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Plant gladioli dahlia and begonia tubers for summer flowering. Lightly cultivate soil surface again prior to sowing to a good fine crumb structure.

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As a rule of thumb spinach lettuce radish rocket leeks broccoli bok choi cabbage cauliflower silverbeet celery spring onions and parsley are all good beginner crops.

. Sprinkle on top of egg and cheese dishes or on salads. Chive flowers have a similar flavour to the stems. Gather the fresh flowers of viola nasturtium rose and calendula.

Lightly pull apart the calendula and nasturtium but leave the viola flowers whole then mix them all gently into the salad. Pansies and their smaller viola cousins have kept up with the times as favourites among flowers that are easy to grow and deliver premium colour on tougher and tougher plants. The new Hammett dahlias epitomise the ultimate modern garden perennial fuss-free and compact with attractive dark foliage covered in masses of single flowers and they dont require staking.

Eating lots of cabbage - and other brassicas such as broccoli Brussels sprouts cauliflower cavolo nero kale and Chinese greens - helps keep us regular and reduces our risk of cancer. Garnish the top of the salad with a few whole nasturtium flowers and rose petals. Dahlias traditionally known as big blousy flowers on long stems have undergone a transformation at the hand of New Zealand plant breeder Dr Keith Hammett.

All are cold-hardy but if frosts come early in your area sow in pots that can be positioned in a warm sheltered spot or use a cloche. Sow mesclun rocket corn salad lambs lettuce spinach and Asian greens mizuna mibuna and giant red mustard. Gardening is a popular pastime in this country with just a little over half of the participants in a 20072008 survey having dabbled in the year before.

Gardening guru Carol Bucknell dishes the dirt on the best flowers for attracting beneficial bees to the garden in New Zealand Why we need bees in the garden Without honeybees both our productive and ornamental gardens would suffer enormously not to mention commercial horticulture and farming. Allow weeds to colonise area again to a green sward. If lots of weeds have crept in then spray the whole area immediately before any new wildflower growth as you did at the start of cleanup before sowing.

Bee numbers are declining throughout the world and home. Spring and Autumn are the seasons to be planting the queen of the brassicas broccoli. When planting allow at least two hand spaces apart for lettuce broccoli cabbage cauliflower and silverbeet.

When planting allow at least two hand spaces apart. Growing Vegetables in the Winter Season in New Zealand. Do you want to grow a vegetable garden but arent sure how to get started.

Pull hoe or spot spray any weeds. Read more Playing favourites. Have a look at some of our top edible flowers you can add to your next plate.

Lightly cultivate the soil surface to a MAXIMUM depth of 50 mm sandy loams or 100 mm clays. As a rule of thumb plant the seed as deep as the size of the seed so a 1cm size seed should be planted 1cm deep. Chicory also Witloof Belgian endive Chilli peppers also Hot peppers Chinese cabbage also Wong bok wong nga pak napa cabbage Chives also Garden chives ChokoChayote also Chayote squash christophene chouchou mirliton Collards also Collard greens Borekale.

You can sow your own seeds into seed trays indoors or directly into the garden depending on the vegetable. A light cultivation or rake over is recommended to encourage reseeding. The Scientific named called Kohlrabi is Brassica oleracea gongylodes.

Spray again and allow to die down. If robust but beautiful is the aim of the game then some of the best autumn flowers to plant in NZ will be pansies. Avoid deep cultivation as this releases dormant weed seeds.

Flowers can also be crystallised in sugar and used in baking. Then mow or mulch the whole bed to a fine trash. Give it an open site in fertile well-drained but moisture- retentive.

It is similar to other brassicas like Cabbage Broccoli Cauliflower Brussels sprouts and Kale. If you are planting tiny seeds such as carrots or radish just sprinkle the seeds in a line and cover lightly with Daltons. These blue and white star shaped flowers can be used in sweet or savoury dishes.

However not everyone is as talented in keeping their plants alive as they would like.

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