David’s Stories – A Kea in a Garden Centre
A Kea in a Garden Centre – David’s Stories. (First published in David’s Monthly column in the Valley Voice Magazine) On a rare trip away from the Plant Centre one […]
David’s Stories – Gardening Bootcamp
Gardening Bootcamp – David’s Stories. (This article was written for David’s monthly Valley Voice Magazine column) Driving past our local school on a weekday night just on dusk is a […]
Spice it up!
Chilies are a fun crop to grow. They are very decorative and don’t take up a lot of space, so it’s easy to grow a selection of different varieties in […]
The Edible Garden
October is a busy month in the vegetable garden. Good preparation done in August and September will now begin to reward you. October is an important month for sowing or […]
How to Grow Cucurbits
Cucurbits include cucumber, pumpkin, zucchini, squash, watermelon and rockmelon. These all share traits and enjoy similar growing conditions. All are easy to grow and highly productive in the home garden. […]
How to Prune Deciduous Fruiting Trees
Winter is a great time to prune most deciduous fruit trees, berries, fruiting bushes and vines.Although winter is pruning time, avoid pruning cherries, apricots and kiwi fruit vines until the […]
How to Grow Tomatoes
Tomatoes are a favourite to grow and every region seems to have a local show day, race day or community event that is the green light to plant out your […]
How to Prune Roses
July is a great month for planting new roses but is also the time to give your existing roses some attention for a fabulous display of colour and fragrance over […]
How to Grow Citrus
Without doubt, citrus trees are the most popular fruit grown in home gardens. In gardens everywhere, citrus trees are delighting gardeners with fresh, tasty and vitamin-packed fruity goodness. With today’s […]
How to Grow Fruit Trees
Once growing fruit trees at home was very common. Nowadays with gardens being smaller, the availability of wonderful new generation fruit trees has seen a resurgence in growing healthy home-grown […]