When the lazy hazy crazy days of summer are making thoughts turn towards to beach, the river or the swimming pool, the mind should also be thinking of winter in the veggie garden. Paradoxically, growing veggies for use in winter is often easier (in winter) than summer. Less bugs around ...

A well-mulched garden produces healthy soil structure and disease resistant plants. Why should you mulch? A well mulched garden prevents the soil from drying out rapidly between watering and rainfall periods. This means less time spent on frequent watering is required. Weed seeds may also more easily take root when they land on ...

Made from throw away pallets and fruit bins, with lots of labour of love added, along with some screws, a cordless drill, a saw and some pallet-wrap plastic discarded from a place of work and it's just the start. Throw in some re-used fence posts, a load or two of compost, some trailered-in and local-sieved ...

One obvious aspect of Spring is all the blossom. How many times have you said to yourself, as you've been driving around, "OMG - I must get one of those for the front / back lawn." Well, now is the hour; the day; the week. If you're up to it, stop, go knock on ...

What are Microgreens? Microgreens are simply vegetables and herbs harvested while still very young. Usually at only an inch or so tall and still smaller than baby salad greens. They are packed with vitamins and a more intense flavour than fully grown vegetables, and are excellent in salads, soups, sauces and ...

The traditional Spring garden fever that hits many NZ families often overlooks one critical aspect of garden production. Local knowledge will / should tell you when it’s time to get sowing or planting. However, Spring in Northland will be a different calendar page to Spring in Southland. So what’s the decider? Soil ...

If you're like me you've probably found that gardening, like any hobby, can get very expensive. Personally I'd rather save my pennies for the things that really count, like the plants! It's amazing what treasures you can find around your neighbourhood. Old newspapers and cardboard, old carpet and underlay that has ...

Here's where we go into a range of details about home gardening. First off, let's talk about a quirky aspect of sustainability. There's lots of stereotypes around about how men and women indulge in food producing gardens. And there's the generalised one of how Spring gardening fever grips the wanna-be home ...