Wally Richards: Paw Paw – nature’s super fruit

For fun and health reasons try germinating some Paw Paw seeds. Paw Paw fruit are also known as Papaya, particuarly in the Philippines and the majority of New Zealand's Paw Paw imports come from there, where the trees grow wild. A while back a gardener contacted me in regards to his Paw Paws … Continue reading →

Wally Richards: rain + wind = havoc in the garden

The weather is playing havoc with gardens and plants throughout New Zealand. Too much rain and then not enough, too much wind and temperature fluctuations. Not ideal gardening conditions and plants suffer as a result. I have had a number of people contact me in regards to three main things … Continue reading →

Wally Richards: January gardening

It might be the beginning of a new calendar year, but we are now actually halfway through a gardening year and there's plenty to do. The daylight hours are already beginning to shorten, though most of us will not notice the slow change until daylight savings ends. However the plants do … Continue reading →

Wally Richards: roses in December

If there is one plant I am asked more about than any other, it is a rose. Gardeners and even non-gardeners just love their roses, going out of their way to have great looking specimens. Roses do best by far if you throw away all your chemical rose foods and sprays and give them the more natural … Continue reading →

Wally Richards: attracting Tui to your garden

It is a real joy to have a Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) or two as regular visitors to your garden. At my previous residence, at certain times of the year, I would hear a Tui calling, but as hard as I tried, I never ever saw the bird. Just the other day whilst waiting in line at the … Continue reading →

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Wally Richards: Paw Paw – nature’s super fruit

Wally Richards: rain + wind = havoc in the garden

Wally Richards: January gardening

Wally Richards: roses in December

Wally Richards: attracting Tui to your garden