Sat, 28 November 2009 Today on Dirty Deeds we talk to Penny Woodward about her new book 'Growing easy herbs' and Allen Gilbert on his new book 'Espalier" both comprehensive guides with beautiful illustrations and photographs for the horticulturalist in all of us. www.hylandhouse.com.au and for more information on the Merri Corner Community Garden Monster garage sale go to www.merricorner.org Comments[3] |
Sat, 21 November 2009  Dirty Deeds team chat to a Green Plumber, Geof Gerdsen, about capturing and storing water.geof@h2orticulture.com Comments[0] |
Sun, 15 November 2009 Dirty Deeds chat to Ben Neil, Community Development Facilitator for Broadmeadows Disability Services, about the projects, site and plans for their horticultural therapy program and other projects. www.bds.org.au For information on the Merri Corner Community Garden fundrasing quiz night go to www.merricorner.org Comments[1] |
Sat, 7 November 2009 What's a garden without a potted native plant. Dirty Deeds with regular guest Huon give their take a on few native plants worthy of potting! Comments[0] |
Wed, 4 November 2009 Digga,Olive,Laurel and Myrtle have an extended version of "In my garden"What's fruiting,flowering and bugging us at the moment. Comments[1] |
Sun, 25 October 2009 Dirty Deeds chat to Holly Vyner from Biological Farmers of Australia (BFA) about the role of BFA and certification of products, as well as taking your calls. www.bfa.com.au Comments[0] |
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Sun, 11 October 2009  Digga, Laurel and Huon chat about everyone's fav veggie, Tomatoes!!!Comments[1] |
Mon, 28 September 2009 Soils ain't Soils, or are they??? The Dirty Deeds team speak to Myrtle about...you guessed it....Soils.Comments[1] |
Sun, 6 September 2009 Dirty Deeds team catch up with Sean Dooley to discuss bird activity in spring.Comments[0] |
Sun, 30 August 2009 Back after the goodness of radiothon - (thankyou to all who subscribed) with a bit of timely green fingered advice.Comments[1] |
Sun, 9 August 2009 Dirty Deeds 9 August 2009Seeds and all of their seediness; seed catalogues, collecting your own seed and self seeding in the garden. Comments[0] |
Sun, 2 August 2009 Dirty Deeds welcome guest Myrtle to the studio to discuss grey water; what is it, how to use it and any issues with soil health. www.lanfaxlabs.com.au www.sgaonline.com Comments[0] |
Sun, 26 July 2009 Dirty Deeds team chat to Jerry Colby-Williams, Gardening Australia's QLD presenter.Comments[0] |
Sun, 19 July 2009 Dirty Deeds welcomes Huon, passionate horitculturalist, to talk Winter flowering native plants in all of their glory. Plus, here is the link to Olive's truffle investment - www.trufflegrowers.com.au Comments[0] |
Sun, 12 July 2009 Laurel and Digga discuss pruning pros and cons for deciduous fruit trees and vines. Comments[0] |
Sun, 5 July 2009 Dirty Deeds team talk deciduous fruiting plants.Comments[1] |
Sun, 28 June 2009 Time to chat with Tino Carnevale, Tasmanian presenter of ABC's Gardening Australia and horticulturalist behind the amazing vegetable garden at the Tasmanian Botanic Gardens (and experimental banana grower). http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/ For further details on purchasing the 50 cent coir bags 9739 0568 669 Maroondah Hwy, Coldstream 9 - 5 pm info@getawayestate.com.au Finally for information about the Keilor Plains Australian Plant Society call Anne 9336 3228 Comments[0] |
Sun, 14 June 2009 Dirty Deeds chat to Lana Phillips, Horticultural Technician at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, about the Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden. Comments[1] |
Sun, 7 June 2009 Digga Olive and Laurel catch up with Sean Dooley to find out what's happening in the world of birds.Comments[0] |
Sun, 31 May 2009 The Environment and your own backyard how easily do they connect? Do you get off on World Environment Day and are your reasons as valid as they could be. A bit more of a conceptual Dirty Deeds for your listening pleasure. Comments[0] |
Sun, 17 May 2009 Comments[0] |
Sun, 10 May 2009 Dirty Deeds digs up the dirt on nature strips; the pros the cons and the councils Comments[0] |
Sun, 26 April 2009 Dirty Deeds talk to Dr. Greg Moore from the University of Melbourne about the effects of fire on the landscape; the good the bad and the promise of a great spring ahead! Mushroom workshop: for information go to info@alisonpouliot.com. Comments[3] |
Sun, 12 April 2009 Talking small trees for an urban environment. Plus usual segments In My Garden and listener talkback.Comments[0] |
Sun, 5 April 2009 Dirty Deeds go to the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show...... Comments[1] |
