Like children let loose in sweet shop allowed to spend all their pocket money as they wish, Â New Zealanders are going to gorge themselves over the next six weeks on their favourite sport, rugby. Â Hosting the Rugby World Cup here in New Zealand brings sharp focus to... 
Before winter set in I planted green manure on some of beds to keep the weeds down. Â The barley, lupins and other seedlings are romping away now giving a thick matting of plants which in give an attractive architectural feel to the kitchen garden beds. Â Slowly but... 
It’s more likely that we hear our neighbours rather than see them.  There’s usually a cacophony of chainsaws, brush cutters, lawnmowers competing with roosters, barking dogs, squawking chickens, mooing cows and bleating sheep or goats.  Not to mention... As if the trumpeting of Spring’s official arrival today (1 September) wasn’t enough the garden is making its own declaration of intent. These Asparagus spears are from plants I grew from seed three years ago. This year we should be able to harvest for... 
