year's Organic Gardener Essential Guide Backyard Chickens, comes Backyard Chickens 2.

It's packed full of all things chook and whether you are new to keeping birds or an experienced chook-lover there's plenty of information here for you including:

  • How to choose the right bird for you
  • Basic care
  • Health tips
  • Diet and nutrition
  • Troubleshooting
  • Best breeds for your climate or yard
  • Breeding your own
  • Housing


ABC Backyard Chickens 2 is available Nov 3 from ABC Shops and Centres, newsagents and online at Organic Gardener



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