Burke's Backyard Information Guide (Volume 1)

Rear cover notes: "Burke's Backyard Information Guide is a unique resource book for the average backyarder as well as for animal enthusiasts, serious gardeners, home handypeople, schoolkids, wildlife and nature lovers. Don Burke, host of the immensely popular Burke's Backyard television series has been inundated with requests for information Fact Sheets about the multitude of fascinating segments he presents each week.... Everything from butterflies to bats, lawns to lizards, paving to possums, herbs to hibiscus, blossoms to Birmingham Roller pigeons, mice to mulches, and much more is contained in this mini encyclopaedia of house and garden facts, figures and fun....Find out about weird and wonderful wildlife and its impact on the environment....Home handypeople will learn how to sharpen a spade, fix and broken window and repair a fence....Pet owners will appreciate the expert veterinary advice and 'Road Test' details about a menagerie of popular pets including dogs, cats, horses, fish, birds, chickens, sheep and donkeys. Don Burke sincerely hopes that Burke's Backyard Information Guide provides useful information which will enhance your own and your family's and friends' enjoyment of Australia's favourite place - the backyard."