Category Archive: gardening

23 Jan

145 – Food colouring

145 – Food colouring

Just look at these rainbow beets! The colour is so amazingly vibrant. These gems are from my father-in-law’s vegetable garden. I wouldn’t say they are …

 
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19 Jan

141 – Victoriana

141 – Victoriana

Tuberous begonia flowers have a kind of Victorian atmosphere about them. I think it’s their delicate layer upon layer of petals – in this case …

 
By Lynsey
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17 Jan

139 – The pawpaw patch

139 – The pawpaw patch

I couldn’t believe it! Pawpaws – growing in Wellington! Unbelievable! I love pawpaws – the yellow skinned, honey-gold fleshed fruit; the toothy leathery leaves, the …

 
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04 Jan

126 – Nature’s jewels

126 – Nature’s jewels

The colour and the shape of the fruit placed in my hand suggested it could be an apple, yet something within me said it wasn’t. …

 
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29 Dec

120 – Defiance in the face of adversity

120 – Defiance in the face of adversity

I like the punga – the tree fern – that lives on the no-man’s land between us and our neighbour. It could be growing on …

 
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28 Dec

119 – My affair with Agapanthus

119 – My affair with Agapanthus

I have a really torrid relationship with Agapanthus. At times it feels very personal and twisted. I love the flower buds, and the young flowers, …

 
By Lynsey
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20 Dec

111 – Retail in the Raw

111 – Retail in the Raw

There’s been open air markets here in Wellington probably since the first humans arrived. More recently – in the last couple of years – as …

 
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19 Dec

110 – Project. Crimson.

110 – Project. Crimson.

I think the Pohutukawa is New Zealand’s expression of the heart. I know the more typical view is that it is the NZ xmas tree. …

 
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18 Dec

109 – Afternoon strawberry delight

109 – Afternoon strawberry delight

“Would you like a strawberry,” asked a colleague. At the same time placing in front of me a punnet full of red luscious berries. Who …

 
By Marica
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16 Dec

107 – Sun and sky

107 – Sun and sky

Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul. — Luther Burbank Outside our kitchen window we …

 
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