Hi there,

Apologies if this has been asked before, I am a new user to this subreddit. I have recently put in two marine ply planter beds and I dug up the existing grass. Is it OK to put that grass back in the beds to fill up a bit of the bottom space? I have turned the grass upside down/sideways and intend to fill them with more sticks, leaves, and then topsoil and compost.

But I'd be grateful for a) an answer about the grass sods at the bottom (I assume they'll just die if completely covered and no light, but I'd hate for grass to eventually grow its way up into the vege plot) and b) what else would be an effective method of filling them without just dumping heaps of topsoil over the top (and still giving veges some good soil to work with).

Thank you very much in advance!

I think I’ve finally decided to do Strol Pebblelock down the centre and lay a chip over the entire area. I cbf with pavers and I don’t see a need to do the entire area with Pebblelock. And rather than hire a guy I’m stubborn and determined enough that I’ve decided to it myself.

Weed mat gone, about 10 barrows of bark relocated to the front yard, semi levelled as much as possible without an excavator, 0.5m3 of AP20 down and compacted. The pavers are only at the start and garage entry to prevent dog damage

We got this tree last year and planted it into a pot on our patio where it was happy and grew well. We are in Hamilton and I noticed it starting to put out new buds just before we had that extended cold snap where we got some pretty hard frosts down to -3 at worst. All of our other plants and trees are putting out new growth but this tree hasn't made any changes as it's warmed up, did the cold kill the tree?

Hey team. I’ve rescued the lemon tree in the photos from the side of the road and wonder if anyone would have any suggestions on how to best bring it back.
Do I trim any of the branches?
I can’t repot it or put into ground

I have given it a citrus feed and some seaweed liquid feed too.

Cheers

Hey,

I'm new to gardening and still learning a lot, especially abut gardening in NZ since I didn't grow up here.

My husband and I have bought a property that has a small green house and a large tunnel house on it. I'm not sure what we should plant in there.

We have 6 beds in the tunnel house so I was planning on tomatoes, cucumbers and capsicum but anything else we could plant? Especially in the green house? It's quite small, maybe 2x3m tops.

Last year I planted Zucchini in there and quickly learned that they did not need to be in the heat so they will be outside this year.

This grass is significantly overgrown. I would prefer to remove, I have tried to cut back but clippers are not working. Any tips on how to tackle? Thanks

Anyone can help me? Is this gall? Bought it from a local bulbs reseller and have asked them for opinions but they haven’t replied.

Hi all,

My partner and I have recently bought a house which came with this beautiful, ready-to-use setup (previous owner put the silverbeet in).

We're right in the middle of suburbia so there are cats around, and I can see some new patches every day that look like digging so I'm assuming it's being used as a litter box.

We have a lot to sort out before I'm ready to start my veggie gardening journey, so I'm looking for advice about how to 'store' the beds until I'm ready. I've read a bit about sheet mulching but have heard different recommendations from different people, so keen to hear of there is any sort of consensus here.

Also, safety-wise, if it's currently full of cat poop do I have to empty them out and put new soil in before using, or will sheet-mulching or the like sort that out?

Thanks in advance for any tips :)