Our Land

If water is contaminated after a disaster, there are several ways to purify it.

Flower bulbs need to be planted now so they are ready to burst into flower at the right time. Here’s how to get the best results.

If your animals suffered in the heat of summer, now is a great time to plan a plantation of shade trees.

An everyday accountant is working with New Zealand scientists to explore the disease-fighting properties of heritage apples and orange tomatoes.

Zero-waste blogger Amanda Chapman discusses the community fridge project and her eco heroes.

Launching a natural product comes with unique compliance and marketing challenges. The women behind Dove River Peonies share their tips for starting a natural product business in New Zealand.

The softer light of autumn is shining. It’s the best time of year for making sure your garden is looking the best it can. Here are some of Jane Bellerby's tips for achieving the best autumn garden.

We’ve all heard of ‘man caves’, but there are so many inspiring garden buildings, including the ‘she shed’. Check out these beautiful projects from NZ and around the world, most made on a small budget and out of recycled materials.

These vinegars look fantastic, taste great, and are very easy to make.

Some businesses are disguising their employees  as volunteers, so are you breaking the law when you host a wwoofer from another volunteer scheme?

Mexican photographer Carla Danieli had never spent time on a farm before her stay on a remote station in the Waihopai Valley.

It's time to make some tough decisions to make sure you make it through autumn. Here are some tips to ensure your pastures stay in prime condition.

If you love flour and want to be self-sufficient, go nuts.

The sweet juicy strawberries of summer might be a faint memory now but you need to start planning now for next year’s bounty.

Sheltering your orchard is critical but that doesn't mean they can't be creative.

Two brothers have turned a patch of Wanaka into a lavender business in full bloom.

The carrot might seem like one of those boring but reliable veges, but they have a colourful past and a much brighter future in terms of health and organic growing.

Meg and John Christie are living their self-sufficient dream on a half acre block, but they haven’t had to leave the city to do it.

Many of our current pharmaceutical products stem from the beneficial properties first identified in wild plants.

A small obsession with old barns played a big part in the design of this award-winning home. Follow Tane's tips to get the look.

We're quick to see their faults, but these seven weeds deserve a place at the table.

Peacherines and nectarines are peach-plum crosses, but there's some debate as to whether they are the same thing.

Which mulch is your best ally in the war against weeds?

Deadhead flowers, and sow late summer peas and beans this month.

A multi-tasking Kiwi with a passion for saving animals has set up a special sanctuary on her lifestyle block just outside Melbourne.

This is a garden of no soil that supplies the award-winning Riverstone Kitchen with its fresh vegetables and fruit all year-round, and it's a work of art.

If you are looking for the next perfect edition to your backyard, then tagasaste is the one you've been searching for.

The Hart family might run a commercial beef and sheep station, but their goal is to create paradise on earth for their community, and they've been inspired by one of the most famous farmers in the world.

Get a handle on Facial Eczema this season by following these 12 tips.

Less than 100km away from the 1.4 million people who make up Auckland is an island of the self-sufficient. Great Barrier Island resident and author Lindsay Wright checks out some of his industrious neighbours.

He blew up his first methane tank, built a boat in the shape of a saucer, and helped to design a super-efficient water blaster, but Coll Bell’s favourite inventions involve manure, and the more, the better.

There’s a lot to think about when it’s a normal summer, but an abnormal one makes things even more critical. Try out these tips for surviving summer on the block.

Pumpkins are frost tender and need a long, warm growing season (at least 14 weeks) in a sunny sheltered site.

Out her kitchen window, Barb Davies watches a battle for life as her nikau palm trees brave the weather.