Spring Season 2 Episode 5

🌸 Spring is Here, and Your Garden is Ready to Thrive! 🌸In this week’s episode of Your Garden Coach NZ, we’re covering Spring tasks and expert tips to help your garden bloom. 🌱 Listen now on Buzzsprout, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts!🌿 Episode Highlights:👧 Gardening with Children (Part 5): This week, we’re thrilled to have Anita Croft from Growing Kiwi Gardeners join us! 🌻 Anita shares her incredible Early Childhood Gardening programmes—teaching kids to grow, explore, and fall in love with nature. You don’t want to miss this! 🌱🌸 Apple & Pear Blossom Time: Along with the blossoms comes the threat of Codling moth! 🐛 Peter Visser from Key Industries joins us with expert advice to protect your trees.🍵 Tea of the Week: Try the refreshing Spring Awakening Blend to keep you energized while you work in the garden!🛠️ Tasks of the Week: Time to cultivate your soil in preparation for the next big planting phase—get ready between 5th-15th October! 🌿🌞 Heat Lovers & Summer Fruiting Plants: Central Otago and the cooler regions, it’s almost time to sow! Those with glasshouses will have already started their heatlovers. We’re here to help you choose the best varieties for a successful season. 🍅🌶️🥒 Vegetable of the Week: Cucumber—where did it originate, and how can you grow a bumper crop this season? We’ve got all the tips!📚 Book of the Week: Diddly Squat by Jeremy Clarkson—named after his farm that produces, well, not much. It’s a hilarious must-read! 🚜✨ Support Us: Love the show? You can support us here: Support Your Garden Coach NZ 🙏🌸 Happy Spring Gardening! 🌸— Ali & JenSupport the showYou can contact us at [email protected] and follow us on socials @yourgardencoachnz