Clik here to view.
Organic Gardening Tips for Labour Weekend.
Labour day is a public holiday in New Zealand, celebrating the 8 hour working day. It falls on the last weekend in October when we’re enjoying longer daylight hours and warmer weather which makes it a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Using water wisely in the garden.
It’s been one of the hottest and driest Summers in New Zealand and even though we’re well into Autumn there is still no rain. In Auckland we’ve had the second driest summer in 50 years and many of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bee-friendly sprays for your garden.
If you’re a gardener you might already know about neonicotinoids and the effect they’re thought to be having on bees. For anyone who hasn’t yet heard of them, neonicotinoids are a group of pesticides...
View ArticleClik here to view.
6 Things you can do to help save our bees
August is Bee Aware month in New Zealand and there’s no better time to highlight the life-threatening problems currently facing these beautiful little creatures. Bees around the world are in trouble...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Unusual Edibles: Myoga
Are you old enough to remember when the first capsicums appeared on supermarket shelves and withered there because nobody knew what they were? Nowadays of course, they sell in huge volumes because we...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Unusual Edibles: Satoimo, Japanese Taro
Until about four years ago I was not a big fan of taro after a bad experience eating undercooked red-stemmed taro from an ancient Maori taro garden near Matapouri Bay. The taro had probably been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Unusual Edibles: The Natal Plum
Years ago, in California, I noticed a low hedge plant growing commonly along boundary fences and under ground-floor windows in apartment blocks. On closer inspection I discovered these attractive...
View Article
