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Improving, not just maintaining
Improving, not just maintaining

And some shapely feijoas…

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A ‘normal’ week
A ‘normal’ week

Troubleshooting lawns, cutting back ornamentals and dealing with cold/wind damage on plants

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Autumn/Winter planting
Autumn/Winter planting

A few things I've added to my garden this past week, and how to do it yourself

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Some simple canning
Some simple canning

Aka 'Manky Apples,' the second

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What's in a bulbil?
What's in a bulbil?

And some helpful terms for things that are not bulbils.

Dealing with really persistent weeds
Dealing with really persistent weeds

This is a question I have been asked to tackle often- how do we deal with the weeds that never go away?

Finding your niche
Finding your niche

Generational trauma and the need to grow a Trendy Thing that doesn't work for you.

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Garlic- super extremely complex week here
Garlic- super extremely complex week here

Week 2: the week where we just poke them into the soil, and gaze lovingly.

Are you all ready with your broad beans?
Are you all ready with your broad beans?

Week 2: Go get 'er done!

Grow broad beans with me!
Grow broad beans with me!

Have you ever wanted a step by step for growing plants in Wellington? Here it is! And we're starting with an easy one- let's grow some broad beans.

Garlic - sourcing and prepping
Garlic - sourcing and prepping

Week 1 sees us finding, dividing and resting the garlic. Not a huge amount to do, let's start with baby steps

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The fluffy Spring garden
The fluffy Spring garden

The floof…it is everywhere