Grafting, pruning, planting, designing and growing.

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Next on: Tonight 7.30pm, Rpt Sunday 1.30pm on ABC + iview   Coming Up   As a part of our 30th Birthday celebrations, we are revisiting our presenters favourite stories from over the years.   WATCH MORE     Master grafter   Tonight 7.30pm on ABC + iview   Jane meets up with a master grafter at his home garden to get a few tips.   WATCH more       Pruning grapevines   Fact Sheet   Tino says "Winter's the time to prune many deciduous plants, including grapes and today we're going to be shown how to prune grapes by a master - my dad - Roberto Carnevale.     FIND OUT more     What to plant this weekend   Tropical Climate Zone Eggplant Leeks Mustard Greens Sweet Corn  Subtropical Climate Zone Beetroot Garlic Huauzontle Parsnip  Arid Climate Zone Broad Beans Endive Kale / Collards Rocket  Temperate Climate Zone Carrots Onion Peas / Snow Peas Parsley Cool Climate Zone Broccoli Cabbage Cauliflower Spinach   Jobs for the weekend   Cool It’s time to prepare for bare-rooting! Add some well-rotted manures and compost to your patch, dig over, and in a month or two, you’ll be prepped for planting bare-root fruit trees. Keep your compost cosy in the cooler weather and chuck in some Comfrey – a cracker for adding heat to your heap! Time to prune Rosemary to keep it in check. Don’t forget the clippings can be dried and used in your cooking. Temperate It's time to sow your sweet peas for a sensational spring show! Give seeds a soak overnight, sow direct, provide a trellis and you're away!  If you need to transplant an evergreen tree, it’s a ripper time to do it – the milder conditions mean that they are less likely to suffer stress and will re-establish readily. Snails and slugs are up and about – protect young seedlings and vulnerable plants with a beer trap – slugs & snails love ales! Subtropical It’s the perfect weekend to have a good look at your citrus foliage for the signs of leafminer. If you notice the tell-tall silver trails, treat with a spray of horticultural oil first thing in the morning. Sow and have a go at growing Huauzontle – the leaves are an Aztec delicacy and spinach substitute, and the buds can be deep fried for a crispy treat! Prune your pandorea – they will respond really well to a hard haircut and will bounce back beautifully.  Tropical Have a go at some unusual perennial greens like Okinawa Spinach, Brazilian Spinach and Sambung – easy to grow and good for you! Keep an eye out for Japanese Honeysuckle and give it the chop before it sets seed. It’s now a serious invader of native bushland, so do your bit and bin your pruning’s. Did you know Australia has a native Gardenia? This tall shrub to small tree has fragrant flowers in the spring and delicious fruits in the winter – give one a crack at your place. Arid It’s time to give your strawberries a sweet start and sow some seed. Keep them undercover in a seed tray and you’ll be ready to transplant in 4 weeks. If your zucchinis are showing signs of powdery mildew, mix up 1-part full cream milk with 9 parts water, and give the foliage a good spray. Ornamental, tough, fast growing, local and lemony – what’s not to love about Native Lemon Grass? Plant one out at your place where you can enjoy the fragrant foliage.   Catch up on ABC iview   Never miss a gardening moment!   Watch more     Subscribe     Follow Us     The ABC sent this message to garden336.tool@blogger.com these details are included to help provide assurance that this is a genuine email from ABC. Any personal details and data acquired by the ABC from your participation in any ABC Online Services will be used only in accordance with the ABC's Privacy Policy.     © 2019 Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC, ABN 52 429 278 345. 700 Harris St Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.   Unsubscribe from this eNewsletter | Discover other email newsletters | Privacy

Gardening inspiration galore for the Easter break!

