Tui Summer Times 2015

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SUMMER TIMES

ENJOYING SUMMER IN THE GARDEN ISSUE 21

FEATURING:

• MAKE YOUR OWN COMPOST PAGE 3 • ENJOY HOMEGROWN FEIJOAS PAGE 6

Find out which summer-loving crops to plant with our Summer Gardening Guide

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Top tips for your favourite summer crops from our Facebook friends

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WELCOME

TO THE TUI SUMMER TIMES FOR 2015/16.

Summer is a wonderful time in the garden. It’s time to harvest your carefully tended crops planted back in spring and to enjoy the vibrant blooms that brighten your backyard – all in perfect time for summer entertaining.

This issue is full of summer gardening inspiration and projects to help you make the most of the warmer weather outdoors.

One of the joys of this season is eating summer’s bounty from your own backyard.

To make sure you have all the ingredients for your summer BBQs – including flavoursome tomatoes, turn to page 4 for our Summer Gardening Guide. This has all the information you need including what to plant and our top tips for summer garden success.

Learn how to make your own compost on page 3, and enjoy healthy conditioned soil to get the most out of your plants.

With an abundance of fresh summer fruit available, the Kiwi favourite of feijoas are on the mind. Get yours underway early and plant now for a feijoa fix from your own backyard in the coming seasons – go to page 6 for our Feijoa Growing Guide.

This year we are excited to join up with Garden to Table, a gardening and cooking programme in schools to encourage children into the garden to learn the joy of growing their own food and turning their harvests into meals. Be inspired

by Te Huruhi School on Waiheke Island on page 10 as they share their school garden

and summer tips. Don’t forget to try their delicious harvest recipe! For even more summer garden inspiration, check out the top tips for some of your favourite summerloving crops from our Facebook friends on page 7.

For those interested in creating a mini food forest at home, see Tony Murrell’s tips on page 8.

One of the challenges with summer can be keeping your garden well watered. Turn to page 11 for our top water saving products and exciting new blooms from Gardening Solutionz to add a punch of colour to your backyard.

We would love to see pictures of your homegrown summer harvests and backyard projects – share them on facebook.com/ tuigarden or email them through to info@tuiproducts.co.nz.

Summer is here, take the time to relax and have some fun in the garden! Here’s to a wonderful summer, from the Tui Team.

For gardening tips and advice join us at facebook.com/TuiGarden.

WIN A COMPOST TUMBLER! To get your composting underway we have a Tumbleweed Compost Tumbler to give away this summer! The Tumbler is a fantastic way to recycle your garden and kitchen waste into rich compost for your garden, and is ideal for small gardens and courtyards. To be in to win, simply join the Tui newsletter to get regular tips, advice and giveaways to help you grow a successful garden each season! Join at: tuigarden.co.nz/page/tui-newsletter Entries close 31 January 2016.

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COMPOSTING GUIDE Making your own compost is simple and a great way to transform household greenwaste and garden waste into a soil conditioner that adds nutrient rich organic matter to replenish your soil. There are a number of ways you can create a compost system to add compost to your garden for healthy plant growth!

SETTING UP YOUR COMPOST SYSTEM 1. To get started you will need a good structure or container to hold your compost. There are different ways to make a compost system – you could make your own bin, for example out of plastic bins or pallets, create a compost heap, or buy a compost bin or compost tumbler. Tumbleweed Compost Bins are a great option. If you have space, it’s a good idea to have a couple going at once. That way you can fill one and let it fully compost, and keep adding new waste to the other one.

2. Choose a sunny position for your compost system and ensure it is easily accessible for adding ingredients and regular mixing.

3. Prepare your compost in layers that are a blend of carbon and nitrogen.

This means adding a mix of kitchen waste like coffee grounds, tea leaves, fruit and vegetable scraps, egg shells and newspaper; and garden waste like lawn clippings, leaves, and twigs.

4. Layers should be no thicker than 10cm. Make sure any twigs are broken up to be no bigger than finger size, as this will help them break down more quickly.

5. For every layer of backyard and garden waste, add a layer of kitchen waste material.

6. Add a little water with each layer and mix the material every few additions.

The contents of your compost bin should have the consistency of a damp sponge. Add paper to help soak up excess water if it gets a bit too wet.

7. Add in some garden soil or compost too, if you have some handy, as this has microbes in it that will help get your compost going at the start.

