(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.





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


Some quick Q&As to get you through the next two weeks
A few people have asked a few questions lately, and they are pretty broad, so I thought they might benefit everyone.

What we can see of climate change
What we are seeing in gardens, so you can get a good feel of the issues

Give me my Mad Max moment please
If I cannot have a vacuum cleaner sized steamer, I will have a vehicle sized one




An argument for being a bit more meticulous
Bleeeuuuggghhhh I know, but hold my beer and consider it





Oh goodness!
A troublesome site to garden, which gets blasted by cold sea winds; some natural fungicide options and Koromiko Gardening has a plant sale on Sunday.

A bit of resilience
Food resilience as we learn to grow a bit more, mental resilience in the face of climate change, and an interview with Linda Stopforth, someone who is fantastic at addressing both of those things.

Soil Health for Happy Vegetables
A very basic reminder and a re-orienting of your behaviours (maybe!)