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Origins: These Garden Stuff articles first appeared in The Eastbourne Herald (Lower Hutt, New Zealand) as a contributed monthly column. Now, with permission and some editing, I reproduce them here. The first article was published in November 2016 so, as I launch this new page in February 2022, there are over 50 of them. 
Size and style: The strict space limitation of the original column (<400 words) meant the wording had to be pretty terse and the content sometimes a bit incomplete. With more space here, I've tried to correct the latter but have persisted with the former.
Aims: The Garden Stuff articles cover a very wide range of topics - much wider than the average newspaper garden column. I have no commercial interest in these articles but instead wish to share with you a love for science and for plants. Also, for a way of living that's more in tune with nature and more sustainable.

Opinion: You, the reader, may not always agree with me. That's fine. I'm happy to engage in brief email discussion with you, should you feel I should become better educated...
Structure: The articles appear in serial-number order, each with a short title. The number of articles will grow month by month - until either I give up or The Eastbourne Herald ceases to indulge me.  

To view an article click on one of the links (#x) below.

Sandy Lang    slang@xtra.co.nz

#1 Some basics#2 Wind#3 Pot plant watering#4 Pests & diseases#5 Temperature#6 Soil#7 Pot plant care#8  New trees & shrubs#9  Tree chip mulch#10 Plant nutrition#11 Arthropods#12 Birds#13 Phenology#14 Treated timber#15 Lawns

#16 Pruning grapes#17 Pruning roses#18 Climate change#19 Weeds#20 Light & shade#21 Problem roots#22 Compacted soil#23 Xylem#24 Phloem#25 Pot plant management#26 Plant chemistry#27 Sex#28 Doomsday#29 Clever plants#30 Structure & competition

#31 Genes#32 Frost#33 Fertiliser#34 Plant communities#35 Water#36 Cuttings#37 Bulbs
#38 Viruses
#39 Seeds
#40 Raising seedlings
#41 Nitrogen
#42 Size matters
#43 Green waste
#44 Mineral nutrition#45 Noxious weeds

#46 Good weeds#47 Wasted fruit#48 Big trees little gardens#49 Justus von Liebig#50 Leaves#51 Tree-time#52 Hydrology
#53 Facilitation
#54 Hydraulic redistribution
#55 Urban forests
#56 Plant mobility
#57 Clever seeds
#58 Scientific proof
#59 Scales
#60 Light microscopy

#61 Greenhouses#62 Shade veggies#63 Acclimatisation
#64 Garden birds
#65 Good food, Pretty flowers
#66 Vase life
#67 Cuticles & stomata
#68 Water use efficiency
#69 C3, C4 & CAM
#70 Plastics
#71 Lichens
#72 Seaweeds
#73 Fungi
#74 Fruits 'n' hormones
#75 Reach for the sky

#76 Pruning trees
#77 Healthy plants
#78 Fruit quality
#79 The Olympians
#80 Gene songs
#81 Beautiful hypotheses
#82 Death
#83 Plants & animals
#84 Not bonsai, but

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