DO YOU make New Year resolutions?
I gave up years ago but if I had managed to keep just half of them, I would be superfit, a model mum… and so on.
It’s funny but I never made resolutions about my garden though this year have come close because one aim in 2010 is to organise life so there’s more time for gardening.
When it’s too hot to garden, we can plan, read and be inspired about gardening.
This issue, we’ve plenty of inspiration from gardeners like the people behind the new garden at historic Mataia Homestead beside Kaipara Harbour (page 10); Lois Croon who gardens on Chatham Island (page 16); and Rob Somerfield (page 26) our homegrown, world-class rose breeder.
Sue Linn suggests great ways to use stepping stones (page 20) and for those who like to potter about, Mark Rayner (page 30) has some mailbox options. Our new writer Andrew Steens (page 14) identifies disease-resistant vegetable varieties to help us garden sustainably and without sprays.
And if you’re at the beach, see if you can track down and sample a snippet of another vegetable – the coastal -native known as samphire. Gillian Vine has tips (page 25) for growing it.
For those of you in Auckland, there’s no better inspiration that a wander down Eden Garden’s shady paths (see our centerfold liftout).
Wishing you a wonderful New Year with lots of time for gardening.
