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Their house, my garden: My war with the landlords

Their house, my garden: My war with the landlords

I built a planter box my landlords didn't like. A week later, they put the rent up.
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By Gabi Lardies | 28th December, 2023
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Their house, my garden: Should you take your garden with you when you move?

Sometimes life’s tomatoes don’t ripen in time for you to eat them. It doesn't mean you never should have loved them.
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By Gabi Lardies | 23rd December, 2023
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Their house, my garden: Is it a weed, or is it my seed?

It's hard to tell who’s a baddie and who’s a cutie when all babies kinda look the same.
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By Gabi Lardies | 16th December, 2023
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Their house, my garden: What to do when your plant is bolting

Growing very tall and slender isn’t always a good thing.
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By Gabi Lardies | 9th December, 2023
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Their house, my garden: The do-nothing farmer

A lesson in how to eat pretty things while doing the bare minimum of gardening work.
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By Gabi Lardies | 2nd December, 2023
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Their house, my garden: How to deal with sick plants

Sometimes there are brown spots, rotten tips or white patches in paradise, but there are solutions, too.
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By Gabi Lardies | 25th November, 2023
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Their house, my garden: When and how to harvest 

Sharpen your knives, smack your lips and sway your hips: it's harvest time.
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By Gabi Lardies | 18th November, 2023
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Their house, my garden: Eat your health hazard

Damp rental homes can cause severe health issues, but also offer the ideal conditions for growing mushrooms – edible ones, that is.
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By Gabi Lardies | 11th November, 2023
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Their house, my garden: Support systems

Their house, my garden: Support systems

You don't need power tools, building consents or more than $10 to help your plants stand up to the wind.
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By Gabi Lardies | 4th November, 2023
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Their house, my garden: Water, watch and matchmake

We might not have planted with a plan, but we can still give our plants friends and say the fancy word 'intercropping'.
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By Gabi Lardies | 28th October, 2023
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Their house, my garden: Is there any point in growing flowers?

Their house, my garden: Is there any point in growing flowers?

Blooms are useful in all sorts of ways. They also bring joy – and isn't that enough on its own?
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By Gabi Lardies | 21st October, 2023
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Their house, my garden: Buzzing friends and slimy foes

There is no shame in wearing gardening gloves, using Blitzem or peeing your pants.
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By Gabi Lardies | 13th October, 2023
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Their house, my garden: Seeds are revolutionary, but seedlings will do

Their house, my garden: Seeds are revolutionary, but seedlings will do

Raise a big middle finger to supermarket superprofits by growing your own food.
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By Gabi Lardies | 7th October, 2023
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Their house, my garden: Growing things in pots

Their house, my garden: Growing things in pots

Because even city girls nine storeys up need to play with dirt. 
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By Gabi Lardies | 30th September, 2023
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Their house, my garden: My war with the landlords

Their house, my garden: My war with the landlords

I built a planter box my landlords didn't like. A week later, they put the rent up.
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By Gabi Lardies | 23rd September, 2023
Contributing writer

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