Gareth Carter: May is the best time to plant strawberries if you want a bumper crop
7 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Strawberries planted in May give the best results. Photo / Supplied
Plant propagation, growth, flowering and harvest times are dictated by the seasons.
This makes some seasons better for planting and sometimes particular plants are only available for one part of the year. Strawberry plants and garlic are some of these crops and the main planting time is now, in the run-up to the shortest day in June. Garlic and elephant garlic are available now in garden centres for a limited time. Planting now, they will be ready for harvest during the summer months.
Gareth Carter: Use those autumn leaves to make compost
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Gareth Carter: Use those autumn leaves to make compost
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Gardening: Whanganui s climate is great for growing good citrus
16 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Citrus trees can be grown successfully in small gardens as well as in larger spaces. Photo / File
Citrus trees can be grown successfully in small gardens as well as in larger spaces. Photo / File
Autumn is a great time of year to be planting citrus fruit. The new plants from the nurseries are lush and full because of good summer growth. Garden soil is moist from autumn rains and, with winter approaching, there are high prospects of further moisture to aid root establishment.
Citrus are one of the favourite fruit plants in Whanganui for small and large gardens as well as container production, with eventual tree size being controlled by the use of dwarfing rootstocks.
Whanganui East villa takes out Beautiful Homes Whanganui competition
9 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Stacey Jones and Jamie Ballantyne purchased their Whanganui East villa in 2017, and transformed it into a modern home. Photo / Bevan Conley
Stacey Jones and Jamie Ballantyne purchased their Whanganui East villa in 2017, and transformed it into a modern home. Photo / Bevan Conley
After hundreds of nominations and thousands of votes, the Whanganui home awarded with the title of being the city s most beautiful has been revealed.
The winner of the Ray White Beautiful Homes Whanganui competition is the modern Whanganui East villa owned by Stacey Jones and Jamie Ballantyne, which took out the title with a whopping 81 per cent of the public vote.