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Gardening Australia - Season 37 - Episode 02
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00:05Hey!
00:19Hey, mate!
00:21Hey, mate.
00:33Hello and welcome to Gardening Australia.
00:36Summer means showtime in the garden
00:39and we're full to the brim
00:41with all the inspiration, ideas and information
00:45you need to get your patch pumping.
00:49Here's what's in store.
00:52After a big rain event,
00:54I'm bringing my home garden back up to scratch
00:56with some new plants, some new soil
00:59and a new lease on life.
01:01It's summer and it's time to prune your fruit trees
01:04to keep them healthy and productive
01:05and I'm going to show you how.
01:08We all love spending time in the garden
01:10but there's one thing we don't necessarily want to come across
01:14and it's one of these fellas, a snake.
01:18But with a little bit of care and understanding,
01:21there's no reason why we all can't coexist together happily.
01:25And we meet a horticulturist dishing up some menu inspiration.
01:38I'm in Sophie's home state today,
01:41visiting the Cedars in Harndorf,
01:44a peaceful, historic house and garden.
01:47The cool climate of the Adelaide Hills
01:49lends itself to this style of garden.
01:53Now, if I said lush, balmy, colourful and tropical,
01:57Adelaide mightn't necessarily be the first place that comes to mind.
02:02Well, Sophie's checking out a garden
02:04that'll have you rethinking just what's possible in South Australia.
02:2115 kilometres south of central Adelaide
02:24is the coastal suburb of Seacliff.
02:26It's here that Stuart and Kinder now call home.
02:29They've created a colourful, eclectic, subtropical garden
02:33that's full of life.
02:35It's also a highly productive garden
02:37and they're growing food plants
02:39that connect them with their roots.
02:46Now, Kinder, this garden has an amazing tropical feel.
02:50How have you created that?
02:52We love travelling to tropical areas like Bali
02:55and we wanted to have this look in our garden.
02:59We try to get the tropical plants with big leaves like the taro
03:03and I'm a little bit obsessed with them
03:04so we have nine different types of taro.
03:08We learned in Bali how to cook the leaves like spinach
03:12and the roots we can use them as potatoes
03:15so that was really interesting to know.
03:18We love the look and we love that it's useful also for food.
03:23And you've got some of the ornamental gingers that look gorgeous.
03:26Yes, and the flowers are amazing
03:28and we have the cardamom also.
03:30Oh, I love the smell of that.
03:32Yeah, it's beautiful.
03:33Now, you've also got cannas.
03:35Now, these are a bit of an old-fashioned favourite.
03:37They are and they stay flowering nine months a year.
03:40It's amazing and it's a great food
03:42for all the butterflies and bees and all the insects.
03:46So, what sorts of butterflies do you get in your garden?
03:48So, we have the blue butterflies, the small ones
03:51and we have the skippers, also native ones
03:54and the admiral and the painted lady.
03:58We try to get the feeding plants and breeding plants.
04:02So, how have you done that?
04:03We have some grassy plants for the natives
04:06and the dichondra for the blue butterflies
04:08and some grass in the water for a different type of butterflies.
04:17Stuart migrated from California to Adelaide 31 years ago.
04:22Kinder was born in Syria
04:23and came to Adelaide 14 years ago to do her PhD
04:26and together they've been working on the garden for nine years.
04:32What was the property like when you came?
04:34Well, the front yard was a plastic lawn
04:37and then the back was full of overgrown natives
04:41and a kaikuya lawn throughout most of the back.
04:45And how did you decide what you wanted from the property?
04:49We wanted a garden full of butterflies and colours and beauty.
04:55I always had the vision of a pond system as the centrepiece
04:58and then to grow plants all along that
05:01with fish and butterflies and flowers.
05:03Yeah.
05:07Stuart and Kinder hired renowned natural waterscape designer
05:11Patrick Handley to create a series of ponds
05:14connected with waterfalls.
05:20It's 17,000 litres with a large pond in the bottom.
05:25The water comes up through a biological filtration system
05:29and so the water is crystal clear when it comes out.
05:31It goes through one stream of a small pond to another stream
05:36with some waterfalls into the main pond
05:39and it recirculates about once an hour.
05:41And you're creating habitat and biodiversity.
05:43Absolutely.
05:44So we have frogs, we have dragonflies, fish, butterflies.
05:50We've had blue-tongued lizards in the springs.
05:53When people have a water feature,
05:54they're often concerned about mosquitoes breeding.
05:57How do you manage that?
05:58Because the water is circulating and flowing,
06:01mosquitoes don't live in flowing water.
06:04They need still water.
06:05But in addition to that, we have pygmy perch
06:08and Murray River rainbows that will eat whatever's available to them.
06:13One of the things about those fish, though, that's really important
06:16is because they're small, they don't eat frog's eggs.
06:19That's correct.
06:20And that's why I got these fish,
06:22because we have spotted marsh frogs that also breed in here
06:25and we'll hear them croaking at night.
06:27What a wonderful ecosystem.
06:29Yeah, it feels like we're out in nature just walking in our backyard.
06:34I always had this vision and Kinde wasn't quite sure
06:38because I was going to rip up the entire backyard
06:42and put huge rocks in there.
06:44When I saw the rocks the first day, I was like,
06:47what are you doing?
06:49But once it was in place, you could see this is incredible.
06:53Do you have different roles in the garden?
06:56Who does most of the work?
06:57Well, I find it to be actually low maintenance
06:59because Kinde does all the work.
07:03But, and I pay for everything.
07:05I have different...
07:06I am the world.
07:10Kinde and Stuart have seamlessly combined
07:12an attractive subtropical feeling garden
07:15with a productive patch.
07:18See, this is my space.
07:20So this is your domain.
07:22This is my kingdom.
07:23Wow.
07:23And we have a wall between me and my husband.
07:26OK, so he doesn't start pinching your ground space.
07:29I love it.
07:31So what are you growing here?
07:33So we have tomato, cucumber, some turmeric, spinach, onion,
07:39and some Syrian zucchini.
07:41I was so excited to find it in the digger's club.
07:44So what's a Syrian zucchini?
07:46It's similar to the Australian zucchini
07:49where just the colour is light green
07:51and taste is a bit different.
07:53And how would you use it?
07:54The traditional way is to hollow it
07:56and stuff it with rice or meat.
07:58You've also got a bit of a project
08:00that you're interested in with your tomatoes.
08:03Oh, yes.
08:04So we want to craft a tomato and eggplant on a devil plant.
08:09And then we have, like, a tree.
08:11All year long, eggplant and tomato,
08:13which is my favourite food.
08:15And you're also growing a special eggplant
08:18that reminds you of home.
08:19Yes.
08:20So I have what you call here slim gem
08:22and also the pickling eggplants we use in pickling.
08:26How important was it for you
08:28to find varieties of vegetables
08:31that were from your home country?
08:33Oh, it was very important
08:35because for the first few years,
08:37I couldn't see them here.
08:38And I would wait to travel back to Syria
08:41and wait for my mum's cooking.
08:43But then when I discovered I can just plant them here,
08:46it was just an amazing discovery.
08:48And it connected me to home
08:51and connected me to Australia.
08:54Here, I believe gardening has a brilliant grounding effect
08:58for a person from a foreign background.
09:01When did you get into gardening?
09:03When I moved to Australia, I was very isolated.
09:06And then one day, somebody told me
09:08about Marino Community Garden.
