Garden design – How to build a garden
Frost-free Gardening all-year round
Build your own hoop garden to extend the growing season. Protect your vegetable plants from frost and snow. Grow vegetables all year round. (more…)
Primary Activity for Children – Make a garden
One really good way to get parents motivated to build gardens is to hold a primary activity where the little children need to bring along their fathers.
With building materials ready-cut to size, each father helps their child to build a box garden.
They take home the box garden, with soil and seeds all planted by the child. There was also cake and orange drink to keep everyone happy.
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Micro gardens
If you have just a small place to grow your vegetables you might try a micro-garden.
They can be as small as a single pot-plant on a window sill.
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Design your garden playground
These advantages of raised bed gardening are for you, your plants and your littlies.
Children are less likely to stand on your garden, more likely to (more…)
Suburban edible landscape around the home
Have you thought of converting more of your lawn into an edible landscape?
By gardening your land intensively you can produce high quality food to feed your family. (more…)
My Subversive (garden) Plot
I watched a most engaging YouTube by Roger Doiron called My subversive (garden) plot. You can see it here.
Its not my way of saying things, so I provide a link to the video rather than embedding it. It is an inspiring message you might enjoy. (more…)
Make a bamboo cloche
I’m germinating my vege seeds in a simple bamboo cloche. I used about 8 pieces of bamboo and some string to lash it. (more…)
Gardening Calendar
This is the best gardening calendar I have found for New Zealand. It’s on a website called Garden Grow which has a very comprehensive monthly gardening list. (more…)
