(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.

Zoe Reid 5/18/25 Zoe Reid 5/18/25

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?

Zoe Reid 2/1/25 Zoe Reid 2/1/25

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Tomatoes, trimming and lawns

And a list of things to put off till it is drier

Zoe Reid 12/8/24 Zoe Reid 12/8/24

If you can't mow it, weedeat it

If you can't weedeat it, weed it.

Zoe Reid 9/29/24 Zoe Reid 9/29/24

But really, what makes a weed a weed?

Zoe Reid 9/28/24 Zoe Reid 9/28/24

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What’s in a weed

Zoe Reid 3/16/24 Zoe Reid 3/16/24

Weeding

This week our staff focus was on weeding. Love it or hate it... most people seem to hate it. But not us! A person's love for weeding is one of the most important selectors when we hire new staff