JULY
MARY LOVELL-SMITH Garden editor
Chores
Above, Matariki has arisen, and Kiwi fruit all is well in the skies. Below, there might not be many signs of much activity above the ground, but rest assured it is happening. In temperate to subtropical areas, growth will only have slowed, while in the deepest south most plants will have gone dormant in the cold. The soil should still, however, be teeming with life as every creature from the tiniest micro-organisms to big fat worms goes about its business keeping all healthy.
Ripe for the picking
As if to provide us with all that vitamin C needed to combat winter’s chills and ills,
