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Welcome to the Gardening Australia Newsletter: 3/04/2015

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Building Compost Bays - Pruning for Fruit - Healing With Horticulture - The Native Truth - Making Hot Compost - Back From the Brink - Seed Bombs - Filling the Senses


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04/04/2015
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Building Compost Bays

Building Compost Bays
Presenter: Costa Georgiadis, 04/04/2015
Costa helps the Gordon family build compost bays out of recycled materials, and shows how to successfully produce hot compost
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Cool Zone
As deciduous trees begin to 'turn', it's a great time to look for new trees at your local nursery. This way, you can see exactly what colours each species will produce. Here's how it happens: The Colour of Autumn Fact Sheet

Temperate Zone
Autumn crocus (Sternbergia lutea), Blood Lilies (Haemanthus coccineus) and spicy saffron (Crocus sativus) are blooming now, but there's still time to plant bulbs for spring colour: Bright Bulbs Article

Tropical Zone
In the Top End, the Darwin Woolybutt (Eucalyptus miniata) buds are swelling, about to burst into their blazing colour. Their fabulous flowers indicate the start of the dry season: Dry Season Native Plants Fact Sheet

Arid Zone
Celebrate the chillies, tomatoes and pot marigolds that continue to create hot, delicious colour in the vegie garden: Organic Gardener Blog

Subtropical Zone
Many native trees are producing their seed, why not have a go at growing your own?: Growing Trees From Seed Fact Sheet


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MAY / JUNE ISSUE AVAILABLE NOW

Celebrate all things Australian in the garden, from the humble shed, to bush tucker, home-grown fruit, flower and veg varieties, and good old-fashioned Aussie ingenuity..

TRUE BLUE PUMPKINS
Justin Russell reckons there are few vegies as true blue as the pumpkin and names his top five Aussie varieties, plus tips on how to grow and store them.

KNOW YOUR ONIONS
Crying out for advice on how to grow a successful onion crop? Peter Cundall's expert tips are sure to bring tears of joy!

WILD FOOD
Chef Clayton Donovan is using the wild and robust flavours of the Australian bush to help shape a unique cuisine we can call our own, writes Kylie McGregor. Plus his top bush foods with cooking and growing tips.

DIGGING FOR VICTORY
Stuart Read revisits our gardening past and the wartime campaign for people to 'dig for victory' by growing their own vegies, boosting a nationwide backyard food movement.

PATCHES OF PEACE
Gardening is proving a therapeutic tonic, both physically and mentally, for returned war veterans around Australia, writes Simon Webster.

COOL TIMES
Winter is on the way so it's time to relish in reduced pest and disease problems and prepare for cooler conditions.

TOP 10 AUSSIE ICONS
Australia is certainly no slouch in the ingenuity department. Jacqueline Forster picks her top 10 homegrown inventions in agriculture and sustainability.

SHEDS AHEAD
Renowned Australian photographer Simon Griffiths celebrates sheds of all shapes and sizes in his latest book, Shed.



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