The rainy winter has been good to Uranquinty couple Jim Rees and Canny Kinloch, who have cultivated one of the Riverina's most impressive gardens.

Almost every inch of their front and backyard is covered in an eclectic mix of fruit trees, vegetables and flowers, a labour of love that can take up to three hours of work a day to maintain in busy parts of the year.

With the garden producing far more than the pair could ever eat, they share their vegetables with the community through foodbank, church markets and even supplying a local cafe.

Ms Kinloch said she had enjoyed gardening since following her mother around her childhood garden.

"Putting in the seeds and watching them grow, I find that exciting," she said.

The couple use elements of permaculture to keep their garden flourishing, a set of principles aimed at promoting sustainable gardens and farms.

Rotating different plants through each patch and using chickens and even weeds to return nutrients through the soil are some of the tactics they use.

Ms Kinloch said they also liked to do their part for the local insect life.

"Lately I've been putting a lot more flowers in and choosing ones that do attract bees and other insects that pollinate and of course our fruit trees are flowering at the moment so they're covered in bees," she said.

Mr Rees, who also shares his gardening knowledge at the Wagga Demonstration Gardens, said spring was a great time for planting many popular vegetables.

"This time of year we'd be planting a lot of our greens, so cabbages, cauliflowers, and then a bit later we'll plant the things that take a lot longer like brussels sprouts and long-maturing cabs and those sorts of things," he said.

Mr Rees said those with smaller gardens could keep produce coming by planting a few seeds every two days or so instead of planting all at once.

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"Don't plant the whole thing up, plant a few seeds every day or every second day ... then you've always got something coming on all the time," he said.

He also recommended cultivating seeds in a small pot on a windowsill to keep the best eye on them, then planting them in the ground once they are established.