Bees Please
Beekeeping is growing in popularity in Wellington. You might want bees to pollinate your plants. You might yearn to produce your own honey. Or you might just be curious to […]
Bag yourself some potatoes
You love baby new potatoes with butter and mint, or hanker after some wedges with garlic mayonnaise, or yearn for a big pile of mash to serve with your bangers. […]
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Concentrated cultivation
Some of us are short of space for growing things to eat. We might just have a balcony or a small courtyard garden. Perhaps there’s only a small part of […]
About Rachel Knight
Ten tried and tested truths for edible gardeners
Wherever I am in the world, I love visiting edible gardens. Gardeners are constantly doing inspiring, innovative and interesting things. If I discover only one method to adopt or a […]
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The seaweed solution
Seaweed is the sea’s gift to our edible garden. After a big storm the beaches are laden with detritus — a wonderful mix of seaweed, sand, sticks and the odd […]
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Cabbages are cool
I’ve only just come to appreciate why my school art teacher was often slicing cabbages open and encouraging us to reproduce the intricate doodles inside. On the outside they can […]
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Bold as Beetroot
Beetroot doesn’t have to come pickled from a can, and the beautiful roots need be neither red nor round. In Wellington we can grow them most of the year and […]
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Top ten practical gifts for gardeners
What all Wellington gardeners want for Christmas is warm sunshine, overnight showers and gentle breezes. But if you can’t influence any of those for your beloved gardener, you might want […]
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Watering wisely
Like humans, plants wilt and eventually die without water. They’re amazingly adapted to a variety of moisture levels, but we demand so much of our edible garden that it’s not […]
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Gourmet gardening
Gourmet gardening Even the finest forests of the world start from only a few seeds. Your edible garden can be the same. October is the best time to sow […]
