Promotion Winners
Tomato Growing Competition
Barbara Robinson – Fielding
Barbara grew a total of 3255g of tomatoes off one Gross Lisee tomato plant.
She has won $575 worth of gardening products.
Win A Potted Herb Pack Promotion
Tracee Rakatairi – Palmerston North
Jenny Jones – Pt Chevalier
Esther Roberts – Glen Eden
Diane Gebbie – Wigram
Annette Campbell – Henderson
Ann Hawes – Timaru
Win a Yates Garden Fresh Cookbook
Shirley Thomas – Tikipunga Whangarei
I would like to win one of these cookbooks because I like fresh food. The books sound very yummy.
Sally Thompson – Palmerston North
I would like the Yates Garden Fresh Cookbook because i would like to know different ways in which to cook fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs.
Megan Bardell – Hastings
With two new vege gardens, it would be nice to plant some veges with different recipes in mind, and to get some new ideas.
Karlene McPike – Papamoa
I LOVE vegetables, but need new ideas, especially to make vegetables more exciting for my 10 year old son, enough mashed potato and peas Mum!
Emma Mulholland – Darfield
Because I think it would be a brilliant way to learn how to cook food that is grown straight from the garden you grew it in.
Win a Tomato Growing Book
Maurice Broome – Paraparaumu, Christine Blackwell – Otane, Peter Ong – Dannemora, Gayle Chalmers – East Parkvale, Simonne Goodall – Lyall Bay, Leith Macdonald – Auckland, Gerald Bryan – WELLINGTON, Karina Adie – Christchurch, Tracy Bruce – Te Atatu, Anni Morris – North East Peninsula, Calisto Vaz – AUCKLAND, Pauline Dainty – Onerahi, Rachel Ball – Hamilton North, Sharon Mitford-Burgess – Drury, Steven Manning – Upper Hutt, Reyna Mountain – Auckland, Tania Ward – Kapiti, Teresa Hayden – Te Aroha, Murray Pollock – Algies, Rachael Moran – Palmerston North
Win a Yates Gardening Book
The winning entries have been drawn and the prizes are being dispatched to the lucky prize-winners.
Colourful Gardens Book Giveaway
Paula Dean – Hastings, North Island
Chris Allan – Alexandria, South Island
Ruby Moon – Miramar, North Island
Denise Abbott – Titahi Bay, North Island
Shayne Miller – Hastings, North Island
Eleana Cowdell – Orewa, Auckland
Nola Hamilton – Christchurch, South Island
Rose Care Gift Pack Promotion
Verena Greig – Lower Hutt, North Island
Anna Locker-Lampson – Wellington, North Island
Brian Robinson – Greytown, North Island
ARS Pruning Shears Promotion
David Robinson – Blenheim, South Island
Here we face heavy frosts that play havoc with any early plantings of veges
Norma Taylor – Shiel Hill, Dunedin
Several years ago oxalis arrived in my garden. It appears everywhere and I’ve tried all sorts to get rid of it and still have it.
Marissa DeSouzer – Glenfield, Auckland
Creating a low maintenance patch at the front of my house. Its taken me 3 years to get the type of plants right.
Jamie Oliver Cook Book Promotion
Robyn Gandell – Sandringham, Auckland
Layer sliced tomatoes, red onions and feta cheese and dress with balsamic vinegar and oil dressing.
David Styles – Te Horo, Otaki
Peel and cut vegetables into similar sized pieces, lightly spray with canola oil, sprinkle with herb and garlic.
Gloria Sorenson – Howick, Auckland
I love stewing fruit and making pies out of them. Perhaps a little too much, judging from my wasteline!
Garden Gift Card Promotion
Annette Jameison
Henderson
Rob Kerr
West Harbour
Angela Gardiner
Henderson
Autumn Garden Pack Promotion
MAJOR WINNER:
Julia Merritt, Orakei, Auckland
Get children to help with all aspects of gardening. This helps them appreciate where produce comes from, is a good form of exercise and passes the love of gardening and knowledge onto the next generation.
MINOR WINNERS:
Kelly Curtis, Miramar, North Island
Finished corn stalks make great teepees for beens, peas and roses.
Ali Irving, St Andrews, Hamilton
Have the kids catch white moths around the vege garden with their nets. Keeps them amused and I pay them 5c per moth.
Frank Brough, Manurewa, North Island
I use the flower stalk part from my flax bushes as stakes for my snow peas and broad beans to grow up. This gives it a unique natural touch and encourages extra growth from the veges.
Ashleigh Visser, Sunnynook, Auckland
The birds have stayed away from my vegetable patch this year as I’ve dangled old CDs with string above the plants.
Charlotte Thornley, Wellington
Protect tomato seedlings by cutting the bottom off softdrink bottles and using as miniature glass-houses.
Tina booth, Kihikihi, North Island
Grow cucumbers along two wires attached to a fence forming an X. Plant at the bottom of each wire. Saves heaps of space. No ground rot and straighter fruit.
Glenys Kearns, Cashmere, Christchurch
Place inners of paper towels, wrapping paper or toilet roll inners over LEEKS to help create longer whites!!!
Kristy Dekker, Paihia, North Island
When growing tomatoes, planting garlic and marigolds around them reduces pests.
Andrea Bennett, Stokes Valley, North Island
The veg garden doesn’t have to stay in neat rows. I plant my broccoli next to the front door between the flowers and herbs.
Christine McDonald, Hamilton
Find a neighbourhood gardening buddy to share costs such as garden magazine subscription, compost, plants and petrol for trips to garden centers.
Mandy Buller, Springston, Christchurch
In the winter I like to grow a pot of salad lettuce as a house plant for a quick addition to my sandwich.
Kumfs Promotion
Lorraine Reid – Wellington
Jocelyn Connors – North Canterbury
Ngaire Buck – Wanganui
Homestyle Magazine Promotion
Wayne Wheeler – Kaitaia
Taking a cheap dirty old house and turning it into a beautiful home with great gardens and personality!
Clare Carpenter – Botany Downs
Renovating a very old house, stripping all the wall paper off all the walls, there must have been 5 layers!
Sandra Law – Hamilton
Is finding time to keep the garden under control whilst ensuring the kids and husband are loved and fed and their clothes are washed!
Deck-cember Promotion
Elisabeth Jones – TAUPO
Michelle Griffiths – DARGAVILLE
Pat Dela Rue – LEAMINGTON
Stephen Leatherland – PALMERSTON
Janelle Spencer – WHANGAREI
Rose Health Pack Promotion
Carol Anelay – MATAMATA
Being retired, we like to keep our roses looking lovely, so we can give them away to spread the perfumed flowers around town!
Gary Shand – PORIRUA
Because Roses are the Queen of flowers my favourite flower of all time I just love them they are so special always a heart stopper with a message.
Vanessa Huppert – Wellington
First time new home owner, inherited sad uncared for roses, need help!!! Novice gardener in desperate need of assistance! Wish I had listened to parents more!
Megan Leov – Blenhiem
Gale force winds, dry, clay, rocks – ‘you cant grow roses here’! But they are thriving & so are the bugs. NEED HEALTH PACK NOW :)
Wendy Strange – Rototuna
I love my roses but they deserve to be better looked after and they would respond accordingly by showering me with more flowers.