Program Transcripts: 2005
Look through the transcripts of Gardening Australia programs from the last year.
November
Transcript - Episode 40
12 November 2005
PETER CUNDALL: If you want to have the most marvellously fertile soil, there is a whole range of soil conditioners and fertilisers you can use.
Transcript - Episode 39
5 November 2005
PETER CUNDALL: The reason why those Australian plants that grow locally are so marvellous in the garden is because they don't need any watering.
October
Transcript - Episode 38
29 October 2005
PETER CUNDALL: Sheep manure, marvellous mushroom compost, and cow manure, lovely and pulverised, and blood and bone as well.
Transcript - Episode 37
22 October 2005
PETER CUNDALL: Isn't this bloomin' amazing.
Transcript - Episode 36
15 October 2005
PETER CUNDALL: All right, I'll tell you the truth; I'll tell you why I think it's the most exciting time in the garden.
Transcript - Episode 35
8 October 2005
PETER CUNDALL: Every now and then I come across a plant that absolutely astonishes me.
Transcript - Episode 34
1 October 2005
PETER CUNDALL: Have you ever noticed how the suburbs of most towns are full of experimental gardens?
September
Transcript - Episode 33
24 September 2005
PETER CUNDALL: It's absolutely beautiful, isn't it?
Transcript - Episode 32
17 September 2005
PETER CUNDALL: I know they look a little bit weird, and even ferocious at times, and yet these, the cacti and the other succulents, they fill me with a sense of exhilaration.
Transcript - Episode 31
10 September 2005
PETER CUNDALL: This seems almost too good to be true.
Transcript - Episode 30
3 September 2005
PETER CUNDALL: You know, I've got one great ambition in life, and that is to make impoverished, hungry soil lovely and fertile.
August
Transcript - Episode 29
27 August 2005
PETER CUNDALL: This only a small garden, and schoolteacher, Vicky, is a dead keen gardener.
Transcript - Episode 28
20 August 2005
PETER CUNDALL: Just look at the extraordinary range of colours in this garden.
Transcript - Episode 27
13 August 2005
PETER CUNDALL: When you're in a garden with a view like this, you can guarantee it's a very special garden in a special place.
Transcript - Episode 26
6 August 2005
PETER CUNDALL: Isn't this the most enchanting, extraordinary place?
July
Transcript - Episode 25
30 July 2005
PETER CUNDALL: This is a standard rose and this is how you prune the blooming thing.
Transcript - Episode 24
23 July 2005
PETER CUNDALL: I know it looks as if I've gone stark, raving bonkers, but there is something magical and enchanting about walking along in the middle of winter, in the pouring rain, amongst magnificent trees.
Transcript - Episode 23
16 July 2005
PETER CUNDALL: Now look here, you lot.
Transcript - Episode 22
9 July 2005
PETER CUNDALL: If I appear to be in a state of extreme ecstasy, it's because I'm right in the middle of the living, breathing heart of Melbourne.
Transcript - Episode 21
2 July 2005
PETER CUNDALL: Isn't it absolutely blooming marvellous?
June
Transcript - Episode 20
25 June 2005
PETER CUNDALL: Whenever I come to Sydney I can't resist it.
Transcript - Episode 19
18 June 2005
PETER CUNDALL: What could be more delightful than massed organic cabbages all hearting up and ready to be eaten?
Transcript - Episode 18
11 June 2005
PETER CUNDALL: I can't believe what's happened to the soil in this garden over the last, what, eight or nine years.
Transcript - Episode 17
4 June 2005
PETER CUNDALL: Now here's a very useful garden tool.
May
Transcript - Episode 16
28 May 2005
PETER CUNDALL: Here is a garden which is absolutely crammed with problems.
Transcript - Episode 15
21 May 2005
PETER CUNDALL: The reason why we prune peach and nectarine trees is to get more fruit, because whenever you prune them it produces new wood, induces new wood, and it's the new wood that bears the fruit.
Transcript - Episode 14
14 May 2005
PETER CUNDALL: This is a marvellous Japanese radish.
Transcript - Episode 13
7 May 2005
PETER CUNDALL: Can you remember a week or so back I sowed the seed of this English spinach?
April
Transcript - Episode 12
30 April 2005
PETER CUNDALL: I've always been fascinated by the architecture of old churches and this one is a beauty.
Transcript - Episode 11
23 April 2005
PETER CUNDALL: You know, one of the great joys in life is to be in a beautiful garden.
Transcript - Episode 10
16 April 2005
PETER CUNDALL: You must think I've gone stark raving mad.
Transcript - Episode 9
9 April 2005
PETER CUNDALL: I know it looks as though I've developed a sudden craving for rhubarb and custard, but it's not quite like this.
Transcript - Episode 8
2 April 2005
PETER CUNDALL: I'm in the middle of a nightmare.
March
Transcript - Episode 7
26 March 2005
PETER CUNDALL: Isn’t it a marvellous relief when you know that the plants are big enough to resist the birds?
Transcript - Episode 6
19 March 2005
PETER CUNDALL: If I'm brimming with excitement, it's because I'm about to do the most creative work of all.
Transcript - Episode 5
12 March 2005
PETER CUNDALL: It's hard to imagine strawberries as an extremely effective weed-suppressing ground cover, but they are.
Transcript - Episode 4
5 March 2005
PETER CUNDALL: It's hard to believe that some people spend half their lives worrying about weeds when there is so many beautiful ways of suppressing them.
February
Transcript - Episode 3
26 February 2005
PETER CUNDALL: Isn't this a magnificent stand of sweet corn?
Transcript - Episode 2
19 February 2005
PETER CUNDALL: Now, look, Josh, I've got to ask you this in my garden here in Tasmania: what do you think of my soil?
Transcript - Episode 1
12 February 2005
PETER CUNDALL: As you can see, I'm absolutely in my element pruning.