09:10And just talking about plants,
09:12learning how to prepare soil,
09:14was an amazing experience.
09:16And it's beautiful connecting to the community
09:19and feeling at home.
09:27We do have different interests.
09:29I'm really into the pond and plant identification.
09:32Kinda's amazing with nurturing and caring for plants.
09:37And is there always harmony in ideas?
09:40Always.
09:43Kinda said we should do something in the gully
09:46to make it useful land.
09:48And she wanted to build terraces.
09:51So I just do what I'm told.
09:53I just gave him, in the Valentine's Day,
09:56a big pile of soil behind his car.
09:59And he can't move his car until he finishes the soil.
10:04And that's how we started the terrace project.
10:09It's a lot bigger than it appears
10:11when you first come in.
10:13Yeah, there's probably a couple hundred square metres here
10:17that was wasted space.
10:20So what was here?
10:21There were a lot of weeds, very steep.
10:23We had these huge century plants that are very thorny.
10:27And then I realised they have very shallow roots
10:30and I could just pickaxe them out
10:31and just roll them down the hill.
10:33We started at the very bottom.
10:35We had to first build steps
10:36so we could actually get to the bottom.
10:38I wheelbarrowed with the help of backpackers
10:4170 cubic metres of soil from the driveway to here
10:45and dumped it down.
10:46Oh my goodness.
10:47And how long did that whole process take?
10:49About two years and nearly killed me.
10:52But this has now given you a whole area
10:56to put productive fruit trees in.
10:58Absolutely.
10:58I would estimate, you know,
11:00maybe an extra 300 square metres of usable land
11:04and now we're very productive with fruit trees,
11:08apple, peach, apricot, almond, persimmon, plum, pear.
11:14And then we have two rows where we have shade house
11:18for avocado and mango.
11:21And we're growing banana in the gully area
11:24along with watermelon and pumpkin, which spread out.
11:33Kindra and Stuart have done an extraordinary job
11:35of creating their garden
11:36in a relatively short period of time.
11:40For me, it's like almost everyday adventure
11:43and discovering new plants that they can do.
11:46And it's beautiful.
11:48I love gardening.
11:49So what's next?
11:50The terrace is the last project, I believe,
11:54and just like adding another to a terrace.
11:56I have to ask my cardiologist about that.
12:08What's a beneficial plant for the veggie patch?
12:11Check out Mexican marigold, Tagetes lemoni,
12:14flowering in the cooler months and into spring
12:16and attracting the pollinators.
12:18Also, the roots of this plant can help repel soil nematodes,
12:22while the aromatic foliage can repel and confuse
12:25a range of airborne pests, including carrot fly,
12:28white butterfly and pumpkin beetles.
12:31And recent research has shown that marigolds
12:34are particularly useful for repelling whitefly
12:36from your tomato patch.
12:38You can also plant in various spots around the garden.
12:41And when you prune it, dig the prunings into the soil.
12:44Keep the soil moist and as the prunings rot,
12:46they'll keep nematodes away.
12:48A supreme little plant.
12:50What's wrong with my eggplant leaves?
12:52Mottled eggplant leaves can be a sign of spider mite
12:55or lace bugs.
12:57This one had webbing under the leaves,
13:00a telltale sign of mites.
13:02They love hot, dry weather and will go for plants
13:05that may be struggling already with moisture stress.
13:08If it's just one or two leaves, cut them off and bin them.
13:11If it's spread further, hose down the plants,
13:14making sure to get both sides of the leaves
13:16and in amongst stems and new growth.
13:19A healthy, diverse garden without pesticides
13:21can also attract beneficial insects,
13:24which can help control pests.
13:27When is the best time to prune a mango?
13:30Well, as the tree is growing,
13:32the best place to prune it
13:34is once it's got beyond a metre high.
13:36By cutting it at this point,
13:38you create more branches
13:39to create a vase shape to the future tree.
13:43After that, you can remove dead wood
13:45and crossing rubbing branches
13:47at any time of the year.
13:49The next most important time
13:51is after you've harvested your fruit.
13:54By reducing the stems by 30 centimetres,
13:57you can keep it to a safe picking height
14:00and that pruning removes the most concentrated sources of disease.
14:05That way, you get trouble-free mangoes.
14:13Sometimes gardening plans can go a little off course.
14:18Summer doesn't just mean sunshine.
14:21When the weather throws you a curveball,
14:23think of it as an opportunity for a reset,
14:27to take a different approach.
14:30Clarence is working on his home garden
14:32and getting it back on track.
14:37Stormwater.
14:39When hundreds of millimetres of rain falls in a short period,
14:43it gets biblical.
14:45And even when it passes,
14:47the impact on your garden can be long-lasting.
14:51This is my home garden on Thurroel Country,
14:54home of the Waddi Waddi people.
14:56And after some really significant rain events,
14:59it's taken plenty of hours to bring it back to life.
15:01And there's still lots more to do.
15:04If my garden's going to flourish into the future,
15:07it means learning how to bring it back to its best.
15:10It's a garden I've designed
15:12that's devoted to native species.
15:14But as I've learned,
15:16not all of them like to be inundated.
15:20This Grevillea just did not survive here.
15:28Some plants might like wet feet,
15:30but I might not like them.
15:32My next step is to weed out any stowleways
15:34that have washed in with the stormwater.
15:37This is Crocosmia, or copper tips.
15:39It's found itself right at home.
15:42The new natives I have in mind
15:44don't need the competition.
15:46So, weeds, out you go.
15:51Now, I'm getting to this just in time.
15:53It's finished flowering.
15:54You can see it's set a heap of seed,
15:56so it's about to go nuts and multiply.
15:58But not only that,
16:00it's starting to bulb, starting to run.
16:03Got all these little babies,
16:04so it'll be sending pups if I don't get it out.
16:07Luckily, it's out.
16:11Next, after any big storm event,
16:13your soil needs to be refreshed.
16:15Not only will stormwater bring weeds into your garden,
16:18it'll also take out some of the good things
16:20that you have in your garden,
16:21like nutrients from this garden bed,
16:23which was about twice this size.
16:24So we've lost a fair bit.
16:26It's time to aerate, replenish,
16:28and lift it up a bit.
16:31As well as rinsing the goodness out of your soil,
16:34stormwater disrupts microbial activity
16:37and encourages fungal pathogens.
16:40By aerating the soil,
16:41you improve oxygen flow,
16:43as well as drainage,
16:44and you break up any soil compaction.
16:47So I want to lift this bed by at least 200 mil,
16:50so it's going to take at least four good-sized buckets
16:53of sand and soil mix.
16:58One plant in this bed
16:59is getting special attention today,
17:01and it's one of my favourites.
17:03This is one of two featured grass trees in my garden,
17:07and this one has been through a lot.
17:09It's probably 10 to 12 years old.
17:11I don't want to lose it.
17:12It has actually sunk.
17:14The water has taken a lot of this garden bed away,
17:16and it's dropped quite a bit.
17:20Unexpectedly, the seed from the flower a year ago
17:23has given me two beautiful little babies
17:26that I can transplant.
17:28This one, I don't want to disturb too much.
17:30I'll just lift and backfill,
17:31lift and backfill,
17:32without disturbing that root zone,
17:34giving it a bit more height,
17:35and giving the bed a heap more volume.
17:37Its very fine root system
17:39is going to make it a delicate process.
17:42But because they're also very prone to waterlogging,
17:45I have to give it a try.
