October 24th, 2013
Design Elements
with Christopher Owen landscape designer.
The inaugural Australian Garden
show, showcased quite a few less garden designers than you would’ve seen at
Chelsea.
As I mentioned last week, compared
to garden shows in the UK, the Australian garden show has plenty of room to
grow.
But, there were some very different
designs that were none traditional and more inventive than those that I saw at
Chelsea this year.
I spoke to some of the garden
designers to see what inspired their designs.
Here’s a landscape designer from Sydney
Firstly I must apologize for the
wind noise because the interview was done at the actual location. Listen to these inspiring thoughts
Grasses can be a wonderful addition
to your garden if you plant a clump of them. The grasses not only add colour
but texture and sound.
Tall grasses in a large grouping can
be a perfect solution for screening an unpleasant view and they soften
hardscaping like around a pool.
Plus the sound of rustling grass can
be therapeutic or calming,
If you have any questions about this
week’s Design Elements, send it our email address, or just post it.
October 18th, 2013
REAL WORLD GARDENER Wed. 5pm 2RRR 88.5fm Sydney,
streaming live at www.2rrr.org.au and Across Australia on the Community Radio
Network. www.realworldgardener.com
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The complete CRN
edition of RWG is available on http://www.cpod.org.au/ , just click on 2RRR to find this week’s edition. The new theme is sung by Harry Hughes from his album
Songs of the Garden. You can hear samples of the album from the website www.songsofthegarden.com
Spice it Up
with Ian Hemphill from www.herbies.com.au
Is Cardamom one of the spices in
your cupboard?
If not have you ever wondered how to
use cardamom?
Did you know that Cardamom is used
in Indian, Middle Eastern and even Scandinavian cooking? The Scandinavians use
Cardamom in baking.
Listen to this.
PLAY Cardamom_9th October_2013
For those living in warmer climates,
you can grow your own Cardamom. Cardamom is a perennial shrub up to four metres
high with very long leaves.
The flowers are small, yellow with purple tips.
As Ian suggests, if you only want a
pinch of Cardamom, use the pre-ground spice.
The flavour is less strong, but
cracking open the pods, scraping out the seeds, and grinding them up can be a
pain when we need more than a pinch of the spice.
If you have any questions about
Cardamom, or any spice or herb, why not drop us a line. Or send in a photo to realworldgardener@gmail.com or by post to 2RRR P.O. Box 644
Gladesville NSW 1675, and I’ll send you a copy of the Garden Guardians in
return..
Is Cardamom one of the spices in your cupboard?
If not have you ever wondered how to use cardamom?
Did you know that Cardamom is used in Indian, Middle Eastern and even Scandinavian cooking? The Scandinavians use Cardamom in baking.
For those living in warmer climates, you can grow your own Cardamom. Cardamom is a perennial shrub up to four metres high with very long leaves. The flowers are small, yellow with purple tips.
As Ian suggests, if you only want a pinch of Cardamom, use the pre-ground spice. The flavour is less strong, but cracking open the pods, scraping out the seeds, and grinding them up can be a pain when we need more than a pinch of the spice.
If you have any questions about Cardamom, or any spice or herb, why not drop us a line. Or send in a photo to realworldgardener@gmail.com or by post to 2RRR P.O. Box 644 Gladesville NSW 1675, and I’ll send you a copy of the Garden Guardians in return..
October 10th, 2013
REAL WORLD GARDENER Wed. 5pm 2RRR 88.5fm Sydney,
streaming live at www.2rrr.org.au and Across Australia on the Community Radio
Network. www.realworldgardener.com
Real World Gardener is funded by the Community
Broadcasting Foundation
REALWORLD GARDENER NOW ON FACEBOOK
The complete CRN
edition of RWG is available on http://www.cpod.org.au/ , just click on 2RRR to find this week’s edition. The new theme is sung by Harry Hughes from his album
Songs of the Garden. You can hear samples of the album from the website www.songsofthegarden.com
Wildlife in Focus
Living Planet
with Sophie Golding
It’s great to have all kinds of
creatures visit your garden. You put out those buts of white bread for the
maggies, or those seed bells for the cockatoos.What’s wrong with that? Animals that
expect to be fed by people can become aggressive, harassing people for food
when they are hungry.The Ibis at the Botanic gardens
where I work, are an example. I’m often asked by visiting why the Ibis seem to
harass them.Whatever your thoughts,
Listen to
this….
The NSW department of Environment
and Heritage suggests that when you feed native animals you're giving them the
wildlife equivalent of junk food.
When kangaroos and wallabies become
used to being hand-fed, they sometimes attack people in their quest for food.
Remember, they have sharp claws and a strong kick.
Another example is in Flinders Chase
on Kangaroo Island where they’ve had to put up cages around the eating tables
in the national park, so people can eat in peace.
If you have any questions about this
Feeding Wildlife, send it our email address, or just post it.
