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The Very Green Gardener's Substack! This is a Wellington based blog which covers one new skill a week, relevant to what the weather is doing this week; what to do in your garden, and what plants are exciting to us at this time of year.
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How to make your flowers flower (opens the original)
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Morena! I hope you are having a lovely weekend.I thought I would hit you with something small in the hopes it squeezes into your brain and helps this season.If your plants are not flowering well (and therefore not fruiting well, but this is primarily looking at flowers), here is what you need to know-Phosphorus (bones and rocks)Phosphorus helps your pla… Read more
Oxalis and a new to do list (opens the original)
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Morning! Here is hoping for another few days of beautiful weather!You might have learnt this the hard way in the past few days, or you might need a reminder- the weather is still too cold for many springtime plants. I saw eggplant in the shops this week! I would love to be able to chuck one in the ground right now, but it will end badly…All the same, the weeds are springing up everywhere leading to what I am obsessed with this week..What I am obsessed with this weekOxalis. Blimmin heck. Here’s t
Seedlings and seeds to raise now! (opens the original)
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Everyone is getting quite mobilised and thinking of Spring, so I thought I would put together a bit of a list for you as to what you can start.Remember that you won’t be able to plant out most of your garden until mid-late Spring, the general rule is the end of October, so many of the things you want to start growing aren’t that keen on waiting inside for two months.Never fear, here are some things you can reliably plant and raise outside right now, no funny business with heat mats or grow light
How to catch a chicken, choose a foolproof plant (opens the original)
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Happy Saturday! An especial happy Saturday to Papi, one of my chickens who went absolutely, furiously feral and escaped into the green belt.I rented a cat trap from Cats Protection Wellington, who were just lovely (the last few times I jumped the fence to catch a chicken I ended up injured so I wanted to avoid that…). It was really hard to think over what I should put into the trap to catch the chicken, because the exciting smelly food would attract cats (who would then be trapped all day until
Growing dates, growing zones and frost dates (opens the original)
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Morning lovelies! I have been having a lovely time at all of the gardening consults and am honoured that many of them are your friend’s homes! We are halfway through them all and I am about to go and do a couple today. Meanwhile, on a day like today I bet Palmers is humming and we are all thinking about what to plant in our gardens this year.When I come across a new plant, or am struggling with an existing plant, I find it really important to look up where the plant originated from, and compare
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