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Mike has learnt that, while growing your own wine is fulfilling, it certainly isn’t low effort
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Winter-harvested fruits such as satsuma mandarins and navel oranges are perfectly timed for beating winter chills
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The plant is very attractive and makes an excellent groundcover, but it has another, more significant, feature
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Slaters like a moist environment but after too much rain they’ll seek refuge on higher, drier ground and climb the backdoor steps
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The couple have always made time to put in a garden, believing you can’t have a proper home without one
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“We’ve kept it easy care and it’s not fussy. We were determined that we’d have a house and garden that looked like they belong here”
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“We just love the views over the valley. We can see the steam rising from the hot pools 6km away and on a clear day you can see all the way to Mount Tarawera”
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Two trips to Nepal inspired Marian to create a temple area at the top of a double row of Japanese cedars, complete with fluttering prayer flags
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Rob’s won the top prize at the NZ Rose Trials six times, and Rose of the Year at Pacific Rose Bowl Festival four times
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Great mates
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“Australian soils are very low in phosphorous and that’s how the natives love it. They must be Aussie battlers,” Maria says
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Vriesea hieroglyphica
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Sm Acorns
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