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Australia's Best Shed Competition
Burke's Backyard — For the terms and conditions for our competition, click here For the full details of the Trojan Tools to be won in the Best Shed competition, click here For photos of some of the entries so far, click hereMore…
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Yates Product Recall
Burke's Backyard — Batch number details can be found in black ink on the back of the bottle. ONLY THIS BATCH IS AFFECTED. CONSUMER ACTION: As a responsible supplier of home garden consumer products the above listed product is being recalled from the market ...More…
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Carrot growing tips & recipes
Burke's Backyard — Carrots are one of the best vegies you can get kids started with in the garden. They don't take up much space, either, so even if you have only a small patch of sunny ground available, you can get a small crop of carrots growing. Carrots (Daucus ...More…
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Nasturtium - Plant of the week
Burke's Backyard — This wonderful plant is often taken for granted. As well as producing brightly coloured, cheerful flowers, it is the ideal plant for a child's first garden. The seeds are large and easily handled by little fingers, and the plants are easy to ...More…
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Wood Borers
Burke's Backyard — Don looked at a gum tree with marks all over the trunk, probably caused by the larvae of wood boring insects like longicorn or jewel beetles. They're often found feeding in the phloem region just under the bark, and in severe cases they can ...More…
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Weeds in the Bush
Burke's Backyard — If you live in a bushland area or have a bush garden, be on the lookout for exotic weed seedlings. Things like English ivy (Hedera helix), wild asparagus fern (Protoasparagus aethiopicus), broad-leaved privet (Ligustrum lucidum), small-leaved ...More…
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Recycled products
Burke's Backyard — Weeding is probably the worst part of gardening and you can waste vast amounts of time pulling weeds out of the garden. There are however a number of different methods that will address the problem. Spraying the weeds in the garden with Round Up ...More…
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Unusual Citrus
Burke's Backyard — Recently on 'Burke's Backyard' Don showed a photograph of a very strange rose growing out of the centre of another rose! Don invited any viewers with interesting or unusual things happening in their gardens to drop him a line, and several ...More…
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Taiwan Lily
Burke's Backyard — Don looked at the Taiwan or Formosa lily, a beautiful tall lily that has escaped from gardens to become a weed. It is now outcompeting many of our native Australian plants, and degrading the value of our urban bushland. The species name ...More…
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What is root rot?
Burke's Backyard — Root rot is a disease that can affect a range of plants in your garden and which can spread through the soil. It can kill plants in a very short space of time and can be difficult to control. Some plants are very susceptible to this disease. Don ...More…
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Mundulla Yellows
Burke's Backyard — In south-east South Australia a mysterious disease is posing a major threat to a wide range of native plants. The condition was discovered twenty years ago by beekeeper Geoff Cotton, who noticed conspicuous patches of yellow foliage in mature red ...More…