Pre sprouting potatoes before planting leads to bigger yields.

More tips on how to protect the garden through winter and cold periods.

Tips to avoid damage to plants during frosty and extended cold periods.

Hints and tips for looking after outdoor potted plants during winter.

Here at Your Neighbour's Garden we are very fortunate to have a large number of fruit trees and other produce that we grow on our site. We are getting to the end of the harvesting season and Phew we have been busy. It is satisfying to see all the apples, and pears now sitting in jars of wonderful flavours, to use and share as winter goes on. This year we were excited to get our certificate from the DCC to create preserves for sale. It has been hard work to create a range of

The temperatures have dropped and the days are getting shorter. Now is the time to think about growing your own garlic.

Instead of putting all those leaves that are lying around at the moment in the green bin - here are some ideas for putting them to good use in the garden.

A few hints on growing roses from cuttings in autumn

A cover crop will improve soil fertility, soil structure and moisture holding ability.

The visit started with chalk art on the footpath We had a fantastic Sunday on the 21st September with many visitors to our garden,...

OMG, I am going to start by yelling. I am sick of being sick!!! I don't usually get really ill, after all we totally missed out on...

Up until now we have been enjoying the warm (most of the time) introduction into Autumn, meanwhile the poor chickens are going through...

This website has been a long time coming. I managed to get so far with my lack of any technical computer skills and then roped in my...

Education - Egg development You will notice that I got slack with my blogging and here we are a year later and back in Autumn. A huge...

While a lot of this week has focused around the garden it has also been a time to check the animals that we rely on, are going into...

Wow if it isn't the garden, it is getting organised for the next bee season. Our honey has consistently sold out on our stall and it is...

Boy oh boy did mother nature let us have a massive introduction to what we can look forward to this coming winter. We are only 1/2 way...

As many of you know it was a messy spring and summer here in the Dunedin/Otago area this year. Many of us felt we missed summer despite...

The idea for Your Neighbour's Garden came about a couple of years ago while having a discussion with my husband, over a cup of tea. I...