Flowering cherry trees

(VGG) Very Good Gardening Blog

Zoe’s Wellington based blog which covers one new skill a week, relevant to what the weather is doing this week; what to do in your garden, and what plants are exciting to us at this time of year.

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Flowering cherry trees

Beautiful! Stunning! Weedy?

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Quickfire 'what is going on out there'

What's up with Spring right now? Let me bullet point it for you!

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Growing my own ginger

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Clawing through the storms

And still trying to get everything done!

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Attack of the snails!

And the slugs...

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New tasks for Spring

Don't plant your Summer plants yet!

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Can I dig up my soil at all?

No-till methods, lasagne gardening, 'sponge' gardening

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Things I have learned on the Internet

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Soil nutrients

Liebig's barrel and a good way to look at your inputs

What the heck is in GIB? What the heck is gypsum?

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What the heck is in GIB? What the heck is gypsum?

Can we use GIB plasterboard on the garden?

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Some soil basics

Water in soil

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Making the same mistakes every time

Some things I wish I had cottoned onto sooner

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Some things I wish I had cottoned onto sooner

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How do I get a lemon tree like that?

And how do I straighten out a cabbage tree?

An interview with Jo Parkin of Stems of Wonder

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An interview with Jo Parkin of Stems of Wonder

Seeds for Gaza and too much time on Aliexpress

Zoe Reid 8/23/25 Zoe Reid 8/23/25

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Seeds for Gaza and too much time on Aliexpress

I swear this is still a gardening blog!

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Some plant buying hacks

A rundown of the nursery industry and where to find what

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We are in the final days of slow growth

Mulch and weed now, to save hours and hours later

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Transitional spaces

And how to manage them

The last few things before Spring kicks into gear

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The last few things before Spring kicks into gear