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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: An old problem and a new vegetable

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Problem first: Black sooty mold is a fungus that grows on Honeydew which we see on the foliage of plants that have an infestation...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Building up soil populations

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Recently I wrote about having gardens like our grandparents had... If they were like most people back in their days, they were keen gardeners not...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Coffee grounds and Neem granules

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I am sometimes asked about what are the benefits of using coffee grounds around gardens? So using my favourite A1 search engine 'Perplexity' I found...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Getting an early start

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Like all keen gardeners we want to get off to an early start for the new season and with the day light hours increasing...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Earth building

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If you want to grow plants, plus you want to grow plants successfully you have to provide them with a growing medium that is...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Time to Start Tomatoes

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The first tomato plants in Mitre 10 and garden centres are now available for the new season and the sooner you get started the...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Here comes spring

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At the time of writing this, here in Marton, we have a beautiful sunny day and all the signs of Spring with the beginnings...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Tattie Time

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Yes the annual event of planting potatoes has started for those gardeners that like to grow a few spuds. Potatoes eaten in the many forms...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Trees and stump problems

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Trees can be a blessing and some times an annoyance. Trees provide shelter, reduce noise, enhance landscape and great to climb on when young and...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Time to get sowing

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Now we are past the shortest day it is time to get sowing seeds or planting seedlings. Growing plants, flowers or vegetables from seed is...

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