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| | | | | Gardening Australia celebrates National Reconciliation Week with a special #WalkingTogether2020 episode that embraces the rich culture of Australia’s First Peoples and highlights our shared history and our shared future.
Costa Georgiadis meets fellow Gardening Australia presenter Clarence Slockee at a native plant rooftop farm, we meet Yindjibarndi artist Katie West to explore her plant-based art practice and Josh gives some tips on native plant alternatives for the home garden. | | | | | | | | |
 | | | | | | | | Tonight 7.30pm on ABC + iview | | | | Josh provides some easy native plant choice alternatives to environmental weeds that are hiding in everyday gardens. | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | Fact Sheet | | | | Sophie visits the Adelaide Botanic Gardens to see flora from the Ikara-Flinders Ranges and learn about the crucial work conserving some of South Australia’s rarest plants. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | |  | | Gardening Australia Weekly QuizA main way to spot the difference between the native Murnong (Microseris sp.) and the Flatweed (Hypochaeris sp.) is that the Murnong? A) Have flowers that smell different
B) Have leaves covered in stingers
C) Develop new flower buds on stems that arch over
See tonight's show or next week’s newsletter for the answer!
Answer to last week’s quiz question:
Q) Perlite (often used as a growing medium in hydroponic systems and seed raising mixes) comes from?
A) - a) Volcanic glass that is expanded under extreme heat | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Looking for a fun gardening project to do this weekend?
Why not try making a terrarium! These amazing mini-gardens are the perfect way to bring the outdoors inside and are a great project for gardeners of all ages! And if you’re inspired by all the native plants on tonight’s show, why not try a native plant terrarium! | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Tropical Climate Zone - Coriander
- Endive
- Parsley
- Tomatoes
Subtropical Climate Zone - Broad beans
- Kale/Collards
- Rocket
- Turnips/Swedes
Arid Climate Zone - Brussels sprouts
- Lettuce
- Peas/Snow peas
- Sweet potato
Temperate Climate Zone - Burdock
- Carrots
- Radish
- Silverbeet
Cool Climate Zone - Cabbage
- Mitzuna
- Silverbeet
- Spinach
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| | | | COOL - This weekend is Botanic Gardens Day, so why not pack a picnic, grab your family and friends and spend some time exploring your local botanic garden.
- If your camellias are all bud and no bloom, they may feel the need for a feed. A splash of liquid potash, or a generous dusting of fireplace ash will see them put on a show in no time.
- Winter grass is starting to takeover turf, so it’s time to act. As soon as you see the bright green leaves, dig the clumps out and feed to the chooks or make into a weed tea for the garden.
TEMPERATE - Winter rains are on the way, so get into your gutters and give them good clean out. Keep the leaf litter for your compost, or stockpile for lovely leaf mould.
- Now that dahlia foliage is failing, it’s time to cut any remaining leaves off at ground level. If soil is well drained, leave tubers in the ground, otherwise lift and store in sawdust.
- Take your patch from drab to fab and plant out some purple vegies. Purple broccoli and cauliflower, red Russian kale, purple carrots and peas and coloured cabbages are good to grow now.
SUBTROPICAL - Spice up your garden this weekend and plant out garlic. Day length neutral varieties are best in this climate, and are should be harvested before the December rains.
- If your foliage is looking funky, fuzzy and seriously splotchy, you’ve likely got powdery mildew. A mix of one-part milk to ten parts water sprayed on foliage weekly will fix this fungi.
- Add some ghoulish goodness to your garden and some intrigue to your indoors with a Bat Plant (Tacca chantrieri). A shade-lover, this tropical has lush foliage and bizarre bat-like flowers.
TROPICAL - It’s time to put in a dragon fruit. These spectacular, night-flowering cacti are climbers, and grow best on tall, strong supports – plus the fruit is refreshing and delicious
- The silk floss tree, Ceiba speciosa, is a large, fast-growing shade tree worth considering. Related to the boab, the spiny trunk and flamingo pink flowers make this one a showstopper.
- This is the start of Dinidjanggama - season of heavy dew - for the Gulumoerrgin people of the Darwin region, when sugarbag honey, Dadbinggwa, is collected from tree hollows.
ARID - Pumpkins are ready to harvest as their vines begin to die back, and the stalks dry. To store, leave 10cm of stalk attached, and store in a cool, dark, dry place.
- If you’re heading bush, remember that plant materials, including seeds, cannot be removed from bushland areas without a permit. It deprives wildlife of food, and can damage biodiversity.
- Textural, trendy, tough and terrific winter flowers, get to know the aloe. Perfect for arid gardens, there are hundreds of these stunning succulent cultivars perfect for pots and plots!
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