Soil, seeds and saving your own sanity... these are our top ten gardening features of the year.
How to grow garlic
Growing garlic for many people can be a hit-and-miss affair, with bulbs looking more like little leeks come summer harvest time.
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How gardening creates a time warp
Gardening is more than a relaxing hobby. It's good for your health at every age, says psychology professor Dr Harriet Gross.
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Phoenix palm: beware the undercover menace in your garden
Phoenix palms are found everywhere in New Zealand, but their fronds are highly poisonous and they are the cause of half of all hand surgery in New Zealand.
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How to grow seeds
Home-made compost and woodchips will be your friends.
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Soil health and growing kai with Maanu Paul
Reinstating swamps drained for agriculture can produce more economically by farming eels than dairy, says the respected Kaumātua.
Maanu Paul in the garden Photo: Kiri Reihana Spraggs
How to maintain your lawns
A luscious green lawn is the envy of many neighbours, but how to achieve it?
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Gardening as an antidote to cabin fever
Landscape designer and gardener Xanthe White has a raft of ideas about what to do in your garden.
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How to keep your pot plants alive
Pot plants are back in fashion and it seems like they're blooming even in the smallest of living spaces. Lynda Hallinan shares her tips for keeping them alive and getting them to thrive.
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How to compost well
Jennifer Kerr from Auckland's Compost Collective explains the three main methods of composting and gives us her top cold composting tips.
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