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KITCHEN GARDEN SEGMENT on REAL WORLD GARDENER radio showScientific Name: Rungia klossiiCommon name: Mushroom plantFamily: AcanthaceaeOrigin: New GuineaRungia klossii is an evergreen Perennial growing to 0.6 m x 0.6 m at a medium rate.
KITCHEN GARDENBeans and More BeansWhat is your favourite warm season vegetable or are there too many to choose from?Top of the list for many a gardener is the humble bean, because in warm weather, they’re so easy to germinate.In fact my be
KITCHEN GARDENIs Vietnamese mint really a mint?Scientific Name: Persicaria odorataCommon Name:Vietnamese mintFamily: PolygonaceaeTrue mints botanically speaking have wide spreading underground rhizomes with erect, square and branching ste
THE GOOD EARTHHow to Grow and Use Yacon: Peruvian Ground AppleScientific Name: Smallanthus sonchifoliusCommon Name: Yacon, Peruvian ground appleFamily: Asteraceae-same as daisies and sunflowers.Plant Height & Width: 1.5m x 0.5mIf you l
TALKING FLOWERSSeasonality of FlowersVegetables have their season when they’re available fresh and not just out of the cold room where they’ve been for 6 months or more.What about flowers?Many people forget that flowers have their seasons
SPICE IT UPFurikake: Japanese seasoningIsn't it time you enlivened your tastes buds with something you've never tried before?This next spice isn’t just one spice on it’s on but several spices or a blend of spices that are just right for Jap
KITCHEN GARDENLeaf CeleryScientific Name:Apium graveolens var. secalinumPlant family: ApiaceaeCommon Name: ParcelA relatively uncommon or even unkown herb or vegetable. Parcel stems from the idea that it looks like parsley but tastes l
SPICE IT UPKnow Your Cardamoms.There are many budding chefs and cooks that use heaps of spices in their recipes going by the success of cooking shows on television.Green and brown cardamom podsIndian, Asian and Mexican cooking particula
TALKING FLOWERS Tips on Choosing the Freshest FlowersDo you regularly buy a bunch of fresh flowers to brighten up your home?Do you find that no matter which ones you buy, you just can't seem to get them to last past a few days, but friend
TALKING FLOWERSDried Flowers and How To Do ThemDid you know that dried flowers are back in fashion?Perhaps, like me you thought that never went out of fashion, but do you dry your own on do you buy dried flower arrangements?No prizes fo
KITCHEN GARDENTricks with HorseradishMy father was a big fan of this vegetable or perhaps it should be called a herb?He loved it grated on various meats, ‘clears out the sinuses' he always exclaimed.Not too many gardeners are familiar wit
TALKING FLOWERSSustainable FloristryHave you ever thought about what happens to the tons of flowers that are sold around Australia for weddings, funerals, special occasions like birthdays and anniversaries? Hydrangea flowers for salePerha
Root Knot Nematodes:ControlSo if you have correctly identified that your plants are affected by root knot nematodes, what can be done about it? Remember, they look different to nitrogen fixing nodules on roots of plants.tomato nematodeCon
PLANT DOCTORNematodes part 1: the backstoryDid you know that there are 1,000,000 species of nematodes that have been identified? Nematodes live in our environment and although microscopic, unsurprisingly, are related to earthworms The maj
PLANT DOCTOR Germinating Native SeedAustralian plants have evolved over thousands of years to respond to a variety of climatic extremes, from fires, to droughts to floods as well as being grazed by native animals.Wattle seeds need bo
PLANT DOCTORPruning Native PlantsFor some reason, many gardeners have been reluctant to prune their native plants, thinking that if they did, those plants might never recover or worse, just drop dead.Then there’s the gardener that’s reluct
TALKING FLOWERSTips For Longer Lasting Flowers in the VaseFlowers are so uplifting and whilst they’re lovely in the garden, in the home, you’ve got them to enjoy for longer.After all, you’re not watching your flowers that are in the garden
Climber ShrubsThis design series that covers everything from mixed shrub borders, sub-shrubs, climbers, hero trees to best garden bromeliads but use plants that are non-general lines.I have to say, Peter Nixon, RWG’s contributor for this serie
DESIGN ELEMENTSClimber HeroesThis design series is about plants that are categorised as non-general lines.Every week I’ve been saying that were talking about plants that you won’t necessarily find in your big box store or possibly even in
DESIGN ELEMENTSBright Shade PlantingThis design series is about plants that are categorised as non-general lines, in other words, plants that are not production grown that then become available in several different sized pots. This series is
DESIGN ELEMENTSThis is a series about foliage colour and contrast and textural contrast for year round interest. The focus is also on non-general lines instead of production grown planting. In other words, plants that may not necessarily be
KITCHEN GARDEN LEMON VERBENADid you think that herbs were just for making tea?Maybe not, but some herbs have endless uses, and this week I’m featuring the herb lemon verbena (Aloysia citriodora) that’s larger than you would expect to find
SPICE IT UPMIXED SPICEThe name 'mixed spice,' sounds 'oldie worldie' to me because it's not something that comes up in too many recipes these days. Perhaps if your flicking through an old Woman's Weekly recipe book, or the cookbook you u
Plant Nutrition Deficiencies:Phosporus and PotassiumWe have talked bout the role nitrogen played in played health and what to look for if a plant was deficient in one of the major nutrients, being Nitrogen.In fact there are three major nutri
PLANT HEALTHPlant Nutrition Deficiencies: Macro Nutrient NitrogenThe 'Plant health' segment was created for my radio show "Real World Gardener,' as a division of the 'Plant doctor' segment, because I felt that it’s important to focus on what
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