Our Land

Mushroom foraging can be dangerous even in the age of Google.

Plant the right trees and you can enjoy the amazing flavour of heritage apples for most of the year.

Very few things in life are free, but a wonderful garden resource is lying around, going to waste, and it will only cost you a trip to the beach.

Prepare the paddock and animals for wetter, coolor weather.

A little ingenuity and the right plants can help you overcome one of the biggest landscape challenges, the awkward slope.

Plan your feijoa season ahead of time by selecting the ideal variety for your garden.

Use autumn leaves to supercharge garden soil.

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Some well-placed pots can bring a cold-weather harvest to any small garden.

It's time to get ahead of your cold-weather harvest and flower garden.

In just 12 years, permaculture gardeners Jo and Aaron Duff have transformed a dusty, bare block into a perennial food forest including some unusual edibles you might never have heard of.

A creative woman on a beautiful farm branched out beyond her flower-free, well-hedged garden to plant herself a business. It’s growing divinely.

This time of year should bring bountiful fruit, but not in this orchard.

Microgreens are an easy way to add homegrown nutrition to breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Shannon Wright has turned a passion for nutrient-rich food into a growing business of goodness.

It's time to start sowing cool-weather crops.

Whether it's sunshine slicing through snow-capped mountains or sheep trundling down a hillside, there's an undeniable magic to the rural corners and peaks of New Zealand.

Being 'fire aware' can make all the difference for protecting your property.

March is a good time to do soil testing, and apply fertiliser and lime. But do you know what your soil is telling you?

Volunteer schemes are not a way to get things done for free around your block, but Sheryn has still found it very profitable.

Plant plenty of cruciferous seedlings now for an abundant winter harvest.

Growing an abundance of fresh food during winter may sound difficult, but it is possible, even in colder regions.

On a block this small, this New Plymouth gardener only grows the most efficient vegetables for his bottom line.

Can you make a living from your lifestyle block? Give up your day job and lead the good life? Yes. But.

In the soot-covered aftermath of the Nelson fires, we look at how lifestyle block owners can best avoid the ravages of fire.

When red-hot chilli fans Steve and Anne Corkran got burned by big business marketplaces, they decided to go direct to their customers and turned their block into a thriving market garden.

Forecast rain might be a welcome relief for tank water users across the parched North Island, but now they should be wary of contamination.

What was once a silly dream has been whipped into a business churning out refreshing blues.

A pungent herb with a unique flavour is the secret green in Mexican cuisine.

Careful planning can keep the garden colourful for another year.

Gardening never stops — especially in the height of summer.

It’s easy to identify high-quality biochar.

The problem with this invasive weed is that it's so delicious.

Every seed has a story, and some are sown with love.