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Wally Richards

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Wally Richards has been a gardening columnist for over 30 years. Check his websites - for gardening news and tips visit www.gardenews.co.nz. For mail order products visit www.0800466464.co.nz. Wally also has a gardening problem help line on 0800 466 464.

Gardening with Wally Richards: Two topics – where it went wrong and about using Neem tree granules

I find it an intriguing aspect of Nature how plants, soil, insects and bacteria all work in harmony in a natural setting, aiding and...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Time is running out

It is now just about the end of February and every day the daylight hours are becoming shorter. In New Zealand, the reduction of daylight...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Gardening tips galore

Over the years I have suggested many different ways of improving or making your gardening efforts more successful and so now is a good...

Gardening with Wally Richards: A new solution to an old problem

Gardeners have ample things to contend with in our gardening pursuits, some which can be quite disheartening. One of my disappointments has to be a...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Problem solving

Yesterday I was watering the house plants that live in our home using a plastic watering can that has the rose head removed so...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Bugs

Bugs are often the things that gardeners have on their minds and on their plants this time of the year. They can be very annoying...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Getting better results with your garden sprays

There are two types of sprays that we use in our gardens, contact sprays which sit on the surface of the plant's foliage and...

Gardening with Wally Richards: When to plant

With a great number of first time gardeners growing their own vegetables, a question that I am often asked is; when is the best...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Pollinating fruiting flowers

Pollination can be a problem for gardeners when it does not occur naturally. Various plants use different ways of being pollinated from attracting insects such...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Gardening bits

Your gardens should be doing very well by now, but cucumbers and a few heat loving plants may still be a bit slow growing...

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