29
Jul
TB, Blenheim.
Instead of growing leeks, plant spring onions instead! They will grow just as big as leeks, have the same taste and are more useful over a longer period.
Monthly Archives: July 2015
29
Jul
B Cassey, Te Puke.
Save on slug pellets etc. I cut the bottom off a two litre bottle of milk or soft drink and put it over any new plants until they are big enough for them to take off. Also they grow faster, after coming out of the hot house. Slugs and snails do not climb them.
29
Jul
C J Turner, Masterton.
When using spring onions, leave the last 3/4 cm at the root end and replant in your garden, it will regrow, can then just cut spring onion leaving root in ground. Will have for spring onions for seasons from 1 original purchase.
29
Jul
Jules, Napier.
Grow NZ native spinach vine plants. They are a little known vegetable, it is a vine that is really fast growing, provides huge volumes, keeps weeds down and incredibly delicious. Simply pluck the leaves from the vine and it continues to sprout. 3-4 plants will easily keep a family fed for the winter. It grows […]
29
Jul
P.M.
We want to share a wonderful money saver I stumbled on. I crushed a piece of newspaper and shoved it among plants to save going to the house. Next morning I recovered and in it were 20 slugs of all sizes. I was so excited I put more crumbled paper around the plants. By the […]
29
Jul
Canny Scot, Christchurch.
Stop wasting money on slug pellets, they don’t work, slugs don’t even like them. save your eggshells, dry them in oven, crush and sprinkle round the plants you want to protect. Snails will not cross them. They break down and benefit the soil too without chemicals. P.S. I tried the scrunched up newspaper tip but […]
29
Jul
Emma, Auckland.
I decided to start tidying my small vege garden today, ready for spring planting. In the centre of it there was an old square recycle bin, lying upside down. As I lifted it up I just about fainted; the inside was covered with snails! There must have been a thousand! Now, what to do with […]
29
Jul
G M, Christchurch.
Here’s a use for spinach (which could also be used for silver beet). “Chop the stuff up finely as if it is parsley and sprinkle it in everything…muffins with cheese, quiche type recipes, sprinkle on spuds, add loads to salad, add to soups, casseroles. The flavour is negligible but that iron goodness is incorporated into […]
29
Jul
Silver beet into meals
Young Mum has a conundrum – one many families will relate to. “We have silver beat growing all year round. It’s easy to grow, and free which is even better, but unfortunately it’s not a favourite with our young children. Can anyone help me with ways to introduce silver beat into our meals in a […]
29
Jul
Thrifty, Hamilton.
A pukeko is a bird with a strong sense of smell and it can be deterred from the garden with the smell of mothballs – but this may have an effect on beneficial insects in a vegetable garden too. Mothballs are usually used around flowers like roses.