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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: Brambles

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

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

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...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Pest Solutions

Wishing you a Happy New Year Gardening. Now the weather has settled a bit and temperatures are better (But still a bit chilly at times)...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Merry Christmas

Here it is Christmas day and I am writing this short weekly article today cause I was too busy yesterday mowing lawns and tidying...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Pollinating flowers of fruiting plants

Pollination can be a problem for gardeners when it does not occur naturally. Various plants use different modes of pollination from attracting insects such as...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Growing woes

For most of the country it was a dismal spring and now we are into the first month of summer things have not improved...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Encouraging children to garden

We need to encourage our children and grandchildren to appreciate Nature by including them in some gardening activities. I believe that young children have a...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Cardboard

Cardboard boxes are everywhere. A lot of products are transported in cardboard boxes, most products we ship out are in cardboard boxes. Supermarkets have heaps of...

Gardening with Wally Richards: Gardening tips

For most of the country it has been a poor spring and slow start of the growing season. We have the daylight hours, in fact...

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