Pencil Pines
A wonderful plant for an architectural or a structural effect in the garden is the humble pencil pine, or Italian Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens var. Sricta). It is an evergreen tree to around 20 metres (60') tall, with an upright, columnar form ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Building a Chook Shed
Scott Cam excelled himself with this magnificent chook shed! It’s the centrepiece of our makeover and appears as if it has been there for a hundred years. Materials: recycled hardwood posts (90x90mm); recycled cypress pine flooring for wall ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Arthur Slade
Arthur Slade was raised in the Cypress Hills of southwest Saskatchewan and began writing at an early age. He received an English honor's degree from the University of Saskatchewan, spent several years in advertising and is now a full-time fiction ... [... more]
Random House |
Tim Gautreaux
In his critically acclaimed new novel, Tim Gautreaux fashions a classic and unforgettable tale of two brothers struggling in a hostile world. In a lumber camp in the Louisiana cypress forest, a world of mud and stifling heat where men labor under ... [... more]
Random House |
Garden Guru Hint
Trevor takes a quick look at an incredible tree. It is a conifer but a very special type, a deciduous conifer, only one of a few in the world. It is called the Swamp Cypress (Taxodium distichum) and it has the most amazing autumn foliage colours ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
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