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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: Prepare for the new season

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The year is slipping away and now there are only a few weeks till the shortest day which heralds in a new season for...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Visiting life underground

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There is a saying which reads as... As Above So Below, and with plants and trees what is above the soil level is replicated...

Gardening with Wally Richards: The importance of Phosphate

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Phosphorus stimulates budding and blooming. Plants need phosphorus to produce fruits, flowers, and seeds. It also helps make your plants more resistant to disease. Phosphorus helps...

Gardening with Wally Richards: The importance of potassium and magnesium – Fruit + Flower Power

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Potassium is often referred to as Potash because the ash from wood burn contains a good amount of potassium, and magnesium sulphate is often...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Food and Health

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The father of medicine, Hippokrátes ho Kôios (c. 460 – c. 370 BC) apparently said the historic words: 'Let Food be Thy Medicine and Let...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Grass grubs – now is the time

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I am often asked is it the best time to do certain things in the garden and more often than not when asked it...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Sprayers and spraying

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Gardeners and horticulturists can at times take things for granted as we are often doing certain chores and don't stop to realise that what...

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...
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