Here, we will focus on the front yard and the plants that we suggest you never use. Grumpy will tell you the reasons why.

We asked an expert landscape designer how to remove overgrowth around shrubs without damaging the roots. She also gave us a ...

An Ōtorohanga farmer was shocked when she and a group of weed controllers stumbled across a human skeleton in an area of ...

A farmer in the Waikato region made a startling discovery on Friday morning after she and a group of weed controllers came ...

Early March pruning can be tricky. Learn how to safely prune your shrubs based on weather, plant type, and goals.

Is your compost a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste? You might be doing everything wrong. Fear not ...

When you live your life surrounded by nature, you have to be aware that sometimes forest creatures are going to make their way into your backyard. Some are great to ...

Early on Sunday, after a soft rain, I awoke to birds calling through the thin veil of dawn. Their melodies, rising and falling in easy harmony, felt less like noise ...

There is a specific kind of magic that settles over a garden when the hummingbirds arrive. One moment, you’re sipping your ...

As a young boy, I had to contend with my grandfather's compost heap. It was a veritable Vesuvius of foul-smelling, putrescible plant waste, a metre ...

I’m sat on the floor behind my dad’s armchair, chunky headphones on, listening to a new 12” my brother has bought. Our music centre lives in a compartment on an MFI divider unit, beside my parents’ ...