Oxalis is a weed that frustrates many gardeners to no end. It appears as a simple weed to remove, just dig out the plant, keeping intact the main bulb and the little ‘bulblet’s’ that are clinging to it, then remove for safe disposal. But no matter how careful you are, there are going to be [...]
Now that daylight savings has finished it is a reminder that winter is close at hand.
As we all know, winter brings chills, cold winds, wet and frosty weather plus in some areas snowfall.
The weather is harder to predict now days so we should be prepared for whatever happens.
Interestingly I was recently talking to a West [...]
Necessity is the mother of invention and this month we introduce a product fairly new to the market. Cut ‘n’ Paste weed killer has been developed by Andy Spence whose experience as a Biosecurity Officer and Park Ranger on Waiheke, led him to create this economical highly effective and low toxicity product.
Moth plant is forming its distinctive pods right now, making it a good time for people to check their backyards for this hazardous plant.
Moth plant or Kapok vine (Araujia sericefera) is on the National Pest Plant Accord, which means it is banned from being sold, propagated or distributed.
The plant is hazardous to human health and [...]
Hand Over a Hundy is a one year challenge to young families to learn to grow and produce their own vegetable gardens.
They are sponsored a hundy (or $100) to buy all the essentials for their gardens with the challenge of not only learning the art of gardening but to produce more than they need to [...]
A community garden in Point England has received a funding boost that will ensure plenty of vegetables are planted this winter.
The Island Child Charitable Trust has received $2300 from Auckland Council’s Environmental Initiatives Fund to buy, install, fill and plant new macrocarpa garden boxes that will extend the garden area.
The trust’s founder, Danielle Bergin, says [...]
While browsing around a garden centre the recently I spotted a number of flowering annuals and perennials that are perfect for small pot plants. At this time of the year most of the annuals in punnets or cell packs have grown to a good size and many are already flowering.
Most packs have about 6 plants [...]
Gardeners that have any cherry, pear or plum trees including the non-fruiting prunus types should check their trees for holes in the leaves. If found then it is likely you have a black slug like pest commonly called pear slug. You are likely to find these little black slugs on some of the leaves. They [...]
