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Moving On.

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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...

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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 ...

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Hotting It Up For Winter
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Hotting It Up For Winter

Since I have been in our gardening business I have developed a love of many new aspects of gardening, I have learnt truck loads and obviously still learning. The main thing I have learnt is to neve...

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Its a "No Brainer"
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Its a "No Brainer"

Its time to revisit our "no brainer" garden and the progress I have been making. I can happily report back that I'm totally stoked with the progress we have made this year growing in our AutoPots. ...

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Have you got Worms?
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Have you got Worms?

 I'm sure I have written about worms and their many benefits before but seriously there is just so much to share about these amazing little creatures. I'm a late developer or late lover of worms bu...

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Building a sustainable life - gardening for the environment
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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...

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How Hydroponics Promotes Sustainable Life
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How Hydroponics Promotes Sustainable Life

A closer look at hydroponic gardening- a no soil, nutrient and water-based solution method of growing food. Hydroponic gardening is an industry that has been gradually making its way to the innov...

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Essential Water - Summer fun and games
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Essential Water - Summer fun and games

Essential Water When I first started writing this, the sky had opened and the rain was falling ... at last. Actually it was so misty outside I couldn't see the top of our hill. After the winter ra...

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Water, Food and protection
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Water, Food and protection

Healthy Plants This month my son is studying for his year 10 exams and last night we revised his biology together. I'm sure when I was at school we didn't do the detail he has done until at least y...

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Labour weekend – time to get growing
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Labour weekend – time to get growing

There’s something about Labour weekend that always makes me feel it’s time to get growing. After lots of garden composting and seed raising it is a busy time in the outside garden. Plants that have...

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