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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: Getting prepared for winter
I cannot recall a February in New Zealand that was not always the hottest month of the year. The nationwide average temperature in February 2026...
Gardening with Wally Richards: Protecting fruit
Recently I have had several readers asking about the problems that they are having with fruit they grow. There are two aspects, one is diseases...
Gardening with Wally Richard: Garden questions with answers
Hello readers, some of you may have tuned in this week to the webinar on RCR with me and Rodney Hide discussing gardening matters. There...
Gardening with Wally Richards: Using microbes to solve problems
Soil microbes in a garden live in high to low population cycles related to moisture, temperature, and fresh organic matter, and together they drive...
Gardening with Wally Richards: Garden and lose weight
It's an interesting thought, do gardening and loose weight; it can happen. There are a number of reasons why we consume more food than what...
Gardening with Wally Richards: Food security
Food security. That is a very important question and the other night I saw where in one area of the North Island that is...
Gardening with Wally Richards: For gardeners growing roses and about summer pruning
Rose growing enthusiasts are very knowledgeable in the care of their roses but for many others it can be a learning curve what to...
Gardening with Wally Richards: Start the year off right in your garden
Firstly I will wish you a happy, healthy New Year and enjoy Nature through your garden. The following is a article I wrote 24 years...
Gardening with Wally Richards: Honeydew
Honeydew is a polite name for insect pee. Pest insects that suck on plants such as aphids take in sap from the foliage which is...
Gardening with Wally Richards: Gardening matters
As Christmas approaches it is a busy time in the garden for many, early planted crops are now being harvested or coming towards maturity. The...
