• The rains this week will give rise to all manner of fungal attacks (moisture and warmth, even relative, encourages fungal growth). Watch tomatoes, potatoes, courgettes and other vines including grap… more →
Tikorangi The Jury GardenAbbie Jury wrote 15 hours ago: • The rains this week will give rise to all manner of fungal attacks (moisture and warmth, even rela … more →
Abbie Jury wrote 1 week ago: • Try planting up simple pots as Christmas gifts but get them done now to have them looking at their … more →
Abbie Jury wrote 2 weeks ago: And the prize for likely the best flowering anywhere in the world of the beautiful but difficult vir … more →
Abbie Jury wrote 3 weeks ago: We are starting to dry out already. Keep a close eye on container plants. If they are showing signs … more →
Abbie Jury wrote 4 weeks ago: There is precisely no gardening going on here this week as we meet and greet visitors – just the dai … more →
Abbie Jury wrote 1 month ago: 1) This is the busiest week of the year for open gardens in Taranaki. We would encourage everyone to … more →
Abbie Jury wrote 1 month ago: Every vegetable gardener knows that Labour Weekend is a signal for the great plant out. Sensible gar … more →
Abbie Jury wrote 1 month ago: We had a cold snap around the same time last year although we do not recall it being quite as cold a … more →
Abbie Jury wrote 2 months ago: We did warn that the magical dry and early spring was unlikely to continue. The chillier temperature … more →
Abbie Jury wrote 2 months ago: It is an early spring this year and as yet the season is showing no sign that it will slow down and … more →
Abbie Jury wrote 2 months ago: We were shocked by the infestation of onion weed on the local Lepperton roadsides, spread we suspect … more →
Abbie Jury wrote 2 months ago: Prunus Awanui feeding the monarch butterflies this week Prunus Awanui is pretty as a picture at our … more →
Abbie Jury wrote 2 months ago: We are getting quite dry here although there is rain forecast. Keep an eye on container plants which … more →
Abbie Jury wrote 3 months ago: Spring is officially here though for most of us, the advent of spring came last month. While cooler … more →
Abbie Jury wrote 3 months ago: Members of the “Living Art” bonsai fraternity know that early spring is a critical time for repottin … more →
Abbie Jury wrote 3 months ago: What a difference some glorious early spring weather makes. The worst of winter is indubitably over … more →
Abbie Jury wrote 3 months ago: Heed the news story in our local paper last Saturday. Despite the fact that most of us feel that win … more →
Abbie Jury wrote 3 months ago: Temperatures are inexorably creeping upwards and that means an explosion of slugs and snails. Waitar … more →
Abbie Jury wrote 4 months ago: A few mild days mid week were the klaxon heralding spring. In New Plymouth if you look to the right … more →