17:49If I left it like this,
17:50it could easily rot to death
17:52during the next rain event.
17:55First step, a man bun.
17:58Get that skirt up.
17:59Give yourself plenty of room to work with.
18:03I've already loosened up around the grass tree with a fork.
18:06Now I'm going to gently lift it with a shovel,
18:08and then backfill it with well-draining, sandy soil
18:11to build up the bed underneath.
18:15Hopefully I haven't disturbed those roots way down.
18:18I could feel it was pretty forgiving.
18:20So I've got all this backfill in.
18:23It's come up by about 200mm.
18:25I'll backfill the rest of this bed.
18:28Hopefully we'll be right for next time.
18:31Just in case the heavens open soon,
18:33I'll rescue these grass tree pups
18:35and find the next generation
18:37a great spot above the storm zone.
18:41It's also a good chance for a haircut.
18:44Of course, the best way to prune your grass tree
18:47and promote new growth is fire.
18:49But in all of that,
18:50let's get all this dead stuff out from underneath
18:52and give it a really good clean-up.
18:55I am quite surprised at how well some of my plants
18:57have bounced back from the storm event,
19:00but you never can have too many.
19:03A few more natives will look quite at home here.
19:08Who doesn't love a bottle brush?
19:11So this is a new Calistamon cultivar, pink champagne.
19:15The pink flowers are going to be absolutely striking
19:17in this little bed up against the white of the Xanthorea.
19:20Pretty happy with that.
19:22Calistamon thrives in both wet and dry conditions.
19:24They're great for attracting small birds.
19:28This one's Xanthostamin, the golden pender.
19:31Floral emblem of Cairns.
19:33So it's a far north Queensland rainforest plant,
19:35but an absolute stunning flower and a great tree.
19:38It's also fast-growing,
19:39so hopefully it'll get established
19:41before the next big soak.
19:43To finish, a layer of Yuki mulch
19:45to protect the soil from erosion
19:47and lock-in moisture.
19:50Last but not least,
19:51give them a good water in
19:53with some seaweed solution.
20:02Natural environments are always under the pump
20:04from floods and droughts,
20:06pests and predators.
20:07We really should create gardens
20:09that can mimic the renewal
20:11and the resilience of nature.
20:13Time for a cover.
20:23One of the biggest things
20:25that I've wanted to do
20:25with renovating the house
20:27is bring the feel of the garden indoors.
20:29And because it's an old cottage,
20:31it's sort of designed,
20:32it walks its way down the hill a little bit,
20:35and so we had this huge level change
20:36between the original front two rooms
20:39and the kind of more modern,
20:41lean-to end of the house.
20:42And so to get people down the stairs,
20:44I decided this was the perfect place
20:46to put a tree.
20:47This is a sugar gum.
20:48It's a plantation tree,
20:49and it's used often as a timber
20:51in playgrounds, those sorts of things.
20:53You might have jumped over
20:54some stepping logs made of one of these.
20:56But I think it's a lovely thing.
20:58Put your hand on it as you walk past
20:59and give you a hand down the stairs.
21:01And it just reminds me
21:02of how important trees are in my life.
21:15I'm at a home overlooking Pitwater
21:18on Sydney's northern beaches.
21:20It's a beautiful, sloping one-acre block
21:23with lush gardens
21:24and a variety of vegetation,
21:26including native bushland.
21:29It's the perfect place
21:31to talk about how to deal
21:32with snakes in the garden.
21:35Tina.
21:36Hi, Kosta.
21:37Hi, John.
21:38Kosta, how are you?
21:39Tina and John Mostyn
21:40are licensed snake catchers
21:42who are passionate about teaching people
21:44how to live safely alongside snakes.
21:48What do you think the general perception is
21:50in the public around snakes?
21:52Is it getting better?
21:54Does it get worse?
21:55Some people will deal with it really good.
21:57They're quite happy
21:58to have it around their property
21:59as long as it's not going to come
22:01into their house
22:02and other people,
22:03they've still got that mentality
22:05of a good snake is a dead snake.
22:08A good ecosystem
22:10has plenty of snakes in it.
22:12A lot of snakes
22:12keep the rodent population down.
22:14Diamond pythons,
22:15which are common around here,
22:17their favourite food
22:17is rats, mice, possums, birds.
22:20So that's what they come in for.
22:22One that's commonly found...
22:24..and you can probably guess
22:25who is in the bag for me to meet.
22:27..which is our harmless diamond python.
22:30Oh.
22:31So he does get his name
22:33because of the diamond rosettes
22:35across the back of him.
22:37The colours are so beautiful.
22:40He just blends so well
22:41into this type of habitat, doesn't he?
22:44Yeah, yeah.
22:44Would you like me to pass him over to you?
22:46Oh.
22:47Hold him.
22:47He's making his way.
22:48I can feel that ripple.
22:50Yeah.
22:50He's come round already.
22:54So soft.
22:54Oh, it's so soft and yet strong.
22:58If you do come across
22:59a diamond python in your garden,
23:01Tina and John have a suggestion
23:03that might shock some of you.
23:05Think about not removing the snake.
23:08If you have him removed,
23:10you've still got a food source there.
23:12You could have something
23:13dangerously venomous
23:14come onto your property,
23:15such as a brown snake
23:16that you don't want around your pets
23:18or your children.
23:19In Australia,
23:21around 3,000 people
23:22are bitten by a snake every year,
23:25but only a few hundred of those
23:27require anti-venom,
23:29which means the vast majority
23:31of snake bites are dry,
23:33where the snake doesn't inject any venom.
23:36Snakes react to fast movement.
23:39Like, if you spook a snake
23:41and you stand still like a tree,
23:43they're not going to react to you.
23:44But when people move fast,
23:46they wave their arms about
23:48or jump about
23:49and that spooks the snake.
23:51Then the snake could strike.
23:53Snakes are purely defensive,
23:55so they'll only strike
23:56in an attempt to get that person
23:57to back away from them.
24:00So where are you normally going to find
24:03a diamond python like this
24:05in this landscape?
24:07In this landscape?
24:08Well, these rocks,
24:09there's gaps,
24:10holes under these rocks
24:12that he can absorb that heat
24:14but stay hidden.
24:15But now, look at him,
24:16he's going into that undergrowth.
24:17Yeah.
24:17So he's camouflaged in there.
24:20As you see,
24:21he'll go deeper in there.
24:22So this banksia here,
24:24possums will come in
24:25to feed on the nectar
24:26that these guys exude.
24:28The diamond python
24:29will smell that the possum
24:31has been in here.
24:32He'll follow the scent trail.
24:34He'll get up into the tree here
24:35and he'll sit in an ambush position
24:38waiting for that possum
24:39to come back over night time
24:41and then he gets a feed.
24:43There are lots of spots
24:44in the garden
24:45where you might be more likely
24:47to come across a snake,
24:48like your compost bin.
24:50All the veggie scraps in here,
24:52all the other food scraps,
24:55rodents are going to be
24:56attracted to it.
24:57Snakes' favourite food,
24:59rats and mice.
25:00So putting mesh underneath
25:02your compost bin
25:03is a good security measure
25:05but I suppose moving it
25:08further away from the house
25:10is another one.
25:11Perfect.
25:12Yeah, still have them
25:13on your property
25:13but the furthest point
25:15away from your home
25:16so at least the snakes
25:17aren't where you're coming
25:19in and out of the house
25:19all the time.
