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Master the full range of capsicums and chillies — from mild sweet peppers to the world's hottest varieties — in Australian conditions.
Design a productive vegetable garden system that harvests something every week of the year, even in Melbourne, Canberra, and Tasmanian conditions.
The ancient German-Austrian technique of building highly productive garden beds over buried wood — creating self-fertilising, self-watering, long-lasting growing systems.
Apply the intensive techniques of professional market gardeners to your home plot — tight spacing, fertility management, succession planting schedules, and time-motion efficiency…
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