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| | | | | Jerry Coleby-Williams visits a bushland botanic garden, Josh Byrne checks out a rehabilitation site, Millie Ross shows how to pick and care for climbing plants, Tino Carnevale shares tool tips and we meet a passionate frog expert. | | | | | | | | |
 | | | | | | | | | | Tonight 7.30pm on ABC + iview | | | | | Millie shares some of her favourite garden climbing plants and shows us how to grow them.
| | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | Scientist and gardener Dr Kevin Redd has turned a steep block in Queensland into a productive garden with lots of interesting plants, with his favourites including aibika, babaco and turmeric. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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You can vote here or follow the links on the Gardening Australia website. The initial round of voting closes on March 31st 2019. You will be able to vote again from 24th June if we make the nominee list.
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What to plant this weekend | | | | Tropical Climate Zone - Beetroot
- Capsicum
- Radish
- Sweet Corn
Subtropical Climate Zone - Beans (Climbing and Bush)
- Celery
- Leeks
- Tomatoes
Arid Climate Zone - Chicory
- Endive
- Onion
- Oregano
Temperate Climate Zone - Coriander
- Onion
- Shallots
- Spinach
Cool Climate Zone - Carrots
- Chives
- Parsnip
- Radish
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Jobs for the weekend | | | | Cool Climate Zone - Now is the best time of year to put in some plants that are local to your area. Your local indigenous nursery will offer lots of options.
- Cooler weather means the chooks will be spending more time indoors, so now’s a good time give their coop a clean out. Remember mites will often congregate on perches – a wire brush is useful to get rid of them.
- Rake up falling leaves to use as mulch, compost or valuable leaf mould.
Subtropical Climate Zone - Now’s a good time to lift, divide and replant tuberous perennials; things such as ginger, arrowroot and daylilies. This will not only give them more room to grow, but it will give you more plants!
- If your passionfruit has mottled yellow leaves and spotted fruit, it may be infected by fungus. Spraying with a horticultural oil works and will also suppress mites.
- Now’s also a good time to get on top of any environmental weeds that have popped up over the warm season before they set seed.
Arid Climate Zone - Why not give sprouts a go? They’re nutritious and full of flavour, and all you need is some seed, a jar and fresh water.
- Your pawpaw may be setting fruit now that won’t ripen until spring, so make sure they’re protected from frosts. Hessian sacks or old bedsheets will work to create a microclimate if mounted on stakes around the plant.
- For a hardier, heat-resistant alternative to lettuce, sow endive now.
Temperate Climate Zone - If you’re in WA, inspect any tomato plants you still have hanging around for signs of tomato-potato psyllid, a small parasitic invasive insect. There’s more information on our website here.
- Get your winter brassicas started; cauliflowers, kale, broccoli… or why not try something new like spigarello?
- If you missed the spring cleaning, go for an autumn tidy up instead and get stuck into clearing out your garden shed-before any unwanted guests move in for winter.
Tropical Climate Zone - Sow coriander from seed now. They need to be constantly damp to grow well and stop them bolting to seed, but if they do flower, don’t despair-the flowers are great at attracting beneficial insects.
- Pull up and store any stakes you may have been using to grow your summer vegies – leaving them in the ground will cause them to rot and harbour pathogens.
- Now’s also a good time to think about where your garden was lacking shade over the summer, and research shade trees to fix it.
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