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| Pest Alert! Rainbow Skink (1 comments) i found wun in rotorua wooo hooo [...] | Kayla 2012-02-19 16:07:00 |
| Wally Richards – best get your fruit trees planted… (1 comments) Thank you so very much for all this wonderful information. At 74 and only able to rent I have been wondering how on earth to have fruit available and vegies of course. I decided I would try using buckets and pots. so far more trial and error it has b [...] | Danella 2012-02-15 14:36:00 |
| Survey Insight (2 comments) Done  [...]
| Tim Durrant 2012-02-15 14:17:00 |
| Digger Dan: November’s gardening tips (1 comments) Great website – Thank you for all the information. [...] | Estelle Courtney 2012-02-14 23:09:00 |
| Wally Richards – Solving Tomato Problems (6 comments) always wondered what caused that rot.Botrytis/stem rot [...] | Nzhuntahr 2012-02-11 20:17:00 |
| Monarch Butterflies (22 comments) What do I do with the plant now that it is sovered in seed pods and the pods [...] | Steveandhelentaua 2012-02-06 13:33:00 |
| People love a good lawn (3 comments) lol I love to see how you use your tool to shape Mona Lisa’s boobs  just kidding, good job Stephen [...]
| Belgard Pavers 2012-02-02 21:20:00 |
| Wally Richards – Gardening into the New Year (5 comments) hi wally, what can i do about my tomatoes. hugh says it is rust but they are nearly dead. there is some fruit on the stronger plants and virtually none on the weaker plants. i have 6 different varieties growing in a hothouse. what [...] | Juneclarke 2012-01-28 07:09:00 |
| BUXUS DISEASE – Problems with box hedging (3 comments) I have a large box garden and after reading this articule I now know it is blight and the conditions were right this summer for it to breed and spread, Should I cut it back as low as the green any help would be welcome [...] | Inalanalood 2012-01-27 13:46:00 |
| Advice about Citrus Trees (73 comments) What do I need to do to keep the skin clear without dimples and what looks like a crusty scale? It is not on every lemon or on a particular trunk. Cheers Lorraine [...] | Lorraine 2012-01-21 16:05:00 |
| Organic Wheat Grass Seed for Juicing (6 comments) I would prefer not to keep purchasing seeds for my wheatgrass juice. Is it ok to use the same wheatgrass for say a year? and would significant nutrient content remain after say 20 cut cycles? After 2 or 20 cut cycles could the grass be allowed to go [...] | Altoncooper 2012-01-21 05:25:00 |
| Protected trees schedule reviewed – Auckland (10 comments) Is the Puriri tree protected still [...] | Sheeree 2012-01-11 19:36:00 |
| Citrus Tree Problems – Pests and Diseases (6 comments) My lemon trees go through the flowering stage but once the small fruit buds begin to form they get to the size of a pea then drop off, I assume there is a mineral deficiency can you advise thanks [...] | Brucelevien 2012-01-08 15:13:00 |
| Wally Richards: if you can eat it, grow it! (2 comments) Hi Wendy, Considering you have tomato plants in there, I’d choose option 2. Tomatoes don’t like being watered at night either. So early morning is best and a drip to the roots is also best. Otherwise mould forms on the leaves. [...] | Teresa 2011-12-27 14:41:00 |
| Himalayan miracle food finds its way into NZ gardens (21 comments) Hi Colin, You may find on the internet Dr.Johanna Budwig and her discoveries on fatty acids found in cold pressed linseed oil . Read for yourself . You have nothing to lose plus no side effects. Reg… [...] | Reginaldadams(Reg) 2011-12-26 09:19:00 |
| Rose named after city gardens blooms in awards (1 comments) Hamilton Gardens is my favourite rose having a perfume that is irresistible. This year one of my eight Hamilton Gardens’ displayed beautiful flowers of both Hamilton Gardens and Paddy Stephens on the same bush. What a bonus with a stunning displa [...] | Ruth Gracie 2011-12-22 11:30:00 |
| In the Garden – Tamarillos (13 comments) Hey folks just be patient mine has been moved twice and been bitten by frost for the first two years and suddenly this year is loaded with fruit. SO don’t despair even when the trunk goes brown and it looks like it will die it bounces back again the [...] | Won 2011-12-20 20:43:00 |
| Layout of planting (3 comments) Usually a combination of hand drawn using trace paper and CAD using VectorWorks. Colouring is either by hand using coloured pencil or Adobe Photoshop. [...] | I Jakeway 2011-12-19 11:30:00 |
| Tomato Time – plant late August for early season tomatoes (4 comments) Are these plants really near extinction or are they just close to being lost from their original natural habitat? Many of these plants are growing in home gardens and public gardens. [...] | Anne Rodden 2011-12-10 06:43:00 |
| All about Citrus (1 comments) Interesting article – but not so interesting that it needed to be there twice. [...] | Ancient Anointer 2011-12-02 06:23:00 |
| Grass Grubs and Porina (8 comments) look for green caterpillars in the soil (porina) they come out of soil at night and feed on the blades of grass causing die back. The birds are after the bugs. You will have to re-sow patches otherwise to kill the buggers use diazanon or pyraphos G t [...] | Jase temel 2011-12-01 20:42:00 |
| “Greening the Rubble” wins growing support (1 comments) Congratulations also to our friends at GapFiller for their similarly Civic Trust Awarded project animating vacant spaces in Christchurch with installations, arts activity, music, films and a few temporary landscapes too! See www.gapfiller.org.nz and [...] | Rhys Taylor 2011-11-21 15:16:00 |
| THE BEAUTY OF TREES (9 comments) Hi – we have recently transplanted a couple of Titokis but one of them that was lovely and green has gone all over brown and the leaves are curling. Is it sulking or am I loosing it? I planted it in garden mix + compost with a slow release fert t [...] | Bubblegumjeans 2011-11-10 12:57:00 |
| Wally Richards – Fabulous Feijoas (5 comments) Hi, I’ve noticed that something has been eating my feijoa tree leaves. Should this be something of a concern? [...] | Tina 2011-11-08 09:08:00 |
| Natural Weed Control (5 comments) I have made a glyphosate gel called Cut’n'Paste Marina. This should make it safe even for those with alergic reactions as you don’t get it anywhere other than into the plant you’re treating. You paste it onto the stump of the weed and it stays th [...] | Mayandy 2011-11-02 19:58:00 |
| Alternative Weed Control (5 comments) I’ve been a biosecurity officer and park ranger for 16 years and I know about killing weeds. In the end I used my experience to develop a very low toxicity herbicide gel. Whilst it’s not organic it’s less toxic than most organic alternatives and [...] | Mayandy 2011-11-02 19:53:00 |
| Wally Richards: a new weed control weapon (1 comments) I’ve been using that product Cut’n'Paste. It dealt to some of the nastiest weeds in my garden and they didn’t come back [...] | Mayandy 2011-11-02 19:37:00 |
| Breathtaking jump and flight (1 comments) wow what a buzz that would be. I’d love the feeling of flying [...] | Telshaw 2011-10-29 19:03:00 |
| Utilising a Subtropical Plant Palette – Design Case Study (2 comments) Very bold and strong design, like the clean lines…good! [...] | SC_landdesign 2011-10-22 02:38:00 |
| Fruit Tree Time (31 comments) Test [...] | Tim Durrant 2011-10-19 09:52:00 |
