Its always a good icebreaker to talk about the weather, but we have certainly not needed an icebreaker in Hawke's Bay over the past week, it has been damn hot as they say. And once again there is talk about water or lack of it. The saying "you can lead a horse to water" springs to mind and in particular (I have to admit) we have had a very trickly response to the Summer Design Clinic. Is this a case of a dry tall poppy syndrome? Or prostrate Rosemary problems perhaps? is there someone who can break the drought on this front and send us an image of an area of their garden they would like some pointers on. If this is you please let us know.

For those of you who like a competition there are some great prizes to be won this month including a Thomas Rose deck chair, Design Consultations, Liquid Compost and plant vouchers.  

This week in Groundwork Wally talks about insect controls in the Garden, Jenny shares her battle to get her garden under control after the summer vacation, Tod gives us some great ideas on adding colour to summer salads using edible flowers, Sandra starts a new series helping people to create beautiful but small spaces at their place, and we feature Gus Evans Nurseries and their great range of coastal plants.