I’m trying to clear a small garden plot that had some type of bulbous evergreen type plant growing. I’ve cleared it all out but the soil is root filled. How do I condition the soil ready for vege planting?

Oxalis is all around my garden. Spray products are effective for a short time but it always comes back. I laid weed mat covered with pea straw but it grew through. What else might work? Could sieving the soil get rid of them?

The past two seasons since I’ve been in my new place I’ve had very leafy crops with small fruits. Is there something I can do to help my soil before planting?

The past two seasons since I’ve been in my new place I’ve had very leafy crops with small fruits. Is there something I can do to help my soil before I plant this year? 

I want to grow more vegetables in our garden but each time I do, they end up very small or stop growing. How can I help them grow better? Could my soil be too hard?

I never seem to have any success with growing garlic; can you tell me the secret?

I would like to know why I get only a couple of pickings off my silverbeet, then I get a big thick stem which grows up from the middle and don’t get much off it from then on. What am I doing wrong?

Will a pohutukawa tree survive the Christchurch winters?