8. Avoid adding meat, dairy or bread as they can attract unwanted pests. Also avoid diseased plant material as this can spread the disease.

9. Put a lid on your compost bin, or cover, to enable it to decompose quickly.

10. Mix your compost regularly. It is compost when it is dark brown and smells earthy – it takes approximately six to eight weeks to fully mature.

11. For best results compost should be dug into the soil. Don’t plant directly into compost as this can burn plant roots.

MAKING COMPOST USING A TUMBLEWEED TUMBLER Shopping list: Tumbleweed Compost Tumbler, Tumbleweed Worm Farm & Compost Conditioner, kitchen waste, and garden waste.

• Choose a sunny position for your Tumbleweed Compost Tumbler and ensure it is easily accessible for adding to and regular mixing.

• Follow steps 3 and 4 from the main guide to get your compost started.

• Add in some garden soil or compost too, as this has microbes in it that will help get your compost going at the start.

• Avoid adding meat, dairy or bread as they can attract unwanted pests. Also avoid diseased plant material as this can spread the disease.

• Keep layering material until the Tumbler is just over half full.

This allows room for the mixture to easily rotate inside when you turn it.

• Sprinkle the compost mixture with Tumbleweed Worm Farm & Compost Conditioner to help balance the pH in the compost and stop it from smelling.

• Add a small amount of water to the Tumbler to add moisture to the compost mixture.

• Turn the Tumbler four or five times each time you add waste.

• In approximately four weeks you will have fantastic mulch and in six to eight weeks you should have compost to use throughout your garden.

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SUMMER GARDENING GUIDE To ensure a continuous supply of delicious homegrown veges you can enjoy well into autumn, plant summerloving crops and follow our top tips to get the most from your crops this season.

VEGETABLES TO PLANT November

December

January

Basil Capsicum Carrot Chilli Coriander Courgette Cucumber Eggplant Lettuce Parsley Pumpkin & squash

Key: = Northern region = Middle region = Southern region

Spring onion Sweetcorn Tomato Reference: Based on content from The Tui NZ Vegetable Garden third edition, by Rachel Vogan.

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PLANTING • Dig in Tui Compost and Tui Super Sheep Pellets before planting to replenish nutrients used by previous crops. Compost is an excellent water saver; it improves the soil by increasing moisture holding capacity, particularly in sandy soils.

• For best results plant into a mix specially formulated for the crop you’re planting e.g. Tui Vegetable Mix for veges, or Tui Tomato Mix for tomato plants.

• Keep planting over the summer season for a continuous supply. Regularly plant salad greens such as lettuce, mesclun, radish and spring onions for your summer salads.

• Soak seedlings in Seasol plant tonic before planting to help prevent transplant shock, then apply every 2–4 weeks to promote strong root growth and keep your garden thriving.

• Slugs and snails will be looking for food, and they will love your leafy salad greens. Apply Tui Quash slug & snail control to help stop them munching on your seedlings.

MAINTENANCE • Harvest your veges regularly, this helps promote more growth throughout the season.

• Keep your garden weed free – don’t let your plants compete for water and nutrients.

• Feed your plants and they will feed you. Keep topping up with nutrients to replace those used. Tui NovaTec Premium fertiliser can be used throughout the garden, or use the Tui Food range.

• Use Tui Insect Control for Fruit & Veges to prevent pests like aphids and whitefly taking hold. Regular applications of Tui Disease Control for Fruit & Veges will prevent powdery mildew on your courgettes.

WATERING • Keep an eye on the moisture level of your soil. If the soil is moist 10cm below the surface it should be fine, if it is dry at this level it needs to be watered. In hot weather you may want to check the moisture every 2–4 days.

• Water in the morning or evening to avoid water evaporation. A good deep soak every few days is better than shallow watering every day. This will encourage deep roots and helps plants to better survive short term drought.

• Take care to water the soil rather than the foliage, as this can spread disease.

• Apply SaturAid granular soil wetter to garden beds and pots to assist water reaching the root zone of plants, this will help your plants make the most of water, and can reduce water use by up to 50%.

• Protect your plants from extremes in temperatures, keep roots moist, and suppress weed growth with layers of Tui Pea Straw Mulch.