25:21If you've got a pile of mulch
25:23or wood chips in your garden,
25:25this might attract snakes
25:26for a different reason.
25:28It's nice and warm.
25:29You put your hand in there
25:30and it's nice and warm.
25:31So they get in there
25:32and they bury themselves in there.
25:33What we always suggest
25:35is rake the area first.
25:37Check for any movement
25:38before putting your hands
25:40into that pile
25:41where you can't see in there.
25:43So get a rake
25:43and just sift through it quickly.
25:46Maybe wear gardening gloves.
25:48We've got thick,
25:49loose-fitting long pants
25:50and closed shoes.
25:51Our snakes have relatively
25:53short front fangs.
25:55If they do grab a hold
25:57of loose-fitting clothing,
25:58their fangs aren't long enough
25:59to penetrate through to the skin.
26:02Drains in your garden
26:04are also a potential snake habitat.
26:07They'll often travel
26:08in around the drainage systems,
26:11the stormwater systems
26:12and use it as an underground...
26:14Highway.
26:15Highway.
26:16Yeah.
26:16Rodent mesh is a very fine mesh
26:18and you can cable tie it
26:20to the drains
26:20and that way if you do get snakes
26:22on your property
26:22and they are going to try
26:25and dive or hide in the drains,
26:27that stops them.
26:29One snake you do find a lot in drains
26:32are red-bellied black snakes
26:33because frogs and tadpoles
26:36are a primary food source.
26:38There's quite a lot of toxins
26:39in their venom
26:40so it will be quite a painful,
26:42nasty bite.
26:43But again,
26:45a snake like this
26:46is only going to bite
26:47if it feels threatened
26:49or if you accidentally
26:51jump on the snake.
26:53Another hot spot
26:54for snakes in the garden
26:55are where you've got things stored
26:57like sheds,
26:58garages
26:59and carports.
27:00We go out to a lot of places
27:02where they say
27:03that they've spooked the snake
27:04and it's shot into their garage
27:05or their shed
27:07and we go out there
27:08and as soon as you open
27:10the roller door
27:11it is jam-packed
27:12and you can't find the snake.
27:14You've got to take everything out
27:15to find it.
27:16So if you've got doors
27:18where you can stick a finger under,
27:20your laundry door,
27:21your front door,
27:22get those locked down weather strips
27:24where you close the door,
27:25they lock down
27:25and that keeps them out.
27:27The next snake-friendly location
27:30is also often used
27:31for backyard storage
27:33and is always out of the sun.
27:35I'm talking about
27:37the space under a house.
27:39Here we are
27:40with this death adder
27:42and you can see
27:43how well
27:44he is camouflaging
27:46into the leaf litter
27:48but his home range
27:50would be
27:50one of the smallest
27:52out of all of the snakes.
27:53Approximately two square metres
27:55would be his entire home range.
27:58What?
27:59I know, right?
28:00Two.
28:00Two.
28:01You mean just here?
28:02Yeah.
28:03That's his home range?
28:04Yeah, his home range.
28:05You could be standing
28:06right on top of him.
28:08You wouldn't even know
28:09he's there.
28:09Particularly gardening
28:11and a lot of the time
28:13people won't see them
28:14until they've completely
28:15weeded their garden bed.
28:17They've been putting
28:18their hands in
28:19or reaching into the area
28:20where a snake's been.
28:21They haven't even seen it.
28:23So make sure you clean up
28:24the leaf litter
28:25under your house.
28:27Last but not least
28:28of the snakes
28:29we're meeting today
28:30is one of the deadliest
28:32of them all.
28:33Whoa!
28:34Look at that.
28:37So this guy
28:38is our eastern brown.
28:40Quite common
28:40around the peninsula here.
28:42Now these guys
28:43will travel along
28:44fence lines,
28:45ridges,
28:46hedges.
28:47So this is one
28:48that you really don't want
28:49around your gardens
28:50at all.
28:51Now these guys
28:51are a very nervous
28:53very flighty snake
28:55that are highly
28:56attuned to movement.
28:57If you do get
28:58very close to one
28:58of these guys
28:59and they're standing
29:00in that double S
29:01defensive position
29:02just stand still
29:03don't move
29:05the snake will settle
29:06down once you
29:07stop moving
29:07and then slowly
29:09back away from the snake
29:10and give them
29:10an opportunity
29:11to get away.
29:13So if you've got
29:14a hedge on a fence line
29:15think about removing
29:16lower branches
29:17to reduce some
29:19of that snake cover
29:20and make it
29:21a less appealing pathway.
29:23So Tina, John
29:24you've given us
29:25so much information
29:27about the habits
29:28of snakes,
29:28the habitat
29:29they like
29:30but the reality
29:31is I could be
29:33out there gardening
29:34with a friend
29:35in a community
29:35garden somewhere
29:36they get bitten
29:37so it's like
29:38hello, Tina
29:39my friend's been bitten
29:41what should I do
29:42immediately?
29:43Alright, don't panic
29:44don't worry
29:45about what snake
29:45it is
29:46we need to make
29:46sure a compression
29:47bandage is applied
29:48to that limb
29:49so to the arm
29:50or the leg
29:51if it's not in that
29:52area, head, neck
29:53or torso
29:54apply pressure
29:55to the area
29:55and also
29:56important
29:57is to make
29:57sure that
29:58your friend
29:58keeps still
29:59we don't want
30:00him moving
30:00or travelling
30:01anywhere
30:02just get him
30:02to sit down
30:03after that
30:04compression
30:04bandage is
30:05applied
30:05get on to
30:06emergency services
30:07and get an
30:08ambulance to
30:09transport him
30:09to hospital
30:11hopefully
30:12hopefully we've
30:13given you
30:13some useful
30:14tips
30:14to make
30:15your garden
30:15a little
30:16more snake
30:17safe
30:17and who
30:18knows
30:18maybe even
30:19make these
30:20incredible
30:20creatures
30:21a little
30:22less daunting
30:23for you
30:23still to come
30:25on Gardening
30:26Australia
30:27Jerry pipes
30:29up about
30:29a threatening
30:30plant
30:32Josh visits
30:33a wetland
30:34that became
30:34a social
30:35media
30:36sensation
30:37and we
30:38meet a
30:39horticulturist
30:40defining the
30:41menu
30:49summer means
30:50fruit
30:51plucked off a
30:52tree
30:52picked off a
30:53vine
30:54could be in
30:55baking
30:55like a tart
30:56or even a
30:57pavlova
30:58there's fruit
30:59salad of course
31:00or even
31:01grilling it
31:02straight on the
31:03barbecue
31:04but either
31:05way a good
31:06harvest relies
31:07on sound
31:08groundwork
31:09Hannah knows
31:10this better
31:11than most
31:11and she's
31:12here with
31:13your seasonal
31:14reminder
31:17summer is a
31:18great time to
31:19prune your
31:19established stone
31:20fruit trees
31:21once you've
31:21picked all the
31:22fruit of course
31:23I actually
31:24really love
31:24pruning summer
31:25because it
