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Looking for a specific growing guide for your fruit & veg? On this page you can find all our guides — so whatever the season, and whatever you're growing, you'll find the tips and advice you need.

Chillies growing

Chilli

Chillies are popular as they are an easy crop to...

Courgettes growing

Courgette

Courgettes, also known as zucchini, are a summer...

How to grow Garlic | Love the Garden

Garlic

Growing garlic ( Allium sativum) at home is now...

Freshly dug potatoes

How to grow potatoes in New Zealand

The humble potato, rich in iron and potassium, is...

Peas growing

Pea

Nothing beats homegrown garden peas for their...

Runner beans growing

Runner Beans

Runner beans, or more correctly scarlet runner...

Homegrown salad greens

Salad Greens

Grow your own greens for garden fresh salads every...

Homegrown Tomatoes

Tomato

Nothing beats the taste of your own homegrown...

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What to plant in March

What to plant?

Blueberries growing

Blueberry

Coriander growing

How to grow coriander

Rose in garden

Rose

Homegrown salad greens

Salad Greens

Rosemary growing

Rosemary

Monstera indoor plant growing

How to grow Monstera

A large collection of ripe feijoa fruit.

Feijoa

A border of purple and pink hydrangea flowers in a New Zealand garden.

Hydrangea

A passionfruit tree growing across a wooden fence.

Passionfruit

Red carnations growing in a garden in New Zealand

Carnations

A bush of pink and white peonies in New Zealand

Peonies

What to harvest?

Blueberries growing

Blueberry

Chillies growing

Chilli

Coriander growing

How to grow coriander

Courgettes growing

Courgette

Peas growing

Pea

Freshly dug potatoes

How to grow potatoes in New Zealand

Rose in garden

Rose

Strawberries growing

Strawberry

Runner beans growing

Runner Beans

Homegrown salad greens

Salad Greens

Homegrown Tomatoes

Tomato

Rosemary growing

Rosemary

A large collection of ripe feijoa fruit.

Feijoa

Orange dahlia flowers growing in a New Zealand garden.

Dahlia

A passionfruit tree growing across a wooden fence.

Passionfruit

More tips for March