GROW A BUMPER CROP OF FLAVOURSOME TOMATOES 01

PREPARE

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NOURISH

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PREPARE The better the soil, the better your tomato plants will grow. If you are starting with an existing garden bed dig in organic matter like sheep pellets and compost to your soil, and add a layer of Tui Tomato Mix. If planting in pots and containers, fill with Tui Tomato Mix.

PLANT The best times to plant are early in the morning or late in the day, so the tomato plants aren’t exposed to the hot sun straight away. Soak in Seasol before planting, and stake when planting. Plant up to the same height they were in the seedling container. As your tomatoes grow, remove the laterals to encourage bigger and better fruit, and continue to tie to the stake.

NOURISH Replenishing nutrients ensures your tomatoes grow to their full potential. Tui Tomato Food is specially blended to provide the right combination of nutrients for a bumper crop – apply every 4 weeks during key growth periods. Well watered, well nourished tomatoes will have a better chance of keeping insect pests and diseases at bay.

PROTECT The weather, weeds, pest insects and diseases can all impact on the success of your tomatoes. Protect your tomatoes from the elements with layers of mulch, to help keep their roots moist. Keep your garden weed free. Common insect pests to affect tomatoes include whitefly and aphids – treat infestations with the Tui Plant Protection range. Also, birds love juicy tomatoes – put up netting to protect yours.

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FEIJOA GROWING GUIDE You can’t beat the aroma and flavour of fresh feijoas!

This hardy and robust fruit is so easy to grow and provides you with an abundance of fruit from autumn to early winter each year.

Feijoas are often planted in autumn but they are on our minds in summer – so it’s tempting to plant now – just be sure to keep up with watering. Feijoas are very versatile; they make a fantastic hedge, can be planted in containers, or blended into ornamental garden plantings. As they tolerate frost, they are a great fruiting option for cooler areas.

FEIJOA FAVOURITES There are a wide range of feijoas available, below are some favourites! Some varieties are self fertile, but even self-fertile varieties will produce heavier and more regular crops if they are pollinated by other varieties.

Apollo – a vigorous and productive variety that produces a medium to large fruit, ripening mid to late season. This is an upright, spreading tree that will grow up to 2.5 metres tall. Semi self-fertile.

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Bambina – a relatively new dwarf variety, with thin edible skin surrounding sweet aromatic pulp bursting with flavour.

Bambina is a good choice when planting in a pot. Needs a pollinator.

Mammoth – produces large, soft, round to oval fruit, with thick, somewhat wrinkled skin. The flesh is slightly gritty, and the quality and flavour are very good. A strong-growing tree of upright habit, it will grow up to three metres tall.

Needs a pollinator.

Sellowiana – the original feijoa which many of the new varieties have been bred from, this variety has an open habit.

Medium sized fruit appear later in the season on this large shrub. Self-fertile.

Triumph – produces medium to large oval fruits with firm skin, juicy and moderately soft flesh and an excellent sharp flavour. Good pollinator for Mammoth. Needs a pollinator.

Unique – an early season, prolific bearer of fruit from a young age. This variety produces medium sized fruit with smooth, soft, and juicy flesh. Self-fertile.

Kaiteri – This quick growing feijoa produces an early crop of large, super sweet fruit. Needs a pollinator.

HOW TO PLANT FEIJOAS • Soak your tree in a bucket of Seasol seaweed based plant tonic to help prevent transplant shock.

• Dig a hole approximately twice the depth and width of the root ball of the tree and partly fill with Tui Garden Mix. This has all of the essential nutrients your fruit trees need to get off to the best start.

• Place the tree in the hole, and fill in with Tui Garden Mix, ensuring the tree is no deeper than it was in the container or bag.

• In windy areas stake the tree to give the root zone time to secure itself into the soil.

• Water your feijoa tree well after planting.

FOR A BUMPER CROP • Prune feijoas once fruiting has finished to open up to allow bird pollination, wind movement and sunlight in for fruit ripening.

• Water during long dry periods.

• Fertilise with Tui NovaTec Premium fertiliser once flowering begins.

• Mulch with Tui Mulch & Feed in spring and summer to help conserve moisture and suppress weeds.

• When picking, select fruit that is slightly soft to the touch.

20 TIPS FROM TUI’S FACEBOOK FRIENDS Gain inspiration this season from our Facebook friends who have shared their top tips for your garden this season.

