Are you an indoor or outdoor gardener?

[padding] [If you are unable to view this message correctly, click here]( [padding] [stuff header] [spacer] [padding] Hi {NAME},  Did you manage to get all your Labour Weekend jobs done last weekend? Did you re-seed your lawn? Risk putting in your tomatoes [(knowing full well, it may be too soon)?]( Fix your chicken coop? Start on a new landscaping project? I’m afraid I failed in all these outdoor endeavours, but I have a good excuse: I went away for the long weekend. Instead of taming the jungle that is my backyard, I enjoyed the expansive beauty of New Plymouth’s Pukekura Park. There, they’re not afraid to mix camellias and kawakawa, harakeke and hydrangeas, with stunning results. Even though gardening is not my thing, I did take inspiration from it. I also loved seeing the Winter Gardens at Rotokawau/Virginia Lake Reserve in Whanganui - much more suited to a houseplant-lover. Because for now, I accept that my gardening is limited to caring for houseplants, and sporadically mowing a small section of lawn. I find enough challenges with indoor gardening. I can’t keep button ferns alive, [let alone maidenhairs.]( My happy place is syngoniums, maybe pothos at a push. But I have noticed that I’ve picked up some weirdly specific knowledge over the past few years collecting. Test yourself with this [little “fact sheet” I put together.]( There’s always this weekend for the outdoors jobs. Happy weekend! [padding] [user profile pic] [padding] Joanna Davis [padding] Senior Homed Reporter [padding] [spacer] [padding] Enjoying this email? [Check out Stuff's other daily and weekly newsletters.]( [spacer] # [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][separator] [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Sneak peek of bespoke tiny house [spacer] Tiny house expert Bryce Langston, who has 4.39 million YouTube followers, has revealed his new “travel” tiny house, which can be seen at the Tiny House Expo. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] A test for houseplant addicts [spacer] Can you even call yourself a plant parent if you have not collected the following arcane information? [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [Privacy Info]( [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Huge build 'mothballed' [spacer] REVIEW: A risk-taking Kerikeri couple lay it all on the line in Grand Designs NZ with a “monster of a house” build that comes to a screeching halt when the money dries up. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][hot take]( [spacer] Two-bedder outside Auckland [spacer] First time buyers: Consider this little townhouse in Rodney. It’s an hour by car to the city, and just minutes to a relaxing soak in a spring-fed hot pool. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [Privacy Info]( [spacer] [Privacy Info]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][hot take]( [spacer] 'Name-your-price' offer successful [spacer] James Glucksman and James Boussy’s Covid accommodation deal had an amazing spin-off, but now the Ōamaru couple is selling the magnificent, heritage-listed Pen-y-bryn Lodge. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Living with in-laws a success [spacer] In this multigenerational family home in Auckland, everyone pitches in, but the in-laws are a special help to Kristy Fourie who has MS. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [Privacy Info]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [padding] [spacer][Support Stuff]( [Discover more at Homed]( [padding] [spacer] You are receiving this email because you are a opted in to receive the Stuff Homed newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( [Manage your profile]( [Privacy Policy]( Did a friend forward you this email? [Sign up to get the Stuff Homed newsletter in your inbox]( Stuff, 4 Williamson Ave, Ponsonby, Auckland, 1021, New Zealand [spacer] [padding]