What were the great plants and the real pests for gardeners in 2018? Jon Lamb and special guest Brett Draper join ABC Radio Adelaide’s Deb Tribe to review the year gone by for home gardeners. Listeners provide feedback on how their gardens survived the heatwave conditions of the past few days. Thanks to James from Hope Valley for the photo of his garden.

The year in review for home gardeners

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It's easy to have the best of intentions for your home garden, but if you get distracted by all the pretty flowers, you may be overlooking what works best on your property.

Don't get dazzled by pretty flowers, choose what works in your home garden

Horticultural Supervisor at Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens, Mark Oborn says, "One of my favourites is the Pin Oak".

The best trees to bring autumn colour to your home garden

If independent climatologist, Darren Ray is correct South Australian home gardeners can expect ideal vegetable growing conditions to continue throughout autumn.

Plant the right vegetables in SA now and enjoy a bountiful harvest in June

McLaren Flat fruit & nut specialist, Chris Perry said, "The moist, cool conditions, didn't really aid fruit set".

'Difficult' fruit-growing season impacted by inconsistent SA weather

With the recent Adelaide heatwave, home lawns are still struggling to deal with the stress. is it possible to return your lawn to a vibrant green again?

The year in review for home gardeners

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