31:25keeps your
31:25trees really
31:26compact
31:27making it
31:28easier to
31:28net
31:28to harvest
31:29and to
31:30manage
31:30plus
31:31with good
31:32pruning
31:32you can
31:33increase
31:33the airflow
31:34to prevent
31:34any fungal
31:35diseases
31:35from moving
31:36in
31:36stone
31:37fruits are
31:37susceptible
31:38to fungal
31:38diseases
31:39like peach
31:39leaf curl
31:40which spread
31:41during cool
31:41wet weather
31:42so pruning
31:43in summer
31:44reduces the
31:44chance of
31:45your tree
31:45becoming
31:46infected
31:46there are
31:48a range
31:48of stone
31:49fruit trees
31:49and there
31:50are a range
31:50of methods
31:51of pruning
31:52them
31:52so I'm
31:53going to
31:53show you
31:53just two
31:54today
31:54starting
31:55here
31:55with my
31:55Danzen
31:56plum
31:57the first
31:58thing is
31:58to gather
31:59some tools
31:59I'm just
32:00using some
32:01secateurs
32:01in this plum
32:02tree
32:02because it's
32:02still very
32:03young
32:03but for more
32:04established fruit
32:05trees you'll
32:05probably need
32:06some loppers
32:07or a pruning
32:08saw
32:09regardless of
32:09the tools
32:10make sure you
32:10sterilize them
32:11in between
32:12each tree that
32:13you're pruning
32:13to stop any
32:14potential disease
32:15being spread
32:16I'm using a
32:17splash of
32:18methylated spirits
32:19and lots of
32:19water as my
32:20sterilizer
32:22before you get
32:22snipping
32:23make sure you
32:24step back and
32:24have a look at
32:25your tree and
32:26see what it's
32:27doing already
32:27you want to be
32:28looking for any
32:29dead
32:29diseased or
32:30damaged branches
32:31and remove
32:32them first
32:33then you can
32:34look at the
32:34structure
32:35here we're
32:36pruning to an
32:37open vase shape
32:38which means we
32:39start with one
32:39central trunk
32:40and then from
32:41there we have
32:41between three
32:42and five branches
32:43that come off it
32:44with this nice
32:45open shape in the
32:46middle
32:47remove any
32:48inward growing
32:49branches and
32:50any suckers from
32:51the base to
32:51improve airflow
32:52and prevent
32:53congestion
32:54when you're
32:55cutting off
32:56branches make
32:57sure you cut
32:57them as close
32:58as you can
32:58to the branch
32:59they're coming
32:59off without
33:00hurting the
33:01collar
33:02now the collar
33:02is this swollen
33:03bit right up
33:04here you don't
33:05want to get
33:05touched at at
33:06all so go
33:07maybe a few
33:08mils up
33:09branch and
33:10you'll be
33:10right
33:12with this
33:12little branch
33:13here I'm
33:14actually going
33:14to prune it
33:14a further way
33:15up that's
33:16because I
33:17want to give
33:17myself more
33:18options in
33:18the future
33:19you see I've
33:20got this
33:20branch here
33:21which is
33:22currently
33:22coming out
33:22nicely but
33:23it might get
33:24in the way
33:25in the future
33:25because it's
33:25a pretty tight
33:26space around
33:27here so
33:28to give
33:28myself
33:28options I'm
33:30going to
33:30start pruning
33:31this branch
33:31to eventually
33:32replace it
33:33but it'll
33:33be higher
33:34up and
33:34it will
33:35be out
33:35of my
33:35way so
33:36you can
33:36think years
33:37ahead and
33:38shape your
33:38tree
33:38accordingly
33:40for this
33:40branch I'm
33:41going to
33:41be looking
33:41at the
33:42nodes which
33:43tell you
33:43where another
33:44branch could
33:45grow from
33:46I'm going
33:46to choose
33:46this one
33:47here because
33:48it's pointing
33:48away from
33:49the middle
33:49of the
33:49tree and
33:50towards
33:50me I'm
33:51going to
33:51cut just
33:52above it
33:53on an
33:53angle so
33:54you make
33:55sure any
33:55moisture and
33:56rain can
33:56shed
34:01plum trees
34:01fruit on
34:02second year
34:03wood that
34:04means when it
34:04comes to
34:04taking off the
34:05height you
34:06don't want to
34:06take off too
34:07much otherwise
34:07you won't get
34:08any fruit so
34:09with this kind
34:10of length I'm
34:10just going to
34:11take off around
34:1120 to 30%
34:22and there you go
34:23that's it we had a
34:24pretty small harvest
34:25this year but next
34:26year it's going to
34:26be even bigger and
34:28part of that is
34:28because of good
34:29pruning
34:35and now it's going to
34:36something a little
34:36bit different this
34:38is my peach tree
34:39which is only a few
34:40years old but
34:41another stone fruit
34:42however unlike the
34:43plum tree which
34:45fruits on second
34:46year wood the peach
34:47fruits on first
34:48year wood this means
34:50that when it comes to
34:50pruning I can actually
34:51take off a fair bit
34:52of height to make
34:53sure it's always easy
34:54to access the fruit
34:55first up I'm going
34:57to remove the dead
34:57wood and some of
34:58the newer growth
34:59which is compromising
35:00the fan structure
35:02and like the plum
35:03tree I'm always
35:04cutting on an angle
35:05to make sure no
35:06moisture can collect
35:07when it comes to
35:09removing branches
35:09the size of your
35:10thumb or bigger
35:11you're going to need
35:12a pruning saw
35:12and just like your
35:14secateurs you want
35:15to prune as close
35:15as you can to the
35:16collar without
35:17damaging it
35:22the final step is
35:23to reduce the
35:24height of the tree
35:25I usually go between
35:2630 and 50 percent
35:28with my peach tree
35:29it will just depend
35:30how much you need
35:30to do to make sure
35:31you can still access
35:32all that beautiful
35:33fruit at the top
35:34of the tree
35:35if you want
35:36productive and
35:37healthy fruit trees
35:38then pruning is for
35:39you make the time
35:40to get to know
35:41the different methods
35:42available to meet
35:43the different trees
35:43needs and you'll
35:44have abundant
35:45orchards for years
35:46to come
35:54this fabulous beast
35:56is a giant
35:57dutchman's pipe
35:59and it comes from
36:00the atlantic rainforests
36:02of brazil
36:03this is a tropical vine
36:06it's growing 17 meters
36:08high right to the top
36:09of this tree
36:10and while it has
36:11fabulous flowers and
36:12foliage
36:13don't be fooled
36:14it's regarded as an
36:17environmental weed in
36:18Queensland and New South
36:19Wales
36:20and as a potential
36:21environmental weed or
36:23sleeper weed in many
36:24other regions of
36:25Australia
36:26it was recently ranked
36:28amongst the top 50 most
36:30invasive plants in
36:31southeast Queensland
36:34like many other species
36:36of exotic vines
36:37dutchman's pipe competes
36:39with and replaces
36:40native plants via its
36:43smothering growth
36:45anywhere you can grow
36:47these outdoors
36:48it can set seed
36:49and that is the beginning
36:51of the problem
36:51because the seed
36:53are windblown
36:54but that's not the
36:56worst part
36:56the worst part
