GROWING VEGETABLES

There is nothing quite like the taste of fresh vegetables straight from the garden...

GROWING POTATOES

There is nothing quite like the taste of new potatoes straight from the garden...

GROWING TOMATOES

Tomatoes would easily be the most popular vegetable grown in the home garden...

GROWING

HERBS

Herbs are timeless. Their popularity has survived hundreds of years and they are as much in demand today as ever...

BERRY FRUIT & GRAPES

Berryfruit have become popular in recent years because of the great taste and their proven health properties...

CITRUS

Once upon a time fruit trees could be found in every New Zealand garden. With today’s smaller gardens it is more difficult to find space, but with careful selection they can fit...

ORGANIC GARDENING

Organic gardening is a technique that avoids the use of all synthetic fertilisers and pesticides. However this page follows a more pragmatic but environmentally friendly approach...

PIP &

STONE FRUIT

Pip fruit such as apples and pears have always been the most popular fruit because of their universal appeal, easy to eat, and ripen over a long season...

PEST & DISEASE CONTROL IN FRUIT

The organic gardening philosophy is to let nature take its course, for all organisms to live in balance and therefore accept a level of pest and disease damage...

PEST & DISEASE CONTROL IN VEGETABLES

This page recommends pest and disease control through the use of good practice, resistant varieties and low toxicity environmentally friendly products...