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Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

In this week's issue of Get Growing we share the dirt on growing Popeye's favourite food - spinach! We also have top tips on staking tall plants, mixing up worm tea, abandoning noise-polluting garden machinery and appreciating lilies and slaters.

Riverton food forester Robert Guyton 'fesses up to his penny-pinching plant-purchasing personality and we have some wonderful prizes up for grabs including an indoor-plant-care prize pack from Tui and natural-based insecticides and soil conditioners from Naturally Neem.

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6 days ago

Poll: When should the tree go up? 🎄

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

From what we've heard, some Christmas trees are already being assembled and decorated.

What are your thoughts on the best time to get your Christmas tree up?

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When should the tree go up? 🎄
  • 4.6% Second half of November
    4.6% Complete
  • 43.6% 1st December
    43.6% Complete
  • 17.8% A week before Christmas
    17.8% Complete
  • 33% Whenever you wish
    33% Complete
  • 1.1% Other - I'll share below
    1.1% Complete
2484 votes
5 days ago

What's your favourite tomato recipe?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Kia ora neighbours. We know your tomato plants are still growing, but we're looking ahead to the harvest already! If you've got a family recipe for tomatoes, we'd love to see it and maybe publish it in our magazine to share with our readers. Send your recipe to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of our February 2025 issue.

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2 days ago

Poll: Should all neighbours have to contribute to improvements?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

An Auckland court has ruled a woman doesn’t have to contribute towards the cost of fixing a driveway she shares with 10 neighbours.

When thinking about fences, driveways or tree felling, for example, do you think all neighbours should have to pay if the improvements directly benefit them?

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Should all neighbours have to contribute to improvements?
  • 83% Yes
    83% Complete
  • 14.5% No
    14.5% Complete
  • 2.5% Other - I'll share below
    2.5% Complete
1298 votes