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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.

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Gardening with Wally Richards: Household items useful in gardening

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There are a number of items that can be used in your garden to the benefit of plants. For instance a year ago I wrote...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Winter Preparations

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This week I noticed a distinct chill in the air, first thing in the morning, which could be described as a very light frost. Others...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Weeds (a new way to deal with them)

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This week I received a book from an old friend of mine, Julia Sich which she has written and called 'Julia's Guide to Edible...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Wake Up Call

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Our heart-felt sympathy to all those that have suffered from the adverse weather events of recent. It is already past the time that we needed...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Iron vs. Copper

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Recently a reader sent me an article which I found very interesting so I will share this with you. Iron gardening tools versus copper gardening...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Pollination

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Most plants flower to produce seeds so their line will continue through their off spring. When it comes to our gardening efforts we want plants...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Gardening tips

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There are many tips that can assist you in achieving better results from your gardening pursuits. Over the years I have collected so many of...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Brambles

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Brambles is the general term used to cover a range of thorny berry fruit from the Rubus family such as black berries, raspberries, logan...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Plants and health

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Readers following my weekly columns and books will be well aware of how I have combined gardening with health. I know that naturally grown vegetables...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Time to plant for winter

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December, January, February are the best months for planting vegetables and flowers for winter food and colour. The reason is you need to catch the...

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