August issue Burke's Backyard magazine's spud-growing guide
In the August issue of Burke's Backyard magazine, on sale Monday, July 28, you'll find our special kitchen garden feature on growing potatoes on page 96. It includes two easy and delicious potato recipes by Tracy Rutherford, plus tips on choosing ... [... more]
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Spicy Pasta - DR. CHRIS BROWN, BURKE'S BACKYARD
Place chilli, garlic and olive oil in a frying pan, gently heat Add coppa/pancetta to the frying pan and cook until crisp. Add capsicum and cook until soft. Throw in the silverbeet and cover. Cook until silverbeet wilts. Drain pasta and toss ... [... more]
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Collector's Garden
Victor and Cristina Aprozeanu wrote to Burke's Backyard inviting Don to visit them and see their unique garden. Victor is very enthusiastic about his extensive and fascinating collection, and is proud of his horticultural achievements over the ... [... more]
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Variegated Eucalypts
Recently on Burke's Backyard we featured 'Summer Beauty' and 'Summer Red', wonderful hybrid gum trees developed specially for the home garden. They produce masses of flowers, and you always know exactly what colour the flowers will be. The good ... [... more]
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Alpine Bulbs - Come and See My Garden
Burke's Backyard visited the garden belonging to Otto Fauser in the Dandenongs, Victoria where he has created a Bavarian inspired alpine garden. There are crocuses and irises covering the hillsides of the garden including a number of miniature ... [... more]
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Hobbiton, NZ
Don and the Burke's Backyard team travelled to Matamata, a rural town in the Waikato region of the North Island. Matamata is well known for its racehorses and dairy farms, but also as one of the principal filming areas for the movie 'The Lord of ... [... more]
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Burke's Backyard Sticker Competition - Winners
Our viewers have voted from the finalists and the winners are: Jayke 10, Jordann 12 & Matthew 12 The winner of the Apple iBook laptop computer by voting is: Nindaroo, QLD Woodlands, WA by Hannah Colston 12 years old [... more]
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Burke's Environmental Blitz
Recently, we invited viewers to nominate a degraded environmental site to be part of a special Landcare environmental makeover. We have received hundreds of nominations from across the country. The nominations were narrowed down to 20 finalists, ... [... more]
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Print fact sheet - Burke's Backyard Overseas
Helen Dillon's Garden, 45 Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin.Telephone: (353) 1 4971308. Helen Dillon's book, The Flower Garden, published by Conran Octopus, available at good book shops for $24.95. For mail order enquiries contact Florilegium in ... [... more]
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Burke's Backyard Italian Tomatoes and Thai Chillies
Why not try growing some tomatoes and chillies over summer? The Burke's Backyard Italian Tomato was voted the best tasting tomato in Australia, and under independent testing has proved to be one of the strongest growers of all the tomato ... [... more]
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Burke's Backyard Tomatoes and Thai Chillies
Late spring is the time to be planting tomatoes and chillies so why not try some of Burke's Backyard's tomatoes or Thai chillies. The Burke's Backyard Italian Tomato is a large fruited, ribbed tomato which is used for eating fresh in salads or on ... [... more]
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Burke's Backyard in Thailand
The capital of modern day Thailand is Bangkok but it wasn't always the capital. From 1350 to 1767 the capital was on an island not all that far away from Bangkok called Ayutthaya. While in Bangkok Burke's Backyard travelled north for a day trip ... [... more]
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