Gardening: Take me home, country road
Rural driveways, many of them long, can often also be time-consuming chores to keep tidy.
View ArticleGardening: Jobs to do
Leigh Bramwell has a few jobs for readers to do in their garden this week.
View ArticleQ&A with Glenys Woollard - Gardening
If you have a gardening question, email Glenys at glenyswoollard@clear.net.nz
View ArticleGardening: It's a matter of space
After the Melbourne Flower Show, I had plant envy. Post-Taranaki, The Landscaper had lawn envy. Now, after Ellerslie, I have space envy.
View ArticleGardening: Get ready for winter veges
As one tremendously hot season comes to an end, the cooler nights and morning dews signal autumn is here.
View ArticleGardening: Cool courtyard envy
Since it was constructed a decade or so ago, our courtyard has had many reincarnations.
View ArticleGardening: Slip some spinach into sunny spots
There are a few plants I like to have on hand always in my vege garden. I plant them regularly to ensure I'm never caught short.
View ArticleGardening: Simple, yet very stylish
Some people have too much time," my mate Pete groaned recently as he was eating his lunch and I was chatting on the phone.
View ArticleGardening: Second chance sprouts
I've always been interested in collective nouns. A clowder of cats, a condescension of actors, a rash of dermatologists, a desperation of divorcees ... whether real or made up, they're fascinating and...
View ArticleGardening: Plans put you in the pink
I was certainly born before computers - I'm not saying how long before - but I never had to garden without one.
View ArticleGardening: Fragrant blast from the past
I'm tempted to write this column under an assumed name because my friends will ridicule me when they see it.
View ArticleGardening: It's time to give lawns attention
With one of the driest summers on record you could be forgiven for forgetting about your lawn, but with rains predicted for this month, now is the time to start thinking about preparing your patch for...
View ArticleGardening: Get your fill of feijoas
I wouldn't know half as much as I do about gardening if it weren't for The Landscaper's clients, who, I'm convinced, get together on a weekly basis to think up difficult questions to keep us on our toes.
View ArticleGardening: Ready to rock
When I was a style bunny, my mantra was always to "put a pot plant in front of it", which I figured would cover up any decor disaster without costing much.
View ArticleGardening: Chop trees before they're a problem
Until a week ago we had a 30m-plus eucalyptus behind our house. It was a gorgeous thing, obviously much older than I, and I was very emotionally attached to it.
View ArticleTime soon for a haircut
Pruning is one garden topic that makes my eyes glaze over. I suspect that's because, in the first instance, pruning usually makes plants look worse, not better, and I feel as badly for them as I do for...
View ArticlePlant your veges and watch savings grow
With rising food costs and greater awareness about where our food comes from, household and community vegetable gardens are taking off nationwide.
View ArticleGardening: Finding the perfect plant match
I've always been envious of people who can throw on a wild selection of mismatched clothes and look fabulous.
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