Backyard Airport
For the last 45 years, Nelson Wilson has been running a tree nursery at Yering, near Yarra Glen in Victoria. Neighbouring his property is an airport, and that's no coincidence. He is passionate about planes. In his spare time 70-year-old Nelson ... [... 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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Wild Iris Garden
This week Dean visited the garden of Fred and Kathy Fraser, and they are absolutely nuts about Iris. The backyard is more of a production nursery than a garden with hundreds of iris varieties in all shapes, sizes and colours to choose from. The ... [... more]
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Yates Story
Ever thought of growing a little bit of Korea in your backyard? Not many people realize that Korea is home to some of the world's best Camellia varieties and most of them are commonly available through garden centres in species of varieties that ... [... more]
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Pohlmans Nursery:
In Queensland, backyards are getting smaller and for some, that means less garden space to look after, but for others it presents some interesting new challenges. Sally from Mt Gravatt in Brisbane has always lived on a big property, but recently ... [... more]
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Raving Paving Lunatics Cake - NIGEL, BACKYARD BLITZ
Top with strawberries, then place the remaining cake half on top. Slice cake in half horizontally. Spread one cake half with cream. Spread warm jam over the top of the top layer of cake. 1 large bought sponge cake 11/2 cups cream, whipped 2 ... [... more]
Australian Womens Weekly |
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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Chainsaw Mill
In the days of the pioneers the wealth of hundreds of towns and families was built from wood. Those days are now gone but there is a new Australian-developed timber mill that is small and portable. It can be set up in the backyard so that ... [... 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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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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Budd's Beach: Ansett Australia's Come and See My Garden
Burke's Backyard recently visited a fantastic Queensland home that makes great use of a small garden area to create a relaxing retreat. Situated on the Nerang River at Budd's Beach the landscape designer worked closely with the architect to ... [... more]
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Print fact sheet - Finches
There is a large range of finches available in specialist bird shops around Australia including many native but also foreign birds in a range of colours. Native finches commonly kept in backyard aviaries include the Emblema Finch, also known as a ... [... more]
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