October 10th, 2013
REAL WORLD GARDENER Wed. 5pm 2RRR 88.5fm Sydney,
streaming live at www.2rrr.org.au and Across Australia on the Community Radio
Network. www.realworldgardener.com
Real World Gardener is funded by the Community
Broadcasting Foundation
REALWORLD GARDENER NOW ON FACEBOOK
The complete CRN
edition of RWG is available on http://www.cpod.org.au/ , just click on 2RRR to find this week’s edition. The new theme is sung by Harry Hughes from his album
Songs of the Garden. You can hear samples of the album from the website www.songsofthegarden.com
Wildlife in Focus
with Sue Stevens
This bird is one of Australia’s
loudest and most beautiful songsters but scientists give it a most unkind name.
There’s even one group on Norfolk Island that they call Tamey.
The call has
been described as up to 35 loud, rapid, ringing notes without pause, or a high,
thin call with a whip-crack.
Listen to this.
PLAY Golden Whistler_9th October_2013
As Sue mentioned, the Golden
Whistler is found from Cooktown in North QLD to the Eyre Peninsular in the
South, as well in Southern WA. This bird inhabits most kinds of dense forest,
its diet consists of insects, grubs and small fruits
The Golden Whistler will visit
suburban areas close to nature reserves if gardens include thick vegetation,
layers of trees, shrubs and ground cover. Collecting firewood from local
reserves is not a good idea if you want native birds to visit your area.
Keep your cat in at night and give it a stimulating
indoor environment and a cat run or enclosure, to minimise the threat to birds.
If you have any questions about the
Golden Whistler, or have spotted it in your neighbourhood, why not send in a
photo or drop us a line. Or send in a photo to realworldgardener@gmail.com or by post to 2RRR P.O. Box 644 Gladesville
NSW 1675, and I’ll send you a copy of the Garden Guardians in return..
October 3rd, 2013
REAL WORLD GARDENER Wed. 5pm 2RRR 88.5fm Sydney,
streaming live at www.2rrr.org.au and Across Australia on the Community Radio
Network. www.realworldgardener.com
Real World Gardener is funded by the Community
Broadcasting Foundation
REALWORLD GARDENER NOW ON FACEBOOK
The complete CRN
edition of RWG is available on http://www.cpod.org.au/ , just click on 2RRR to find this week’s edition. The new theme is sung by Harry Hughes from his album
Songs of the Garden. You can hear samples of the album from the website www.songsofthegarden.com

Design Elements
with Louise McDaid
Last week, Design Elements explored
the structures in the Seeability garden at this year’s Chelsea Flower show.
Seems like it was an age away already!
The SeeAbility Garden at this year’s
Chelsea Flower show was designed to raise awareness of eye health and the
effects of sight loss. Four different sight conditions were represented
conceptually through distinctive planting and hard landscaping.
This week, because the garden was so
cool, Louise, is talking about the planting.
What an inspirational garden.
Listen to this….
The seeability garden represents
various eye conditions that seriously affect sight.
If you want to see more of the
garden other than the photos that I’ll put up on my website, go to www.seeability.org
Move your mouse over the garden
image on the website to see how it might look if you had an eye condition, and
find an explanation on the eye condition below it.
October 3rd, 2013
REAL WORLD GARDENER Wed. 5pm 2RRR 88.5fm Sydney,
streaming live at www.2rrr.org.au and Across Australia on the Community Radio
Network. www.realworldgardener.com
Real World Gardener is funded by the Community
Broadcasting Foundation
REALWORLD GARDENER NOW ON FACEBOOK
The complete CRN
edition of RWG is available on http://www.cpod.org.au/ , just click on 2RRR to find this week’s edition. The new theme is sung by Harry Hughes from his album
Songs of the Garden. You can hear samples of the album from the website www.songsofthegarden.com
Compost Capers
So you’ve had problems with your
worm farm or you’ve heard that they smell?
Did you know that the stuff you get
out of worm farms helps your plants to grow and resist disease?
These worm castings also helps your
soil hold onto water longer-that’s called water holding capacity. Yeah that
goes up.
Australia’s been heating up so it’s going
to a good idea to get more of that water holding capacity into your soil.
But hold, on, you’ve tried worm
farming but the worms disappeared or just grew thin.
Well, don’t give up because
Cameron’s got plenty of tips to fix things up.
Listen to this.
Australia is second only to the America
making waste.
Each year every Australian produces
around 800kg of solid waste.
In New South Wales, an average of
65% of our household rubbish is food scraps, garden waste and other organic
matter.
The best way to reduce our food and
garden waste is to convert it to compost.
Organic material that is deposited
in a landfill breaks down in anaerobic (without air) conditions, releasing
methane and carbon dioxide.
Both of these gases are major contributors to the
enhanced greenhouse effect.
Good reason to keep on composting I
reckon.
If you have any questions about a worm
farming, need some help, why not drop us a line.
Or send in a photo to realworldgardener@gmail.com or by post to 2RRR P.O. Box 644
Gladesville NSW 1675, and I’ll send you a copy of the Garden Guardians in
return.
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