Influencing Design – Te Mata Peak Garden Case Study
Philip Smith from O2 Landscapes designs a Te Mata Peak garden using a distinctive range of plants, including species found nowhere other than on the Peak itself.
Tag: "Autumn"
Apr 18, 2011 | 0 comments
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Digger Dan’s April Gardening Tips
The Fruit & Vegetable Garden Pull out spent tomatoes, bean vines and corn etc. Plant winter cabbages, caulis and other members of the Brassica family – it’s best to dig through Living Earth Compost to break up compacted soils and help retain moisture. Avoid high nitrogen fertilisers as they can encourage sappy, weak growth – [...]
Mar 31, 2011 | 0 comments
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Wally Richards – getting your flower gardens ready for autumn
Well gardeners, its mid February already and the last month of summer, not that it has seemed much like summer for most of us over the last couple of months, but that’s the weather for you. Now is time to look around your annual flowering plants in containers and gardens to see what is going [...]
Feb 20, 2010 | 0 comments
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Seasonal cooking – pumpkin
You may have noticed the wide variety of pumpkin and squash on display at your local farmers market recently. These handsome autumn vegetables are versitle and delicious. We love them roasted and in soups, so why not try something a bit different? Thanks to www.foodlovers.co.nz for this tasty seasonal recipe. Pumpkin and Quinoa Cakes This [...]
May 25, 2009 | 2 comments
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Autumn recipe – Mushroom Risotto
A lovely creamy Autumnal risotto, perfect for a cold night. Serves 4
Apr 23, 2009 | 0 comments
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Wally Richards – Autumn gardens
Autumn is a great time for planting out gardens. Besides the planting of vegetables and flowering plants, there is also a wide range of shrubs and trees you can add to your garden.or different parts of the garden, depending on what you are planting. It is still a bit early for new seasons deciduous fruit, [...]
Apr 21, 2009 | 2 comments
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Wally Richards – watering & other autumn issues
It is Easter Saturday as I write this column, (I normally always write them on a Saturday morning each week) and for the last 3 days I have not watered any of my gardens or container plants – including those in my glasshouse. This is not because we have had lots of rain, in fact [...]
Apr 12, 2009 | 0 comments
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Autumn garden design
This week it seems timely to celebrate autumn and plan planting schemes for the winter. The summer recedes, but autumn can be one of the most beautiful and colourful seasons and the autumn leaf colours last an unusually long time in New Zealand especially in the north where leaf fall is not speeded by frost [...]
Apr 09, 2009 | 0 comments
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