Sun, 29 March 2009 Today we discuss the sublime autumn weather and the subtle art of propagation with Meg Stewart from CERES Environment Park. Comments[2] |
Sun, 22 March 2009 The Dirty Deeds team talk about autumn, what's coming up, what going down. Things to do and the ethereal autumn light messing with our heads. www.sgaonline.org.au www.opengarden.org.au Comments[2] |
Sun, 15 March 2009 Dirty Deeds chat to Dr. Louis Glowinski, author of "The Complete Book of Fruit Growing in Australia". Plus usual segments including "In My Garden", talkback, weather and Open Gardens. Comments[0] |
Sat, 7 March 2009 Vasili from Vasili's Garden comes into the studio to chat, chew the eggplant fat and give us a little piano accordion serenade. Comments[0] |
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Sun, 8 February 2009 Digga and Olive chat to Meg Stewart from CERES propagation in East Brunswick about seed saving in all its glory.www.seedsavers.net.au Comments[3] |
Sun, 8 February 2009 Digga, Olive and Laurel cruise back into 2009 with a summer round up and a couple of tricks to try for dodgy tomatoes and keeping your worms cool. Comments[1] |
Mon, 8 December 2008 Dirty Deeds does BBQ day with Q & A's. summer tips, and a roving mic at CERES Environment Park on the bank of the Merri Creek in East Brunswick.www.ceres.org.au Comments[0] |
Sun, 30 November 2008 Sincere apologies for the break in transmission of the Dirty Deeds podcast, folks! 2009 will be more consistent. And we'll get the missing ones from the last few weeks posted soon! Some catch-up for you to avail yourself of over summer as we take few weeks break from broadcasting.Anyway... Today Olive & Digga (in the absence of Laurel) talk to Penny Woodward, author of Herbs For Australian Gardens. Plus usual segments In My Garden & listener talkback. Don't forget Triple R's annual Barbeque day next Sunday 7 December. Comments[3] |
Sun, 23 November 2008 Prevention is better than cure! Laurel, Olive & Digga talk about how to avoid pests & diseases in your backyard - and a couple of remedies for those problem plants. For some coffee table reading, see: 'Natural Control of Garden Pests' by Jackie French, published by Arid Books, Melbourne, and: 'What Garden Pest or Disease is That?' by Judy McMaugh on New Holland Publishers Comments[2] |
Sun, 19 October 2008 Digga, Laurel + Olive give the dirt on tomatoes, plus all our usual segments. Comments[0] |
Sun, 12 October 2008 Dirty Deeds goes to the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and interviews Richard Barley about Guilfoyle's Volcano, Neville Walsh about the Millenium Seed Bank and the usual "In My Garden" at the bot gardens....Comments[0] |
Sun, 14 September 2008  Olive, Laurel & Digga talk with 3RRR's resident bird watcher, twitcher and author of 'The Big Twitch' and 'Anoraks to Zitting Cisticola', Sean Dooley.As well as usual segments, In My Garden and listener talkback. Comments[0] |
Sun, 7 September 2008 Spring, people, spring! Laurel, Digga & Olive discuss how to prepare your garden for spring; selecting seeds & plants, preparing the soil and so on - or should I say and sow on..Plus usual segments, In My Garden and listener talkback. Comments[0] |
Sun, 17 August 2008 Olive, Digga & Laurel discuss indigenous plants and how you can take advantage of our much-undervalued local flora in your own home.Plus usual segments, In My Garden and listener talkback. Don't forget! - The next edition of Dirty Deeds will be our first of two 'Join The Triple R Circus' Radiothon '09 shows. Triple R survives on annual subscriptions from you, the listener. Call 613-9388 1027 to pledge your support and help keep us going for another year! Comments[0] |
Sun, 10 August 2008 In the absence of Digga, Olive & Laurel chat with Meg Stewart, co-manager of CERES about propagation. Find out about seeds, pest management and more! Check out Seedsavers for more info. Plus usual segments, In My Garden and listener talkback. Don't forget the Triple R Radiothon starts 22 August, with the first of two Dirty Deeds radiothon editions on Sun 24 August. Be a part of the Triple R Circus! Comments[0] |
Sun, 3 August 2008 Reduce, Re-use, Recycle! You know the mantra...Join Olive, Laurel & Digga as they give you tips on how to achieve this in your garden. Check out the Alternative Technology Association for more info. Plus usual segments, In My Garden and listener talkback. Comments[0] |
Sun, 27 July 2008 Laurel, Digga & Olive give you all the dirt on school gardens. They're joined by Natasha Van Velzen from Cultivating Community who discusses Edible Classrooms and Ross Parker from Kildonan Uniting Care talking about the the Growing Community Gardens course available through the Royal Botanic Gardens. Plus usual segments In My Garden and listener talkback. Comments[0] |