1. Paint stones to look like strawberries – one peck of those and the birds will learn to leave the real ones alone! – Kelly 2. Two weeks before you lift the potato crop, cut the growth off at ground level. This should give the skins of the potatoes sufficient time to toughen up, making them far less prone to damage from lifting and easier to store. – Sean 3. Grow strawberries in a bag of strawberry mix if you don’t have enough room in your garden. They grow a treat. Also being in these bags means you can also move them around your section. – Wendy 4. Sprout your potatoes first in a light warm space. Select the best four shoots and remove the rest. Plant when chance of frost is past. Use only certified seed potatoes. – Janine 5. I put my tulips in the fridge and plant them randomly in my pots and they look amazing, love my tulips. – Gambardella 6. We have planted strawberries in an old bath, heaped them up with compost and then surrounded them with straw.

Last season was the first time using the straw and it was the biggest crop of strawberries we’ve had, will be repeating this season. – Joanne 7. Raise your lawn mower cutter bar a notch or two so you aren’t mowing too short. – Hamish 8. Don’t plant potatoes where you planted tomatoes the season before. – Christopher 9. When they get a bit overcrowded, let your bulbs die down, dig them up, divide them and give them a feed. – Rebecca 10. I have learnt to plant my strawberries up high enough for the dog not to jump up and steal them, getting very creative at times! Hanging them in PVC piping from the top of the deck works the best. – Lynley

11. After flowering, never pull your bulbs out before the leaves are ready, they need to be brown. Tie the leaves together, they help feed the bulbs and make babies. – Christine 12. Plant approximately 3–5 strawberry plants every couple of weeks or so, and then you’ll have a continuous amount of strawberries for the Christmas/summer season. Don’t forget to cover them with light netting to stop the birds from stealing them! – Karen 13. I use an old kitchen fork to dig out weeds in my lawn. It gets all the weed and doesn’t use much muscle power. – Melanie 14. Grow chives and parsley in the garden to help encourage good bugs to eat the baddies! – Anita 15. Place stones in the bottom of your (bulb) pots to allow the water to drain. This helps to prevent bulbs from rotting.

– Melania 16. Plant at least five strawberries per person (more if you have little ones who love being outside in the garden and will eat as they play), water water water, and feed feed feed. The more you love strawberries the bigger and juicer they are. – Bronny 17. Plant daffodils in plastic pots rather than clay pots to prevent drying out. – Juliet 18. I used buckets with the bottoms cut out to grow potatoes in – just add another bucket on top and more soil as they grow. – Anna 19. I always grow mint in tubs, so it doesn’t take off and smother other herbs in my garden, this way their roots are confined.

– Claire 20. Store bulbs in the fridge before planting then bury the depth of the bulb size beneath the soil. – Christine

Help out other Kiwi gardeners and share your tips on our Facebook page: facebook.com/TuiGarden

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TONY’S TIPS ON GROWING YOUR OWN FOOD FOREST

BY TONY MURRELL Growing your own doesn’t need to be restricted to a separate area of the garden with a few fruit trees and a vege garden, explains landscape designer Tony Murrell: “I’m a fan of integrating edible planting into my landscape designs, taking some of the basic principles of food forest planting to create smaller scale urban food forests.”

Tony shares some tips to create your own mini food forest at home.

Food forests are the arrangement and selection of a range of plants that feed us, the ecosystem, and contribute to an improved environment. A forest comprises of many layers of vegetation: you start with your canopy trees – the larger fruit and nut trees, then onto a lower layer of dwarf fruit trees, followed by shrubs (e.g. berries) and then ground level edible herbs, leafy plants, root crops and ground cover. You can also integrate a 8

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vertical layer with climbers, and vines.

There is a lot of literature about food forests available, traditionally it is a permaculture methodology of production and cyclic plant and animal evolution that ultimately benefits the earth and us.

When you’re looking to set up at home, location is important to determine the size of the forest you’re to create, and also it helps if you can work with existing planting as trees do take some time to establish. Research is the key to creating a successful food forest, to help you select fruit and berries, ground cover and canopy trees that are suited to the size of your garden/the space you have dedicated. Heirloom and heritage varieties are usually selected for projects like this.

The idea behind the food forest is to work with nature, with minimal intervention – so it is important to select plants that are naturally suited to your site and climatic conditions (while of course being things you like to eat!). Once you have planned out your planting and made a list of the plants you want to introduce, it’s time to get planting!

