Winter is a telling time in your soil health journey – from now through early spring you get to see your drainage in action. Those of you at the basemap phase of gathering info and learning your land – perk your ears on up! How wet are your soils? Drainage is absolutely key for plant […]
Pruning Tips + A Pruning Video
By | LastUpdated July 1, 2022
Today, I’m offering up a little video and an excerpt from my pruning book. I hope you discover one or two gems that’ll help you through this seasons pruning missions. From “A Beginners Guide To Pruning” (Please respect the hard work that has gone into this and don’t copy it without checking in with me […]
Boost Your Gardens Resilience This Winter
By | LastUpdated June 28, 2024
No matter what the weather does, thick carpets of self seeded leafy’s – endive, kale, parsley, perpetual beet, cress, rocket, chicory, chickweed – soldier on and save the day. Diversity is the name of the game! It’s what brings us dinner – no matter what the weather does. It is the cornerstone of our gardens […]
How to Space Your Fruit Trees
By | LastUpdated April 27, 2025
There’s not a gardener alive who hasn’t squashed too many trees into too small an area! Those little wee seedlings defy us to give them space, but give it, we must. There’s a goldilocks point were aiming for here – a balance between fitting as many fruiting trees/ shrubs in as possible without choking up […]
Listen to my Tree Pruning Interview on RNZ
By | LastUpdated April 1, 2023
Expert feature: Tree pruning with Kath Irvine From Afternoons, 2:30 pm on 2 May 2022. Pruning season is fast approaching (Mid-winter) but for many people it can be a daunting task. Today’s expert is organic gardener Kath Irvine, who runs pruning workshops from her Horowhenua garden. She’s also written a book to guide beginners through […]
An Autumn Compost is a Strong Start to a Spring Bed
By | LastUpdated June 28, 2024
Autumn is heaven for compost makers, there’s heaps of stuff begging to be composted. Make use of all of it – dont throw it away!, and prep for spring planting at the same time. My kind of compost piles are easily put together, followed by put your feet up and let nature do the work. […]
