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Mar 9, 2024 | 
maitlandmercury.com.au | Jackie French
Some gardeners see their front yards as a form of exterior decoration, the design taken from a magazine, increasingly often the plants chosen and arranged by professionals, and very nice they look, too. or signup to continue readingSee subscription options Other gardeners enjoy the scent of soil and ripe tomatoes, and bunches of proteas or roses. They plant what they love, or what those who love them have given them. And then there are those who are just passionate about plants.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
canberratimes.com.au | Jackie French
March is a generous month. It's harvest time for fat tomatoes, ripening apples, crunchy nashi pears, a daily harvest of zucchini... more apples... and more zucchini... and even more apples. or signup to continue readingSee subscription options I adore apples, crunched straight from the tree, made into apple cake, or stewed then frozen so I can make a winter apple crumble in five minutes, plus 20 minutes' baking.
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Jan 6, 2024 | 
dailyadvertiser.com.au | Jackie French
There's a myth that chillies are as savage as a dragon's breath. On the contrary, some are as mild as a labradoodle. These are "sweet peppers", like capsicum, which receive a big fat O on the Scoville scale, the old-fashioned test invented by Wilbur Scoville in 1912 - he monitored how soon it took the juice of the chilli to be detected in sugar syrup by a panel of dedicated testers, many of whom possibly were unable to taste anything for some days afterwards.
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Jul 26, 2023 | 
yourkidsnextread.com.au | Jess Racklyeft |Lorena Carrington |Christian Robinson |Jackie French
Classroom read-aloud novelsMegan and Allison look at choosing the perfect class novel – a read-aloud to suit every classroom, with help from award-winning author Sue Whiting. Plus, Allison has tips for finding authors to interview and Megan helps you find free audiobooks for the holidays. Books we mentionClick on the links to buy from Booktopia or shop all of the YKNR Podcast recommendations on our dedicated Booktopia page. ‘The Forgotten Song: saving the Regent Honeyeater’ by Coral Vass.
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Mar 16, 2023 | 
crookwellgazette.com.au | Jackie French
There are many tricks to make your backyard look bigger, including garden 'rooms'. Picture ShutterstockBackyards these days are rarely big. Trick the eye a bit, and they can look magnificent - even enormous. FacebookTwitterWhatsappEmailJackie French is an Australian author, historian, ecologist and honourary wombat (part time), 2014-2015 Australian Children' Laureate and 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. She also writes a gardening column for The Canberra Times.
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Mar 16, 2023 | 
lismorecitynews.com.au | Jackie French
There are many tricks to make your backyard look bigger, including garden 'rooms'. Picture ShutterstockBackyards these day these days are rarely big. Trick the eye a bit, and they can look magnificent - even enormous. There are many tricks to make your backyard look bigger. There's one you may find in English movies of the 'grand country house murder' kind, where the drive is planted with large trees at the beginning of the drive, becoming progressively smaller as they near the house.
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Mar 16, 2023 | 
nynganobserver.com.au | Jackie French
There are many tricks to make your backyard look bigger, including garden 'rooms'. Picture ShutterstockBackyards these days are rarely big. Trick the eye a bit, and they can look magnificent - even enormous. FacebookTwitterWhatsappEmailJackie French is an Australian author, historian, ecologist and honourary wombat (part time), 2014-2015 Australian Children' Laureate and 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. She also writes a gardening column for The Canberra Times.
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Mar 16, 2023 | 
queanbeyanage.com.au | Jackie French
There are many tricks to make your backyard look bigger, including garden 'rooms'. Picture ShutterstockBackyards these days are rarely big. Trick the eye a bit, and they can look magnificent - even enormous. FacebookTwitterWhatsappEmailJackie French is an Australian author, historian, ecologist and honourary wombat (part time), 2014-2015 Australian Children' Laureate and 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. She also writes a gardening column for The Canberra Times.
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Mar 16, 2023 | 
canberratimes.com.au | Jackie French
There are many tricks to make your backyard look bigger, including garden 'rooms'. Picture ShutterstockBackyards these day these days are rarely big. Trick the eye a bit, and they can look magnificent - even enormous. FacebookTwitterWhatsappEmailJackie French is an Australian author, historian, ecologist and honourary wombat (part time), 2014-2015 Australian Children' Laureate and 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. She also writes a gardening column for The Canberra Times.
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Mar 16, 2023 | 
greatlakesadvocate.com.au | Jackie French
There are many tricks to make your backyard look bigger, including garden 'rooms'. Picture ShutterstockBackyards these days are rarely big. Trick the eye a bit, and they can look magnificent - even enormous. FacebookTwitterWhatsappEmailJackie French is an Australian author, historian, ecologist and honourary wombat (part time), 2014-2015 Australian Children' Laureate and 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. She also writes a gardening column for The Canberra Times.