In terms of ongoing care I have learnt that over the years the garden will develop its own natural balance of change and establishment. The garden will produce its own ecosystem and you will be surprised at how soon nature moves in! This is a long term project and the idea is that what is produced on the land stays on the land, but there will be some trial and error

along the way as you figure out what is growing well in the environment you have created, and what isn’t doing so well.

Like all gardens, this project will be a labour of love!

PLANTS FOR YOUR URBAN FOOD FOREST • Canopy: fruit & nut trees such as walnuts and almonds.

• Dwarf/smaller fruit trees: citrus, feijoas, persimmon, mulberry.

• Shrubs: blueberry, currant, raspberries.

• Leafy plants: herbs, spinach.

• Root crops: carrots, yams, Maori potatoes.

• Ground cover: strawberries, nasturtiums.

• Climbers/vines: grapes, kiwi fruit, passionfruit.

TUI GARDEN PROBLEM SOLVER Insect pests and diseases can affect the success of your summer garden. Keep your fruit and veges healthy this summer by combating common problems with the Tui Plant Protection range.

1. APHIDS

3. POWDERY MILDEW

Aphids are small pear-shaped soft body sap sucking insects, that are often found on the underside of leaves. Aphids can be green, black, yellow or grey and commonly affect potatoes, brassicas and carrots. Aphid infestations cause stunted growth, distorted, curled leaves, and honey dew to be excreted, causing black sooty mould.

A disease in which infected leaves become covered in white powder and can become distorted and discoloured. Powdery mildew commonly affects cucumber and courgettes over summer.

Solve it: Tui Insect Control for Fruit & Veges, Tui Insect Eliminator for Fruit & Veges.

4. PASSION VINE HOPPER

2. WHITEFLY Look out for these tiny white sap sucking moths that fly when leaves are brushed. Whitefly are commonly found on brassicas, tomatoes, fruit trees and flowers. Plants lose vigour when infected by this insect and eventually wilt. Honey dew is excreted causing black sooty mould.

Solve it: Tui Insect Control for Fruit & Veges.

Solve it: Tui Disease Control for Fruit & Veges.

These are brown sap sucking moths with mottled wings and a fluffy tail.

They are visible on leaves and jump when disturbed. Plants lose vigour when infested with this bug, and honey dew is excreted, causing black sooty mould. Commonly affects passionfruit vines, citrus, berry fruits and beans.

Solve it: Tui Caterpillar Eliminator for Fruit & Veges.

TUI TIPS • If insect pest infestations are small, try blasting with a hose or squashing with your fingers.

• Control slugs and snails munching on your carefully tended seedlings and plants with Tui Quash slug & snail control.

Having trouble identifying pests & diseases in your summer garden?

Use the Tui Garden Problem Solver tool at tuigarden.co.nz/garden-problem-solver

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SCHOOL GARDENING SUPERSTARS Garden to Table school Te Huruhi Primary School on Waiheke Island has a fantastic team of teachers, parents and volunteers who are motivated to help the children learn the joy of ‘growing their own’ and teach them how to turn their harvests into meals.

1. What have you been growing?

In the vege garden we are planting potatoes, broad beans, carrots, lettuce, beetroot, peas, radish, runner beans, chives, basil and spring onions. We are also planting fruit trees and a variety of flowers including alyssum, sunflowers, and poppies to make our garden nice and bright. Spare seedlings are sold at a small market stall outside the school office on Friday mornings along with excess produce. Basil plants are grown by the children to give as gifts for Christmas.

2. What have you been eating from the garden?

We have been harvesting lots of yummy greens including kale, broccoli, pak choi, spring onions and lettuce, and fresh herbs including coriander, parsley, dill, mint, and rosemary. The children have also been harvesting young beetroot leaves and edible flowers to add to our salads.

3. How are you maintaining your garden?

Our new seedlings are protected by milk bottle protectors, snail bait, and netting for the birds. We are digging over the gardens ready for more planting and laying paths to protect the soil and help children know where to stand. There is limited space so we are being creative with our planting.

4. What are your summer garden plans?

We are planning to grow lots of cherry tomatoes because the kids love them and they are prolific. Also, lots of basil because the children love to make pesto. We will plant zucchini and pumpkin in the food forest, under the fruit trees. They are well mulched so the plants should survive the hot summer sun. We will also plant lots of different types of beans to show the children the different varieties, including some blue beans.

