By Jamie Reid of Jamie Reid Landscape and Garden Design Ltd, WELLINGTON The Situation This lovely early 1930’s cottage is positioned on an East-West axis with a small, potentially private garden at the rear; and a larger part of the section including off-road parking at the front had an existing garden which at best could […]
Planting Now Planting Potatoes: Prepare the potato patch for your sprouted spuds: Dig Living Earth Organic Certified Compost through the potato patch, then dig a trench – the soil that is on the sides can be used to ‘mound up’ the potatoes as they grow. Varieties such as Cliff’s Kidney, Rocket and Jersey Benne are […]
By Wally Richards New Zealand has a vast array of native plants which many New Zealand gardeners sometimes take for granted, as they are very common in their homeland. Overseas, many of our indigenous plants are well sort after and considered prized processions. I remember several years ago Kew Gardens contacting me to assist in […]
Rain, wind and temperature extremes are battering our gardens – Wally tells us how to manage pests and plants.
There’s plenty to do in the garden during January including managing pests and planting winter veges.
Improving weather can bring a range of pests into our gardens.
How to grow beautiful, healthy roses and a citrus Christmas gift idea.
Watering, fertilising, planting and feeding: Digger gives us a list of gardening jobs to do this month.
