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What you can do in your own backyard to help minimise the spread of cane toads

Here's what you can do to prevent cane toads from making themselves at home on your property and how to humanely euthanase any you do find in your garden.
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A close-up of a cane toad standing side-on to the camera, surrounded by blades of grass.

This veggie garden never runs out of food

Connie's veggie patch is full of veggies like bok choy, wombok and Chinese mustard and some greens she's never seen in a supermarket. She shares her tips on growing Asian veg and how to keep harvesting them all year long.
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Duration: 8 minutes 43 seconds

Fabian is obsessed with having a good-looking lawn

Fabian De Angelis's lawn is in such great shape that people stop to admire it, slowing down in their cars or complimenting him as they walk past. As well as the satisfaction that comes from a maintaining a good lawn, Fabian has developed a love of older style lawnmowers. He now has a total of 12 lawn care tools in his shed and garage, ranging from rusty cylinder mowers waiting to be restored, to new electric models, edge trimmers, groomers, and scarifiers.
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Duration: 4 minutes 11 seconds

Do you have a junk drawer in the kitchen?

The kitchen junk drawer accumulates so much stuff that getting on top of it can be difficult, but decluttering expert Julie Whiting has some tips to make the drawer work for you.
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Duration: 4 minutes 15 seconds