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Next on: Tonight 7.30pm, Rpt Sunday 1.30pm on ABC + iview   Family Easter Special!   Costa explores an urban farm giving city kids a country experience, Tino gets stuck into some jobs in the garden over the Easter break and Sophie and her girls do some crafty flower pressing   WATCH MORE     Pressing Matters   Tonight 7.30pm on ABC + iview   Sophie and her girls deal with a pressing Easter job in the garden – flower pressing that is!   watch more       Hop to it - Easter Jobs   Fact Sheet   The Easter break is the perfect time to hop out into the garden and get some jobs out of the way, so Tino gives us some of his must-do gardening jobs for this time of year.     FIND OUT more     From the archives...   It’s our 30th birthday year and we're delving into the archives to look back at some early Gardening Australia episodes!   Take a look at this story A Garden to Enjoy, presented by Jane Edmanson back in June 1992 looking at a scheme that encourages people to continue gardening into their later years. Want more?   If you enjoyed watching that story, you can watch the whole episode by clicking on the button below.     WATCH MORE   What to plant this weekend   Tropical Climate Zone Beetroot Broad Beans Celery Radish  Subtropical Climate Zone Burdock Cauliflower Shallots Tomatoes  Arid Climate Zone Asparagus Capsicum Celery Sweet Potato Temperate Climate Zone Garlic Mustard Greens Salsify Turnips/Swedes Cool Climate Zone Artichoke (Jerusalem and globe) Brussels Sprouts Lettuce ​Mustard Greens   Jobs for the Easter weekend   Cool Get pruning deciduous fruit trees to promote flowers and fruit next spring. Remove old fruit, dead and damaged wood and prune to shape. Lob in some leeks. Delicious, nutritious and easy to grow, the deeper the seedlings are planted, the better the harvest in a few months’ time. Lift and split your Peony clumps to propagate more and spread the love! Cut stems to ground level and chop tuberous root clumps to leave at least 5 buds. Plant out or pot up and enjoy.  Temperate Gardeners in warm temperate areas can keep vampires at bay by planting garlic today! Best in raised beds or pots in a sheltered spot, why not hunt down some unusual varieties? Carrots aren’t just for bunnies – pop some in your patch! Sow seed direct into a fluffy, well-draining soil in a sunny position, feed occasionally and in around eight weeks you can start harvesting. Give your lawn some love and set it up for winter by aerating the surface to relieve compaction, followed up by a good feed of chook manure.  Subtropical Give summer-flowering shrubs like Murraya and Duranta a haircut this weekend to keep them in tip-top shape and stop them wasting their precious energy on seed production.  Ornamental and culinary gingers can now be lifted, divided and replanted. Thin-out overcrowded clumps, fill in any gaps or even pot some up as gifts. It’s time to chuck in chives – quick growing and can be harvested any time – just “cut and come again”.  Tropical After all the wet weather, it’s time to get out into your garden and have a good clean up – rake up and compost leaves and garden debris, re-apply mulch and pretty up your patch. If you can’t get enough chocolate, why not give Cacao a go at home? Pop them into the ground in a sheltered, protected, humid spot, give them a feed and you should be sweet! Old seeds in your shed? Use them to sow a green manure patch to give your vegie patch some vigour!  Arid Get creative and knock together a Bee Hotel to encourage some stunning native bees to your patch. Time to ease back the watering on plants like Mulberries and Grapes that are soon to head into dormancy. Looking for a lovely living mulch for your pots? Marjoram is a must-have that can be planted now. Best of all – it’ll bring in the bees and give you a feed!   Catch up on ABC iview   Never miss a gardening moment!   Watch more     Subscribe     Follow Us     The ABC sent this message to garden336.tool@blogger.com these details are included to help provide assurance that this is a genuine email from ABC. Any personal details and data acquired by the ABC from your participation in any ABC Online Services will be used only in accordance with the ABC's Privacy Policy.     © 2019 Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC, ABN 52 429 278 345. 700 Harris St Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.   Unsubscribe from this eNewsletter | Discover other email newsletters | Privacy

Heavenly hibiscus, propagating indoor plants, turning pools into ponds + more!

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Next on: Tonight 7.30pm, Rpt Sunday 1.30pm on ABC + iview   Coming up   Jerry Coleby-Williams meets a champion hibiscus grower, Costa Georgiadis starts his backyard pool to pond conversion, Jane Edmanson shows us how to propagate indoor plants and we explore the wonderful world of fungi.   WATCH MORE     Prop ‘Til You Drop   Tonight 7.30pm on ABC + iview   Jane shows us how to get bang for your buck by propagating your indoor plants!   Find out more       Heavenly Hibiscus   Fact Sheet   Jerry meets with Ida Dagan in Brisbane, a passionate collector, breeder and fan of the most tropical of flowers - the heavenly Hibiscus.     Watch more     What to plant this weekend   Tropical Climate Zone Capsicum Coriander Dill Water Chestnut Subtropical Climate Zone Broccoli Endive Onion Spinach Arid Climate Zone Beans (Climbing and Bush) Chilli Leeks Onion Temperate Climate Zone Cauliflower Kohlrabi Oregano Shallots Cool Climate Zone Asparagus Broad Beans Carrots Chicory   Jobs for the weekend   Cool It’s time to remove any straggling summer vegies. Anything disease-free can be chopped up and fed to your compost heap. Treat yourself and grab a Daphne in time to enjoy their superb winter flower and fragrance. It’s time to pull your parsnips once the first couple of frosts have hit – this will ensure the best flavour before the parsnip becomes too woody. Temperate Warm temperate gardeners can pretty up patches and bulk up backyard biodiversity by popping in some great flowering annuals, including alyssum, calendula, cornflower, pansies and violas. Put together a recycled climbing frame and bung in some Broad Beans. There are loads of varieties of these tough, versatile climbers that can be sown now. Have a crack at propagating some native plants from cuttings – actively growing stems from Correa, Grevillea and Goodenia species are good to experiment with now. Subtropical Give your compost a good turn by adding some water and aged manures and whack in any chopped-up Autumn leaves. Strike some succulent cuttings using small segments of stem stripped of their lower leaves.  Let them sit for a few days to form a callous on the cut, and then pop into some propagation mix. For a beautiful spring display, why not pop in some bulbs? Try Freesia, Cyrtanthus and Babiana in subtropical gardens Tropical Gardeners in the tropics should keep an eye on citrus foliage for the tell-tale silver squiggles of the Citrus Leafminer. Treat early in the day with White Oil if detected. Why not consider planting a feature or shade tree? Your local council or nursery will be able to recommend some gorgeous options with cyclone resistance. Rock some radishes, the “fast-food” of the vegie patch. Well-drained soil and a bit of sun will see radishes ready to munch in just four weeks.  Arid It’s time to bung in your Brassicas - why not try an Ethiopian Cabbage which does particularly well in this challenging climate If you have fruits ripening on your trees, pop up some “wildlife friendly” netting to keep your crop safe from hungry birds! Drop in a daikon – this easy to grow Japanese delicacy can be eaten raw or cooked, the leaves used in salads and the flowers are attractive to beneficial insects.   Catch up on ABC iview   Never miss a gardening moment!   Watch more     Subscribe     Follow Us     The ABC sent this message to garden336.tool@blogger.com these details are included to help provide assurance that this is a genuine email from ABC. Any personal details and data acquired by the ABC from your participation in any ABC Online Services will be used only in accordance with the ABC's Privacy Policy.     © 2019 Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC, ABN 52 429 278 345. 700 Harris St Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.   Unsubscribe from this eNewsletter | Discover other email newsletters | Privacy