| | Next on: Tonight 7.30pm, Rpt Sunday 1.30pm on ABC + iview | | | | | |
| | | | | Millie shares a great tip for an easy way to plant onion seedlings; Josh plants out a mini meadow on his verge with some of WA’s famous wildflowers; guest presenter Hannah Moloney shares a cheap and simple trick for getting a garden started on a steep slope and Jerry meets an urban ecologist to tackle the question – ‘should we feed wild birds, and how can we do it safely?’ | | | | | | | | |
 | | | | | | | | Tonight 7.30pm on ABC + iview | | | | Jerry meets an urban ecologist to find out the facts about feeding wild birds | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | Fact Sheet | | | | Guest Presenter Hannah Moloney shares a cheap and simple trick for getting a garden started on a steep slope | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Make A Mother's Day Gift From The Garden | | | | Jane shows how to make the perfect Mother’s Day gift - a hand balm using rosemary and lemons from the garden | | | | |
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| | | |  | | Gardening Australia Weekly QuizWhat is 'Palynology' the study of? A) Variegated leaves
B) Pollen grains and spores
C) Root structures in plants See next week's newsletter for the answer!
Answer to last week's quiz:
Q): How many species of the earthworm are there in Australia?
A): c - Over 1000 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Tropical Climate Zone - Beetroot
- Carrots
- Dill
- Turmeric
Subtropical Climate Zone - Broccoli
- Celery
- Garlic
- Lettuce
Arid Climate Zone - Asparagus
- Cauliflower
- Mustard Greens
- Tomatoes
Temperate Climate Zone - Broad Beans
- Chives
- Kohlrabi
- Parsley
Cool Climate Zone - Globe artichoke
- Brussels Sprouts
- Florence Fennel
- Peas
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| | | | | COOL - Why not construct a simple cold frame, essentially a glass-topped box. Cold frames trap heat and humidity – perfect for successful seed-raising and propagation.
- Need a pressie idea for Mother’s Day this Sunday? A woven basket, planted with a mix of delicious, healthy herbs like parsley, coriander, sorrel and viola are sure to impress.
- Got a shady spot that needs a lift? How about a hosta! These lush perennials are prized for their showy, architectural foliage, and do wonderfully well in pots or partly shaded beds.
TEMPERATE - Winter is planting time for bare root fruits and ornamentals, so get your soils prepped now by digging through lashings of aged composts and manures.
- There is nothing sweeter than the winter scent Boronia megastigma, so give one a go at home. These fast-growing natives do well in pots in protected, partly shaded spots.
- Take the bore out of your coleslaw and plant out a Red Savoy Cabbage. Forming nice tight heads to about 1kg, these ripper reds are great for smaller gardens, and dead easy to grow.
SUBTROPICAL - Crank your cocktails and sass your sandwiches with Salad Burnett (Sanguisorba minor), an easy to grow perennial herb with a refreshing, cucumbery taste.
- If the foliage tips of your staghorns appear chomped and munched, it’s likely the work of the Staghorn Beetle larvae. Check plants each morning and remove the large, white larvae.
- Whether you love productive plots, awesome ornamentals or cute cottages, it’s the perfect time to find some ideas and inspiration in open gardens. Why not take Mum this weekend?
TROPICAL - It’s turmeric time! As lower leaves start to yellow and stems dry, clumps of rhizomes can be lifted from the soil to be used fresh, replanted or dried and stored.
- Whether you use cardboard and woodchips, sand, gravel, pavers, timber or even turf, pop in a garden path or two, just perfect for keeping wayward feet out of your foliage and flowers!
- If your fuchsias are more gloom than glam, it’s time for a prune. Fuchsias flower on new wood, so cutting leggy limbs back by about two thirds should see a smashing summer show.
ARID - Tough, attractive, tolerant and colourful, perennial salvias are the perfect plant for arid zone gardens. Plant in groups in a border or pots for a full-on floral show that lasts for months.
- Silverbeet is the ultimate “cut and come again” edible, ready to harvest now. Remove outer leaves as required, leaving the younger leaves in the crown to develop for your next meal!
- For a dry, shady spot, whack in a butcher’s broom (Ruscus aculeatus), an attractive, evergreen shrub with unusual leaf-like cladophylls and flowers instead of traditional foliage.
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