Category Archives: Gardening

05
Feb

Small garden growing

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Radio New Zealand’s Nine to Noon recently interviewed Tim Martin from Auckland about his fantastic small garden of less than 100m2 that is producing an endless supply of fruit and produce, and providing a lot of personal satisfaction as well. Here is a quick summary of what was mentioned during the interview and some extracts […]

08
Dec

Jaysee, Waikouaiti.

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The tip from Cole about broccoli regrowing also applies to cabbages. When you harvest a cabbage head cut across with a sharp knife in the top of the stem. You will find small cabbages grow from the cut.

02
Dec

Janice de Raad, Kawerau.

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To water hanging baskets pierce a small hole at the base of a small drink bottle, fill up with water and hang over the plant. This gives slow release water drip by drip and as temperatures heat up watering is hastened by the expansion of air pushing water out faster.

24
Sep

Backyard blackberries

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This week we are going to look at the thorny issue of blackberries – that’s the garden variety not the cell phone variety! Blackberries are a very oily rag berry. For one thing they grow in the wild and are free – and they have lots of uses: from pies to smoothies or as delicious […]

11
Sep

The kids’ garden

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The garden is not only a wonderful place for kids to be kids, but at the same time they learn about growing healthy and fresh food. They also get the message about the benefits that come from putting in a little bit of effort. While some children may be disappointed to learn that toffee apples […]

04
Sep

Spring has sprung

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Some people say they don’t have the time to garden, which is why busy oily raggers like ‘easy’ gardening. Frugality is a matter of degree so we would not expect everyone to transform their entire back yard into a food basket, but everyone can do something to enjoy the benefits of a home garden – […]