Sun, 20 July 2008 The Australian Garden at Cranbourne? What the..?Today, the Olive Laurel & Digga talk with John Arnott, Manager of Horticulture from the aforementioned garden. See also the website for the Royal Botanic Gardens. The Dirty Deeds crew also discuss Patrick Blanc's concept of Vertical Gardens. Plus usual weekly Dirty Deeds segments, In My Garden and listener talkback. Comments[0] |
Sun, 13 July 2008 Laurel, Olive & Digga are joined by Nicola Vaughan, Conservation Administration Officer from Trust For Nature. She discusses conservation covenants, areas of importance, September's annual Spring Into Nature and the general role of TFN.Plus usual segments, In My Garden and a slightly technically fraught listener talk-back advice session. Comments[0] |
Sun, 6 July 2008 Dirty Deeders talk Tools. Favourite tools, use of tools, maintenance & care of tools. Plus usual segment In My garden and talk-back advice.Comments[3] |
Sun, 29 June 2008 Laurel, Olive & Digga are joined this week by viticulturist, wine-maker& all-round handsome guy, Duncan Buchanan from Dromana Estate. Duncan talks about the horticultural aspects of wine-making & grape growing. Duncan, along with Barney Flanders, present Triple R's podcast-only wine show 'Plonk', available thruogh the Triple R website. Olive gives the goss on the Real Food Film Night at Loop Bar. Go to Friends Of The Earth for more details. As usual, the dirty Deeds crew tell what's been happening In My Garden and give listeners some talk-back advice. Cheers, Burp. Comments[4] |
Sun, 22 June 2008 Digga, Laurel & Olive continue their talk on bare-rooted plants (not dry-rooted, thanks Cam). Plus usual segments, In My Garden and listener talk-back.Comments[1] |
Sun, 15 June 2008 Olive, Digga & Laurel bury you knee-high in info on growing & caring for berries. Berries, berries, berries.Plus our usual segments, In My Garden and talk-back advice for listeners (but don't call now! Save your questions for the Dirty Deeds broadcast, every Sunday from 1 - 2PM Melbourne time. Phone 61 3 9388 1027) Comments[1] |
Sun, 8 June 2008 Dirty Deeds Crew get excited about the start of bare-rooted tree season. "Bring on winter!" exclaims Olive (Note: Olive's opinions are not necessarily shared by the bloke who posts the podcasts, who dislikes winter intensely).Also, regular segments In My Garden and talkback advice. Brrrrr... Comments[1] |
Sun, 1 June 2008 Dirty Deeds team talk to Dr Greg Moore from University of Melbourne, Bunrley, about trees in the urban environment.Plus usual segments In My Garden and talkback advice. Comments[0] |
Sun, 25 May 2008 The Dirty Deeders talk weeds, noxious & otherwise. Weedy Issues; what they are, What they do...and how to avoid them. www.dpi.vic.gov.au/weeds www.weeds.org.au www.weeds.gov.au Plus usual segments, In My Garden and talkback advice for listeners. Comments[0] |
Sun, 18 May 2008 Laurel, Olive & Digga's earthy tones this week feature discussion on Autumn fruiting, the Autumn fruit harvest, including medlars, persimmons and more. Plus usual segments In My Garden and this week's gardening weather outlook.Comments[1] |
Sun, 11 May 2008 Olive, Laurel & Digga bring you orchids, autumn colours, Mothers' Day as well as usual segments In My Garden and talkback advice.Comments[0] |
Sun, 4 May 2008 Olive & Digga get down & dirty with the inimitable Vasili from 'Vasili's Garden' (Channel 31, Sundays 8PM). Vasili tells us what you can do with hard rubbish & compost and pays his respects to the gardeners that he learned it all from. We also talk about the bizarre phenomenon of 'Guerilla Gardening'. www.guerillagardening.org as well as usual segment, In My Garden. Comments[1] |
Sun, 27 April 2008 Olive, Laurel & Digga speak to the founder of permaculture, Bill Mollison - www.tagari.comDon't forget International Compost Awareness Week 2008 - www.compostweek.com.au Plus usual weekly segments, In My Garden, talkback and this week's weather. Comments[0] |
Sun, 20 April 2008 Digga, Laurel & Olive discuss Autumn cColours, as well as usual segments, In My Garden and talkback.Comments[2] |
Sun, 11 November 2007 The Dirty Deeds crew speak to Richard Rowe, Horticultural Curator of Melbourne Zoo about the Zoo's array of plants and their environmental strategy.Comments[1] |
Sun, 4 November 2007 Not a punter? Melbourne Cup not your vessel of choice? Then get your hands dirty with these gardening tips for race day. In this show we talk tomatoes, summer plantings, roses and weeds!Comments[1] |
Tue, 30 October 2007 Digga, Laure & Olive give this week's run-down on all things horticultural, including a chat with Liz from Veg-Out community garden in St Kilda.Direct download: Dirty_Deeds_Sun_21_Oct_2007__1_00_PM.mp3 Category: Dirty Deeds -- posted at: 5:58 AM Comments[2] |
