Gardening Tips & Trends

For the Love of Food

While we were away we stayed with family in the south of France, of course it goes without saying that our time with the family and little grandies was the highlight, we also had a fabulous time en...

The Thing About Gardeners

The thing about gardeners is, no matter where we live in the world we are all striving for results, often learning as we grow, and making use of our local surroundings. While we were in the UK we w...

New Breed of Cabbage or Not?

Oh the despair of those pesky white butterflies! The emotions they stir in all of us as we visit our patch. 3 days can be a very long time in garden speak one day everything looks rosy and then nex...

Gardening With Autopot

This week I have decided to dedicate my blog to the wonders of gardening with AutoPot. Don't get me wrong I love my soil gardens but I have discovered a very happy balance between gardening in the...

Tomatoes For Christmas

This event is fast becoming my favourite! Many customers are coming in store to shop for Christmas, (lots of Joseph Bently Tools are going under Christmas trees this year). Last minute or...

Moving On.

We have been in our business for five years come the 1 st of July, and now it's time to hand over the reins to a wonderful couple who we know will strive to take Otaki Hydroponics and Garden Suppli...

Soil Health

If I had to choose just one subject about gardening that I felt was one of the most important topics it would have to be soil health. After all, every other aspect of gardening will fall short if ...

Building a sustainable life - gardening for the environment

Lifestyle Choices A very topical subject these days is enabling a sustainable lifestyle. All of us who grow our own vegetables and fruit have, at least, the desire to know where our food comes fro...

Winter surprises

This month I was privileged to talk at both the Waikanae Garden Circle and the Kapiti Horticultural Society and have the Tree Croppers Association visit the shop. These groups have a wealth of know...

The Gift of Growing

Over the last few years my style of Christmas shopping has changed considerably. The main question I now ask myself before I hit the shopping, is what do they NEED, will they use it? And will it br...