Dee Pignéguy

Continual rain, overcast skies and high humidity certainly changed things in the summer garden.  Overwatering is a major cause of disease, while the wet and...

New research is simply telling us what many of our grandmothers and great grandmothers have always known – even without having heard the word nutrition,...

As the signs become more obvious that food security is not guaranteed in New Zealand it is time to consider just how resilient we can...

We eat in season at our house, so tomatoes are not on the menu yet and that is just as well, with loose red tomatoes...

The first fertiliser produced by chemical processes was ordinary super phosphate made in the early 19th century by treating bones with sulphuric acid. Plant available...

Weeds have been used as food for centuries – wild celery, wild onions, watercress, dandelion, borage, purslane and, of course, nettles. Nettles are perennials and...

As her mum packed away the groceries, my granddaughter asked if she was preparing for the apocalypse.  Perhaps we could start preparing by saving our...

The earliest physicians were all herbalists, using plants such as basil, horehound, rue, wormwood, sage, and garlic. For thousands of years medicine depended almost exclusively...

Are you one of the gardeners rethinking your lifestyle during the ‘cost of fresh vegetables crisis’?   Perhaps now is the perfect time to consider...

There are more than 200 million insects for every human living on Earth, mostly out of sight, yet essential for maintaining life on Earth.  ...