36:58is the foliage
36:59smells like the host
37:01plant for the Cairns
37:03Birdwing Butterfly
37:04and the Richmond
37:05Birdwing Butterfly
37:06and the latter one
37:07is an endangered
37:08species
37:09they lay their eggs
37:11on them
37:11and the caterpillars
37:13are poisoned
37:14because this is toxic
37:15and the butterflies
37:17never learn the
37:18difference
37:18so they're constantly
37:19losing their babies
37:20so what can you do
37:23well the first thing
37:24you can do is
37:25cut it down
37:26poison the stump
37:27and remove it
37:28and put one of these
37:30in its place
37:31this is the Richmond
37:33Birdwing Vine
37:34it's the natural
37:36host plant
37:36for the Richmond
37:37Birdwing Butterfly
37:39get rid of that
37:41and plant the future
37:48we all love the beauty
37:50and majesty
37:51of our natural areas
37:53but sometimes
37:54we can love them
37:55a little too hard
37:57and a bit of TLC
37:58is needed
38:00to bring them back
38:01to what they once were
38:02Josh is checking out
38:04a community effort
38:05to restore
38:07one of Perth's treasures
38:13this is the cranny up wetlands reserve
38:15we have careen
38:17regional open space
38:18to the north
38:18and to the south
38:19we have
38:19Lake Gwellops
38:20this is the chain
38:21of wetlands
38:22that runs through
38:23this western side
38:24of the city of Stirling
38:27I'm a 15 minute drive
38:29north of Perth's city centre
38:31chatting with Ryan Flint
38:33that's so quick
38:34as a member of the city
38:36of Stirling's
38:36environmental management team
38:38he's been part
38:39of an ambitious
38:40revegetation program
38:42where we're standing now
38:43is part of the
38:44cranny up wetlands
38:45restoration project
38:46the northern end
38:46of the reserve
38:47we're at
38:47large wetland reserve
38:48this project's been running
38:49for the last
38:50three or four years
38:51it's been a huge undertaking
38:52to get rid of some of this stuff
38:53we have behind us
38:54this stuff
38:55is the dreaded morning glory
38:57and for many years
38:59it absolutely
39:00dominated the landscape
39:02known locally
39:03as the secret garden
39:04a section of wetland
39:06resembled an elaborate
39:07theatre backdrop
39:08or film set
39:09and became a social media darling
39:12even a scene
39:14from the screen adaptation
39:15of a Tim Winton novel
39:17was shot here
39:27all this exposure
39:28attracted hordes of visitors
39:30to the fragile wetland
39:32and it wasn't long
39:33before this developing
39:35environmental issue
39:36popped up on the radar
39:37of City of Stirling
39:39council member
39:39Carlo Perkov
39:41the pressure on the environment
39:43and the pressure on the locals
39:44was immense
39:45the messaging on social media
39:47was bring the kids
39:48bring your boots
39:49bring the dogs
39:50everyone come down
39:51it's fantastic
39:52have a day out
39:53the numbers were massive
39:54it was actually heartbreaking
39:56for us to see
39:57what was happening here
39:58to the wetlands
39:59and to the natural wildlife
40:02how important were local community members
40:05in initiating this transformation
40:07they came to public question time
40:10at council
40:10and they really said
40:12this needs to change
40:14you're our representatives
40:15you've got to do something
40:16let's get this back to what it should be
40:19just a beautiful natural wetland
40:21if you talk to the locals
40:23that have been here for 40-45 years
40:25they will tell you this had its own beauty
40:27before the morning glory got introduced
40:30we thought
40:30how do we get it back to that
40:32I mean you planted some of these trees
40:33didn't you Carlo?
40:34we absolutely did
40:35the whole community
40:36Carlo and the council were on board
40:38but the scale of the task ahead
40:40was immense
40:42Ryan and the environmental management team
40:45called on the community
40:46locals like Julie May
40:48to be part of the revegetation effort
40:51there have been lots of trees being planted
40:54which has just been fabulous
40:55and the community has jumped in
40:58big time to do it
40:59which is great
41:01we're talking just over
41:03two and a half to three hectares
41:05of restoration site
41:06we've so far established
41:08probably three and a half to four thousand
41:10native plants here
41:12including probably 300 trees
41:14over numerous weekends
41:16dozens of volunteers turned up
41:18and metre by metre
41:20reclaimed the wetland
41:21and replanted native flora
41:23which over the long term
41:24will provide habitat
41:26for local fauna
41:27I think what we have achieved
41:30is to make this place
41:32back to its original state
41:34and make it even better
41:36so we can have our turtles back
41:38we can have our swans back
41:40we can have our ducks back
41:41we can have some more snakes back
41:43because this is their environment
41:44we can get the birds back
41:49what local native species
41:51are you putting back?
41:52so we've put back in
41:53a whole heap of understory species
41:55some more shrubs
41:56so we've planted
41:57Astartia
41:58Scoparia
42:00Acacia selignas
42:03another one would be
42:04another one would be
42:04the Viminaria junctia
42:05the swishbush
42:06those understory or midstory species
42:07we've planted them
42:08as little tube stock
42:09and some of those shrubs
42:10now in the last few years
42:11they've tripled in size
42:13so it's been really rewarding to see
42:15we've planted
42:15the Carrick suppressor
42:18Garnia trifida
42:20and Juncus pallidus
42:21are probably the four
42:22main sort of rushes
42:24and sedges we've planted
42:26how's the success rate
42:27been with the planting?
42:28yeah it's been really good Josh
42:29you can see here
42:30this Melaleuca
42:31we planted probably
42:31three years ago
42:32and really well established
42:34we've got some
42:34natural recruitment here
42:36of these Eucalyptus rudus
42:37which is really
42:38really awesome to see
42:39so I'm guessing
42:39your main challenge
42:41is ongoing weed control
42:42yeah it is
42:43and you'll see that
42:44when we do establish
42:45a lot of this native vegetation
42:46that the weeds
42:47are just always around
42:48so the ongoing weed control
42:51it just has to be regular
42:52Pampas grass
42:53it was dominating this site
42:55as well as the Morning Glory
42:56if you look around the reserve
42:57now there's still plenty
42:57of Pampas grass around
42:58so we do have a problem
43:00with the Pampas grass
43:00sort of creeping back in
43:01to where we're trying to restore
43:03then we also have
43:04the giant reed here as well
43:05which again
43:06is largely contained
43:07to a specific part of the site
43:11we're still here
43:12at least monthly
43:13doing weed control
43:14do you think you're winning?
