(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.
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
Generational trauma and the need to grow a Trendy Thing that doesn't work for you.
Brutal lessons
Are you failing to grow a lemon tree? This long winded explanation is for you!
Running a lawn or gardening franchise
I'm on my soapbox. Very little gardening discussed here
Trimming back extremely overgrown vines or hedges
There’s a knack to this, and it isn’t the easiest. Hedges and vines can be used interchangeably here, it’s the same concept. Let’s dive straight in.
That beautiful, overflowing cottage garden
And some thoughts on how to make it work better next year
One year's seeding makes for 7 year's weeding
Saving seeds (for all of the various reasons)
Convolvulus
I don’t know if it’s the weather, or the time of year, or just the way the jobs have fallen- but we have spent a lot of time this week removing convolvulus.
On hydrangeas
I appreciate that this is a bit of a targeted post! Some of us hate the things. But this post is targeted at you, person who has hydrangeas, but cannot seem to get the timing right for pruning.
