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Sow sweet peas now for a spring garden that smells like nothing else. NZ winter sowing, soaking debate settled, supports, pinching out, and the varieties worth your time.
Keep your hands in soil and your kitchen in greens all winter. 10 vegetables that grow happily on a windowsill, with no fancy lights or kit required.
Why parsnips, carrots, sprouts, kale and friends taste dramatically better after a frost. The plant chemistry behind winter's quiet secret crop.
The complete guide to growing the brassica family in New Zealand. Timing, soil, pests, and why your cabbages keep refusing to head up.
Kale has had its moment. Here are 13 vegetables that laugh at frost, sweeten in the cold, and quietly outproduce the lot of them through a New Zealand winter.
Autumn is the most satisfying season in the garden. Here is what to plant, what to clear, and how to set yourself up for an easy spring.
Summer is the garden at full speed. Harvesting, watering, training, deadheading. Here is how to keep on top of it all and actually enjoy it.
Winter is not a quiet season for gardeners who know what to do. Prune, plan, maintain your tools, and get a head start on spring.
Spring in New Zealand means the garden is awake and demanding. Here is what to do, when to do it, and which tools to reach for first.