43:16yeah I think we're winning the battle
43:17I really do Josh
43:18and you can see that
43:18by the reduction
43:19in the amount of weed coverage
43:20we've had here
43:21there's very little
43:22Morning Glory left at the site
43:23and we've had probably
43:24over 80% success rate
43:25in what we have planted
43:26which for a re-veg project
43:28is amazing
43:31we have this wildlife
43:32that use our urban environments
43:34they don't really have a voice
43:36so we have to be a voice
43:38for our wildlife
43:39and our biodiversity
43:40so to be able to be part
43:41of something
43:42that's assisting wildlife
43:43in urban areas
43:44for me is what I do this for
43:49there's no doubting
43:50the photogenic lure
43:51of what was
43:52the secret garden
43:53in fact
43:54a debt of gratitude
43:55is owed
43:55to all of that
43:56social media coverage
43:57for drawing attention
43:59to what was becoming
44:00an ecological disaster
44:01the restoration effort
44:03has been a triumph
44:04of collaboration
44:05between local government
44:07and community
44:16gardeners
44:16thank you
44:18gardeners know
44:19that the secret
44:20to a great meal
44:21is fresh produce
44:23straight from your
44:24veggie patch
44:25to your plate
44:26and it's really
44:28inspiring to know
44:29that top restaurants
44:30all around the country
44:31are raising the flag
44:33for what fresh produce
44:35can look
44:36and taste like
44:37our next story
44:39is with a horticulturist
44:40who's working hard
44:42to make veggies
44:43star of the show
44:58so when I arrive
44:59at work in the morning
45:00the first thing I do
45:02is feed the chickens
45:03I open up the greenhouse
45:06check on the seedlings
45:08and then I take a stroll
45:09around the garden
45:10write myself a schedule
45:11for the day
45:11and then harvest vegetables
45:13for the kitchen
45:17my name is Sally Peterson
45:19I'm a horticulturist
45:20and the kitchen gardener
45:21at Tedesco, Australia
45:24it's a small restaurant
45:25that celebrates seasonality
45:28and the produce
45:29from the garden
45:31we are in Red Hill
45:33on the Mornington Peninsula
45:34in Bunurang country
45:36the Mornington Peninsula
45:38is a beautiful area
45:39and Red Hill
45:41is slightly higher altitude
45:43it has really great
45:45fertile soil
45:46it's historically been
45:47an agricultural area
45:48with lots of vineyards
45:49I originally moved down here
45:51to work in viticulture
45:52that kind of segued back
45:55into growing veg
45:56which is my true interest
45:59the kitchen garden
46:01is roughly
46:02a quarter of an acre
46:03which is a small
46:04market garden size plot
46:08originally it was laid out
46:09in a very classic
46:11market garden style
46:12with very uniform beds
46:14set up for production
46:16but over the years
46:17it's evolved
46:18and it has become
46:19a bit more of a personal
46:20reflection of my
46:21gardening and food philosophies
46:24and also my own gardening style
46:28the aesthetic
46:29is quite romantic
46:33I would say
46:33it's a hybrid
46:34between a very utilitarian
46:36productive garden
46:37and a garden
46:39that is inviting
46:41and engaging
46:42and beautiful
46:44I grow a lot of cut flowers
46:46for the restaurant
46:46for floristry
46:47and also just for general beauty
46:50and they also have
46:53a great secondary value
46:55of attracting
46:56a lot of pollinators
46:57and birds
46:59there is all these
47:00intangible elements
47:01of a garden
47:01and I think the beauty
47:04is what engages people
47:05in a discussion
47:05about food
47:06and the value in food
47:08and how it's grown
47:09and where it comes from
47:14the garden is visible
47:16from your dining seat
47:17in the restaurant
47:20and diners will come
47:21and stroll around the garden
47:23and see me working
47:24and chat to me
47:25which is a really
47:27beautiful aspect
47:28of my job
47:29and something
47:30that I really enjoy
47:31to be able to talk
47:32about the crops
47:33I'm growing
47:33how I'm growing them
47:34answer their questions
47:36I do get a lot
47:37of horticultural
47:39questions
47:39but yeah
47:40it tells me
47:41that people
47:42are interested
47:43in the story
47:45this week
47:46we still have
47:47plenty of carrots
47:48that are really nice now
47:50they've been amazing
47:52Brigitte Hafner
47:53is the owner
47:53and head chef
47:54and our relationship
47:56is very collaborative
47:57we'll stroll
47:58around the garden
47:59together
47:59often reflecting
48:01on the season
48:02and what she would
48:03like more of
48:04and perhaps less of
48:06we still have
48:07amaranth
48:08more baby leaf
48:09style
48:09not as bulk
48:10quantity
48:11as we've had
48:11in the past week
48:12okay
48:12so we'll just
48:13take little bits
48:14of that
48:14and they're just
48:15good for small
48:15leafy
48:16for sure
48:17and I don't mind
48:18if you just
48:18like totally
48:18take
48:19like wipe it out
48:20that's fine
48:20more will come
48:21so the selection
48:22of varieties
48:23that we grow
48:24is quite a
48:25considered process
48:26and the garden
48:28really offers
48:28the opportunity
48:29to grow
48:30all these wonderful
48:31things that
48:32wouldn't necessarily
48:33be available
48:35this baby
48:36leaf escarole
48:38which is really
48:39lush
48:39and I think
48:40it's really
48:40still a nice
48:41really delicate
48:41leaf
48:42to have
48:42that'll be
48:43beautiful
48:44sautéed
48:45maybe with
48:45something
48:46in the fish
48:47course
48:50it comes
48:51from both
48:51sides
48:51I generally
48:52grow what
48:52I really
48:53want to grow
48:54and that
48:55also really
48:56works in the
48:58restaurant
48:58I have a
48:59general idea
48:59now of what
49:00the Tedesca
49:01style is
49:01and I
49:03choose crops
49:04based on
49:04what I think
49:05will work
49:05and Brigitte
49:07will give me
49:07feedback on that
49:08and request
49:09certain things
49:12the bean
49:13in all its
49:14diverse glory
49:15is my
49:16favourite crop
49:16to grow
49:16probably because
49:17there's so much
49:18embodied meaning
49:19in the bean
49:20and this bean
49:21in particular
49:22is a bean
49:23we call
49:24Lena's bean
49:24which is a bean
49:25that was given
49:26to me by a
49:26really good friend
49:27of mine
49:27Lena who
49:28immigrated from
49:29Italy about
49:3050 years ago
49:30and she brought
49:31this bean with
49:32her and then
49:32gave it to me
49:33it is a very
49:34regionally specific
49:35bean from
49:36Calabria
49:37they're just
49:38starting to form
49:38their seed now
49:39and they're a
49:41mottled tan
49:42and white
49:43colour inside
49:43similar to a
49:44Borlotti
49:45but I think
49:46and in
49:47everybody's
49:47opinion
49:47much more
49:48delicious
49:49I think
49:50it's a really
49:50special thing
49:51that we
49:52are preserving
49:53this seed
49:54I trellised
49:55them on
49:56one single
49:57piece of
49:57jute twine
49:58which loops
49:59over a wire
50:00and that lasts
50:00the whole season
50:01until we cut it
50:02down in autumn
50:03and lay them
50:05out in the
50:05greenhouse to dry
50:06and then the
50:07whole team
50:07shell them
50:08which is
50:09really special
50:11and they're
50:12eaten in
50:13various dishes
50:14over the
50:14course of
50:15winter
50:15and sometimes
50:16early spring
50:16when there's
50:17not so much
50:17abundance in
50:18the garden
50:26so one thing
50:27that I've
50:28learned is
50:28that the
50:29health of
50:29a seedling
50:30in its
50:31early stages
50:31really determines
50:32how well it
50:33will thrive
50:33in the garden
50:34so a couple
50:35of things
50:36you can do
