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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: Strawberries and Garlic

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New seasons strawberry plants are now available in garden centres. The nurseries that grow the plants lift them after the autumn rains have moisten the...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Fresh greens in winter

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Like to grow some fresh, highly nutritious greens this time of the year when sunlight hours are short and stuff is slow to grow? This...

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...
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