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Spring is in full swing and in true Melbourne style, there will be a few of those LOVELY sunny spring days, and then there will be the too cold and wet to go outside days, which is when I love to catch up on some reads. ONE in particular I absolutely love is Burke’s Backyard being because it is my to go to read about what I should and shouldn’t be doing in the garden. The section I thoroughly read is the Hands On section…
…as it is my vegie garden bible, telling me what I should or shouldn’t be the sowing in a chart.
Its like a monthly garden coach telling me what to do because seriously… I still don’t know what I’m doing.
And when I see pictures ofother people’s gardens, and compare it with our own…
I feel like I’m not doing such a bad job. HAH and every month too, afterreading Burke’s Backyard magazine, I always have something new to share with my dad about what he should be doing in his garden, like why my citrus and stone fruits are dropping after they are formed, or that now is the time to deadhead his roses and lay mulch. I’ve even sounded like such an expert to him about how he could deter the aphids that have killed off his plum tree. You see, as his fruit trees bear abundant fruit, me as his FAVOURITE daughter gets first dibs on the fruit. Anyway, so not only does my dad think I’m the BEST, but I’m actually quite knowledgeable about gardening… but really…. All I am doing is just that I read it all in some gardening magazines. Speaking of which, with Christmas coming up… Are you looking for the perfect Christmas present? Give your loved ones a magazine subscription this year and you can win a tropical escape to Hawaii with Magshop’s Christmas competition . (WIN WIN situation here, though I’ll probably get dad the Australian Golf Digest and I can remain the “Garden Guru”) Treat your family and friends to a magazine subscription today – it’s the gift that keeps on giving all year round!
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