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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: Magic

How would you like to bring a little Magic to your gardens, all plants, as well as your house plants? There is a very simple...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Solving gardening problems

A tip that I was given, which I am going to try myself this spring, is in regards to curly leaf in stone fruit...

Neem Tree granules and powder

In India the kernels of the Neem Tree are collected and cold pressed to extract the Neem oil which is used to control insect...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Controlling some pests

I am often asked about how to control populations of slugs and earwigs in gardens without using the usual chemicals. This is particularly important in...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Bryophytes (Moss and Liverworts)

Bryophytes and Embryophytes are the botanical names given to mosses, lichen, liverworts, hornworts, molds, algae and slime. These are primate plant-like forms which were the...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Autumn leaf fall

A reader from Southland emailed me this week and asked if I could write an article about what to do with autumn leaves. For some...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Growing Food

I wrote this article 8 years ago and to this day I have found it to be the best and less expensive way to...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Preparing for winter

I don't know about you? But I have starting to put on a jersey in the morning, off during the day and back on...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Apple Cider Vinegar

A reader and keen gardener sent me an email recently about using apple cider vinegar in your garden to prevent and control fungus diseases. Someone...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Grow your own seeds

Raising plants from seeds is a great sense of achievement for most gardeners and when the seeds are the ones you collected for free...

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