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NZ Gardener Homegrown series - Recipe index
NZ Gardener - Index 2011
NZ Gardener - Index 2010 (1.4MB)
NZ Gardener - Index 2009 (1MB)
NZ Gardener - Index 2008 (1MB)
NZ Gardener - Index 2007
Common garden questions - FAQs answered
Climbers - Everything you need to know about growing climbers
Fruiting calendar - fruit harvesting month by month guide
Hedges - a guide to the perfect hedge for your home
Lawns - a guide to sowing the perfect lawn
Mulching - An expert guide (1.5MB)
Noxious weeds - Control tips from Weedbusters (1.7MB)
Plant nutrition - Choosing the right fertiliser (1.7MB)
Plants for birds - A guide on plants that bring in the birds
Pruning - A helpful guide to snipping and clipping
Urban beekeeping - A beginner's guide
Weeds - 20 common lawn & garden weeds (1MB)


Jane Wrigglesworth profiles a different herb each month with history, folklore, growing tips and culinary uses.
Aloe vera: Easy to grow and your skin's best friend
Angelica: Jane finds myriad uses for this versatile herb
Basil: Aromatic basil: tomato's best friend
Bay: Gift of the gods and excellent for keeping bugs away
Borage: Muster courage and strengthen your mind with borage
Calendula: A herb for all ailments
Caraway: Relieve indigestion and calm colicky babies with caraway
Chamomile: One herb you shouldn't be living without!
Chervil: A scrummy substitute for basil in homemade pesto
Chives: Essential for herb gardens and easy to grow
Comfrey: An excellent tonic for the garden
Coriander: Cupid's herb
Dill: Romans considered Dill to be a sign of luck
Elecampane: Cure coughs and find love with this pungent issue
Florence fennel: Distinguished by its fat, bulbous base
Ginger: Life without ginger is hard to contemplate
Heartsease pansy: Easy to grow with myriad medicinal uses
Horseradish: Potent, pungent and packs a flavour punch
Houhere: A medicinal native that can soothe in an instant
Lemon balm: Get stuck into this zesty cure-all
Lemongrass: Repel mozzies, reduce fever & soothe arthritic pain
Lovage: This herb has myriad uses, both culinary & medicinal
Marshmallow: Grow your own natural confectionery
Mint: Peppermint can help manage many medical problems
Parsley: Italian or curled, parsley has many uses in the home
Rosemary: A symbol of fidelity and remembrance
Savory: Expand herbal horizons by growing peppery savory
Stevia: Beat sugar cravings with Stevia rebaudiana
Tarragon: A French cuisine classic
Vietnamese mint: An essential herb for south-east Asian cooking


Barbara's monthly tips and tasks for rose care
April: 10 roses for Easter; autumn care for roses
May: Top 10 healthy, no-spray roses; tips for shifting roses
June: Best new release roses; tips for planting new roses
July: Favourite prickly roses; 10 top rose pruning tips
August: Easy roses for beginners; August to-do list
September: Spray roses; transplanting; DIY rose potion


Heathers top 10 tasks for your garden each month
April: Plants for shade; plant spring bulbs; trim shrubs; feed hedges
May: Trees for bark; cover frost tender plants; plant lilies
June: Insulate planter pots; lilies; white flowers; transplant ferns
July: Winter flowers; red camellias; prune hydrangeas; rosemary
August: Snail patrol; fertilisers; spray with copper; lawn TLC
September: Totara; feed lawns; flowering cherry trees


Lynda Hallinan's top tips for your vege patch each month
April: Broad beans; purple brassicas; harvest guavas; sow salads
May: Celery; salad crops; harvest yams; spring onions; tamarillos
June: Lemons; plant garlic & shallots; plant an orchard; silverbeet
July: Caigua; kale; Indian cucumbers; sow onions; plant strawberries
August: Capucijner peas; sow snow peas, broad beans & lettuces
September: Sow peanuts; Christmas spuds; start summer crops


Robert reports from his sustainable garden in Riverton, Southland
April: Celery; harvest corn; plant silverbeet; sow cover crops
May:Lift dahlias; divide perennials; sow broad beans; apply lime
June: Hydrangeas; lift gladioli; plant broccoli & cauli; feed leeks
July: Plant garlic; dig in green crops; sow early peas; wood ash
August: Prune apples; raise seedlings indoors; gooseberry cuttings
September: Grow onions; sow carrots; mulch rhodos; sow parsnips


Ruud 'the bugman' Kleinpaste's monthly bugwatch
April: Wasps; gum emperor moth; dragonflies; black beetles
May: Monarch caterpillars; psyllids; fungal diseases; pohutukawa
June: Being bee friendly; paper wasps; ladybirds; parasitic wasps
July: Overwintering Monarchs; collembola; weta; carpet beetles
August: Cockroaches; slugs; spiders; scale insects; codling moth
September: Bug damage; slaters; pantry moths; wireworms