We are going to draw up a watering schedule with the caretaker and volunteers and have timed sprinklers for when there is no-one around over the holidays. We are lucky on Waiheke Island because we have a good supply of sea grass washed up on our beaches which makes brilliant mulch – we will be making sure everything is well mulched before we finish for the holidays.

TE HURUHI’S SILVERBEET AND FETA PIES Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 1 medium onion, finely chopped 1 large clove garlic, minced 100g cooked silverbeet or other leafy green veg such as spinach or kale (well-drained and chopped) 100g feta cheese, drained 1 tbsp chopped herbs e.g. parsley, thyme.

1 egg, lightly beaten 10 sheets filo pastry 70g salted butter, melted, for brushing Freshly ground black pepper Optional extra: grated cheese

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ABOUT GARDEN TO TABLE Garden to Table is a trust, running a gardening and cooking programme in schools across New Zealand. In the programme, seven to 10 year-old children spend time in a productive vege garden and home-style kitchen each week.

There they learn skills that will last them a lifetime, and discover just how fun it is to grow and cook their own seasonal vegetables.

Tui provides starter packs to each of the new schools, and seasonal packs during the year.

Method 1. Heat oven to 170C/fan 180C/gas 6.

2. Heat the oil in a pan, then fry off the onion for two minutes until softened, add garlic and cook for another two minutes.

3. Add the cooked silverbeet and cook for a few minutes more until any liquid has evaporated. Remove from heat.

4. Crumble feta finely into a large bowl, add beaten egg, silverbeet mixture, chopped herbs and black pepper, stir to combine well.

5. Unfold the filo and cut into three pieces lengthwise, cutting through all of the sheets at once. Set aside 1/3 of

SUMMER GARDEN MUST HAVES Create a successful summer garden and keep it in tip top condition with our summer garden product picks! sandy, clay or compacted soils. Apply SaturAid to garden beds and pots to assist water reaching the root zone of plants, this will help your plants make the most of water, and can reduce water use by up to 50%.

TUI CERTIFIED SEED POTATO – SEBAGO Enjoy new potatoes this summer with the addition of the Sebago variety to the Tui Certified Seed Potato range. A short oval potato with yellow skin and white flesh, Sebago is a delicious potato and an excellent all-purpose cooking variety. It is an early to main cropper and stores well.

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CRAZYTUNIA SPARKY Crazytunia Sparky will show off in your garden with its magenta rose and yellow flowers. This compact, upright petunia has a robust habit and superb weather resistance which ensures a brilliant performance throughout summer. Plant in beds, containers and baskets for a magnificent display that will stop people in their tracks. For more information visit www.gardeningsolutionz.co.nz

DEBCO SATURAID SaturAid granular soil wetter is a unique and worthwhile addition to all gardens, particularly in summer. SaturAid promotes even water distribution, making watering, rainfall and fertilisers more effective, even in

the pastry, wrapping or covering the remainder to prevent from drying out.

6. Take one strip of pastry and brush lightly with melted butter. Fold in half length wise, then brush again with butter and fold again. You should end up with a roughly square piece of pastry. Take two of these and place one on top of the other, with butter in between, so you end up with an eight pointed star.

7. Lightly oil the muffin tins, place one star of pastry into each hole. Divide mixture equally between the pastry cases.

8. Optional extra: Grate a little cheese on top of each pie.

Give your garden some extra TLC this summer. This convenient two-in-one combination provides the benefits of mulching whilst the healthy additions of blood and bone, mulching straw and sheep pellets replace vital nutrients used by your plants. Mulching protects your plants from extremes in temperatures, keeps roots moist, suppresses weed growth and creates a tidy, well cared for look. Use Tui Mulch & Feed throughout your garden to keep your piece of paradise looking top-notch.

CALIPETITE MID BLUE New to New Zealand gardeners is Calipetite Mid Blue. This delightful perennial produces masses of small ‘petunia like’ vivid mid blue flowers from spring through to autumn. So if you are after something different for your hanging baskets, pots or garden bed Calipetite is one little plant to look out for.

For more information visit www.gardeningsolutionz.co.nz

9. Bake for 12–15 mins until lightly golden and crisp.

Notes • If making for adults or as a main dish you can make one large pie.

• Try adding cherry tomatoes for a summer twist!

Photo credit: Michelle Hepburn.

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