50:36are making
50:37sure that you
50:38use a really
50:38high quality
50:39seed raising
50:39mix and
50:40ensuring that
50:41the seedlings
50:41don't dry out
50:42at any point
50:43because once
50:44they've declined
50:45in health
50:45you can nurse
50:46them back to
50:47health in the
50:47garden but
50:47they will never
50:48achieve the
50:48same vigour
50:49should they
50:50have been
50:50healthy at
50:50the beginning
50:51tomatoes are
50:52particularly prone
50:53to powdery
50:54mildew when
50:55they're grown
50:55in the
50:56greenhouse
50:57and a
50:58great way
50:58to prevent
50:58this is
50:59using a
51:00diluted milk
51:00spray which
51:01you can use
51:02throughout the
51:02season as a
51:03preventative
51:03and also
51:04at first
51:04sign of
51:05disease
51:06the greenhouse
51:07is a great
51:07way to
51:08extend the
51:09seasons
51:10and really
51:11gives us
51:12a longer
51:12growing period
51:13but I'm
51:15also known
51:15for being
51:16quite harsh
51:16with the
51:16seasons
51:17and seasonality
51:19and because
51:19we have
51:19such a small
51:20amount of
51:21covered growing
51:21space
51:21it's prized
51:23area and
51:23I need to
51:24use it
51:24strategically
51:25and it
51:26can be
51:26quite a
51:27rude shock
51:27sometimes
51:28to the
51:28chefs
51:28when I'm
51:29cutting the
51:30season short
51:30for example
51:31as we turn
51:31over into
51:32autumn
51:32I'm
51:32cutting out
51:33basil
51:35on the equinox
51:36and getting ready
51:37for the new
51:39crops of the
51:39season
51:40I think what
51:41makes it work
51:42and what makes it
51:43so special is that
51:44there's a real
51:44reciprocity between
51:45the kitchen and
51:46the garden
51:47and there's a true
51:47understanding of
51:48both sides
51:49and that's also the
51:51essence of the food
51:51story we're conveying
51:52in the restaurant
51:53that one inspires
51:55the other
51:57I think as a young
51:59person I always
52:00wanted work
52:02or a career
52:03that aligned
52:05with my
52:05environmental
52:05values
52:06so to find
52:08horticulture
52:09in a job
52:09such as this
52:10is such a dream
52:13it really
52:14yeah aligns
52:15with how I
52:16like to live
52:17my life
52:17and gardening
52:18as a lifestyle
52:19and the way
52:20that it
52:20structures
52:20my year
52:21is something
52:22that I find
52:23a lot of joy
52:24in
52:33now has that
52:34story made you
52:35as hungry
52:35for fresh
52:36veggies
52:36as I am
52:37look
52:38they don't grow
52:39by themselves
52:40well
52:41actually they do
52:42but
52:42with a little
52:43help
52:44from your
52:44list of jobs
52:45for the weekend
52:51love it
52:52or loathe it
52:53it's time
52:53to plant
52:54coriander
52:54in cool
52:55temperate
52:55areas
52:56planting now
52:57will stop
52:57this handsome
52:58herb from
52:59bolting to seed
53:00meaning more
53:01foliage for your
53:02culinary capers
53:03liliums are
53:04finishing up
53:05with their fab
53:06flowering
53:06so remove
53:07spent flower
53:08heads
53:08by cutting
53:09about halfway
53:10down the stem
53:11this allows
53:12enough foliage
53:13to remain
53:13to boost
53:14bulbs
53:14for next
53:15year
53:15cracking in
53:16coleslaws
53:17it's time
53:18to get
53:18cabbages
53:19into the
53:19ground
53:20plant in
53:21full sun
53:21allow plenty
53:22of space
53:23and interplant
53:24with land
53:24crest
53:25to act
53:25as a foil
53:26for the
53:26cabbage
53:27white
53:27butterfly
53:29warm temperate
53:30gardeners
53:31give your
53:31summer
53:31flowering
53:32hydrangeas
53:33a helpful
53:33haircut
53:34prune the
53:35stems
53:35that flower
53:36this year
53:36back by a
53:37third
53:37and leave
53:38the rest
53:39they'll
53:39flower
53:39next year
53:40a summer
53:42sandwich
53:42staple
53:43and winter
53:43warmer
53:44beetroots
53:45are a
53:45ripper crop
53:46in the
53:46home garden
53:47soak the
53:48seeds
53:48overnight
53:48and plant
53:49into rich
53:50friable
53:50soil
53:51spacing
53:52apart
53:52to about
53:5320 centimetres
53:54each
53:55for a tough
53:56spot in a
53:57sunny rockery
53:58or hanging
53:58basket
53:59fling in a
53:59fan flower
54:00these native
54:01ground covers
54:02are as tough
54:03as boots
54:03and bear vibrant
54:05purple flowers
54:06for most of the
54:07year
54:08in subtropical
54:09gardens
54:10plant the pea
54:11that brings the
54:11native bees
54:12and drop in
54:13a pigeon pea
54:14this tough
54:15versatile legume
54:16provides seeds
54:17perfect for dull
54:18and attracts
54:19a host
54:20of beneficial
54:20bugs
54:21while it might
54:22sound like
54:23a dance
54:23the achacha
54:24is actually
54:25a delicious
54:26fruit
54:27tangy
54:27sweet
54:28and tasty
54:28this small
54:30evergreen tree
54:31is a
54:31Bolivian
54:32beauty
54:32for backyards
54:33give one a go
54:34for year-round
54:36colour
54:36consider some
54:37awesome
54:38autumn sage
54:39these perennial
54:40cottage
54:40classics
54:41love heat
54:42and humidity
54:43flower
54:43prolifically
54:44and are great
54:45performers
54:47possibly the
54:48ultimate
54:48tropical flower
54:50heliconias
54:51are wrapping up
54:52their months
54:52long floral show
54:54and will benefit
54:55from a tidy up
54:56so remove spent
54:57stems and old
54:58leaves
54:58and use as mulch
55:00short stocky
55:01and dead set
55:02delicious
55:02give a wax
55:03gore to go
55:04this resilient
55:06climbing vine
55:06produces large
55:08melon like fruits
55:09that can be eaten
55:10in salads
55:11stir fries
55:12and pickles
55:12if your cordylines
55:14are losing
55:15their colour
55:15it could be
55:16time for a feed
55:17a nice whack
55:18of organic
55:19lawn food
55:19will give them
55:20a balanced
55:21kick of nitrogen
55:22and potassium
55:23perfect for
55:24bringing back
55:24the bling
55:25in arid gardens
55:27set of
55:28autumn joy
55:28has great
55:29all year appeal
55:30these succulents
55:32are successful
55:32in the sunniest
55:33of spots
55:34have great
55:35upright form
55:36and flower
55:37clusters that
55:37change with
55:38the seasons
55:39a tough
55:40attractive
55:41living mulch
55:42for hot spots
55:42is the creeping
55:43boobiella
55:44these great
55:45ground covers
55:46establish quickly
55:47flower prolifically
55:48and tolerate
55:49some foot traffic
55:51delicious and
55:52nutritious
55:52fava beans
55:54can be sown now
55:55a staple in
55:56Egyptian and
55:56Middle Eastern
55:57dishes
55:57these quick and
55:58easy to grow
55:59beans can be
56:00potted and eaten
56:01fresh or dried
56:02and stored
56:04celebrate what's
56:05left of summer
56:06this weekend
56:07gardeners
56:07and head to
56:08our social pages
56:09to let us know
56:10what you're up
56:11to in your
56:12patch
56:18well that's
56:19all we've got
56:20for this week
56:21but there is
56:21plenty more in
56:22the tool shed
56:23for next time
56:24take a look
56:27what happens
56:28when two
56:29doctors set
56:30their mind
56:30to creating
56:31a water-wise
56:32productive patch
56:32in the Adelaide
56:33hills
56:33well this
56:35an extremely
56:36fruitful
56:37and beautiful
56:38garden
56:38how many
56:40tomato varieties
56:40do you think
56:41there are in
56:42the world
56:42hundreds
56:43thousands
56:44what about
56:4510,000
56:46well today
56:47I'm going to
56:48try and eat
56:48as many
56:49as I can
56:50and meet
56:51a grower
56:52who is passionate
56:53about the
56:54perfect tomato
56:55and we take
56:56in some
56:57stunning
56:57arid scenery
56:59dawn is my
57:00favourite time
57:01of the day
57:01here
57:02this is where
57:02the desert
57:03meets the sea
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