Hedge your bets
Every garden needs good boundaries. And while any basic fence can provide shelter and privacy, a well-planted boundary hedge has added benefits of beauty, fragrance, fruit or flowers, and habitat […]
Every garden needs good boundaries. And while any basic fence can provide shelter and privacy, a well-planted boundary hedge has added benefits of beauty, fragrance, fruit or flowers, and habitat […]
As the seasons turn, gardens can start looking a bit tired. Not that I’m ageist — there’s as much beauty in seedpods as in spring flowers — but as nights […]
On summer nights, some plants come into their own. Daytime flowers are bold and brash, relying on bright colours to attract pollinating insects; night-blooming flowers are more subtle, white or […]
December for gardeners is a month of lushness: plentiful rain, warm soil and still-lengthening days. Long twilights and early dawns pottering outdoors are my favourite antidote to the stresses of […]
Birds and insects will visit our gardens to eat, drink and be merry. The better the refreshment and hospitality we provide, the more likely they are to come and the […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]