Your Garden

Your garden, April 28th

A snippet of knowledge about your garden this coming week.

Your garden, April 21st

Garden in need of a lift? Check out this guide for all there is to know about your garden for the following week.

Your garden: 14 April

As temperatures drop, weeds speed up their growth cycle, producing a crop of seeds in a surprisingly short time.

Your garden, March 31st

Is your garden wilting? Check out this guide to stop your vegetables, fruit, and flowers from falling at the hands of Autumn's chill.

Your garden, March 24th

Looking at your garden in frustration? This guide has all the information you need on the vegetables, fruit, and flowers in your garden.

Your garden, March 17th

Is your garden leaving you in a state of agony? This guide has all the tips and tricks necessary for your vegetables, fruit, and flowers to grow this week.

Your garden, March 9th

Looking to the sky for guidance while gardening? Instead, check out this handy guide to know what's going on in your garden this coming week.

Your garden, March 3rd

A handy guide to your garden. Catch up on what the season has in store for your vegetables, fruit, and flowers for the coming week.

Your garden, February 24th

A guide to your garden for the upcoming week.

Your garden: 13 January

Although winter is a long way off, most winter greens should be planted by the middle of January, although Brussels sprouts generally give better crops if planted before Christmas.

Your garden: November 18

Not a true spinach, New Zealand spinach (Tetragonia expansa) is invaluable for gardens that dry out in late summer.

Your garden: August 19

Gardeners can be seduced by mild weather at this time of year, as the temptation is to sow seeds in open ground, even though the soil is cold and wet.

Your garden: August 12

Potatoes for harvesting in December can be planted this month if the soil can be worked easily.

Your garden: July 22

Seed sowing does not really get under way until next month, but a start can be made if protection is available.

Your garden: July 15

Gardening at this time of the year is limited, as the winter’s worst weather usually comes in July and August.

Your garden: July 1

Crop rotation may sound overly scientific for the ordinary gardener but it is an important way of getting the most from the vegetable garden.

Your garden: June 24

Hedges can protect vegetable crops from wind damage but, because they need regular clipping, busy gardeners and those with small patches may prefer to use windcloth, manuka scrub or similar.

Although the weather may be cold, every opportunity should be taken over the next few weeks to dig and manure the vegetable garden, leaving the ground exposed to the ongoing winter weather, which will help ensure it is in good order for next season’s crops.

Your garden: June 10

Washdyke is continuing to operate through lockdown.

Your garden: June 10

Potatoes are an easy-to-grow staple vegetable, and southern gardeners have the advantage of many varieties available from garden centres.

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