Hardy kiwi vines consume large volumes of water; therefore, they are usually grown in well-drained acidic soils to prevent root rot.

Cats can also pose a problem, as they are attracted to a catnip-like smell that is produced by the hardy kiwi vines.

An interviewer is left outdoors to ponder a spindly kiwi vine, a ginkgo tree and small glacial boulders lining the steps.

The hardy kiwi vines have yet to produce fruit, even though there's a male planted in a harem of three females to assure this eventual result.

In this country the hardy form of the kiwi vine, Actinidia arguta, has green-yellow fruit about the size of a cherry.

Early last May I planted four hardy kiwi vines adjacent to the pergola that covers our deck.

But the fruits I expect from three of my kiwi vines are really a bonus.

The hardy kiwi vines on the pergola have also climbed a standpipe that reaches up the side of the house to the roof.

After a couple of years of getting established, kiwi vines really take off.

Local economics are based on agriculture, foremost maize (corn), kiwi vines both the green and yellow types, and, to a somewhat lesser extent, vegetable growing.