1 Feb 2016

Tips on getting a super productive home vege patch

From Nine To Noon, 11:33 am on 1 February 2016

Tim Martin is an ecologist who in his spare time cultivates a magnificent fruit and vege garden at his Mt Wellington home in Auckland. He shares tips on how to get the best out of your vege patch all year round.

Fuji apples as an espalier on boundary fence

View down the length of the main garden

Chickens under the lemon tree

Leeks are a winter staple in Tim's garden

Courgettes

Beans and capsicum

All of Tim's swiss chard (silverbeet) is produced by letting them grow wherever they self-seed.

Cucumber grown as a groundcover

climbing beans, sunflowers, pumpkin and corn in garden alongside house

Heather potatoes - which Tim says have an amazing texture that semi-caramelises in the middle

Tomato plants

The summer tomato glut

Tomatoes grown as groundcover under clothes-line

Mesclun for all year round salads

The loaded lemon tree

Tim Martin also gives gardening tips on his blog.

He talks to Kathryn Ryan.

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