(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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That one man and his peppers

A post actually about successes and failures of the season

Some quick tips to make your garden substantially more impressive

Zoe Reid 3/22/25 Zoe Reid 3/22/25

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Some quick tips to make your garden substantially more impressive

Have guests over? Have you talked up your gardening prowess? These reframes will help you to make even the biggest of failures something to celebrate

Zoe Reid 3/15/25 Zoe Reid 3/15/25

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Making do with what we've been given

And doing a lot of fixing up

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One year's seeding makes for 7 year's weeding

Saving seeds (for all of the various reasons)

Outcomes from some experiments this season

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Outcomes from some experiments this season

Spray trials, planting trials, and lots of trimming practice

Zoe Reid 2/22/25 Zoe Reid 2/22/25

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Lunging swings in this weather

Weedkiller trials, to do lists and a subtropical poolside

Zoe Reid 2/8/25 Zoe Reid 2/8/25

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Summer

We had a ripper of a week here at VGG. We have been trying out all sorts of unorthodox things just to see how they work. So until 2 of my big-plan items are ready for telling you about, here is a list of our trials and errors..

Zoe Reid 5/12/24 Zoe Reid 5/12/24

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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.

(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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