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|  | | | | | Love Ya Lemons | | | | Tonight 7.30pm on ABC + iview | | | | | Costa visits a prolific citrus orchard north of Sydney to get tips from a third-generation citrus grower.
| | | | |  | | | | | A Fine Bro-Mance | | | | Fact Sheet | | | | | Jerry pops into Queensland’s biggest Bromeliad show to learn what it takes to grow a prize-winning plant.
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Answer to last week's question:
What is the common name of Eucalyptus caesia?
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What to plant this weekend | | | | Tropical Climate Zone - Beans (Climbing and bush)
- Dill
- Lettuce
- Shallots
Subtropical Climate Zone - Chicory
- Kale
- Onion
- Silverbeet
Arid Climate Zone - Carrots
- Celery
- Leeks
- Sweet Potato
Temperate Climate Zone - Broad Beans
- Lettuce
- Onion
- Radish
Cool Climate Zone - Asparagus
- Cabbage
- Endive
- Radish
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Jobs for the weekend | | | | Cool Temperate - Get those delicious, delicate bulbs of shallots into the ground this weekend. Full of flavour and fast growing, give them space when planting to form big bulbs.
- Grab some cardboard, compost, manures and mulch and cover any bare or unproductive patches in your vegie garden. This’ll prep your area for planting in a month or two.
- Suburban food swaps are a great way to reduce your food miles down to food footprints, and exchange your excess produce for someone else’s homegrown harvest – get involved in one today.
Warm Temperate - It’s a good weekend to start raising some tomato seeds indoors. Find a nice, warm windowsill, and you’ll have a headstart when the weather warms up.
- It’s a “grape” time to get into the garden and give grapevines a good prune.Remove anything that’s diseased, dead or poorly placed, and prune back to a viable leaf bud.
- Give your mower a good makeover – clean it thoroughly to remove clippings, sharpen the blades, clean out the air filter. Remember to disconnect the spark plug first to be super safe.
Subtropical - It’s a wonderful weekend to give the gardens a good rake, and remove and dispose any fallen foliage like frangipanis that may be harbouring funky fungal rust.
- It’s a fabulous time of year to explore local plant expos, open days and collectors’ fairs, and get inspired by some truly amazing plants and passionate people.
- For something truly stunning, hunt down a Strawberry Snowball, Dombeya cacuminum. A large shrub to small tree, the prolific clusters of deep pink to red flowers over winter make this a beauty.
Tropics - Bring some outrageous colour to your garden with annual Celosia, showy flowers in shades of pinks, reds, oranges, yellows and everything in between – the kids will love them!
- Bang in a frame and plant some French beans. Sow seeds direct in a warm, sheltered part of the patch and ensure they are not over-watered, and you’ll be seeing beans in as little as 10 weeks.
- Now that the weather is cooling, it’s time to give coriander a crack. Planting now from seed or seedling means it is less likely to bolt, so you’ll be chomping coriander for months to come!
Arid Zones - If you’re picking up prickles, it’s time to banish bindiis and burrs. The most effective way is to hand remove them when young or treat them with boiling water.
- Sow seeds of endive and radicchio direct, leaving plenty of space between them. When they begin to mature, plants can be blanched by excluding light for a couple of days to improve flavour
- Once your winter flowering wattles have finished putting on a show, remember to give them a light prune to encourage further flowering and promote a more compact growth habit.
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