According to ACC more than 130,000 children were injured in their homes last year. These unintentional child injuries at home cause pain and suffering that sometimes have lifelong impact on children and their families.
Hamilton City Council contractors are to remove a private deck encroaching on public land at 1156 Victoria St, Hamilton. The property owners have been advised of the removal, which will take place the week beginning 21 September.
The met service has reported that we had the warmest August ever since records began with about 1.5 degrees above average, which does not seem a much on those odd cold days, but for a lot of insect pests it means an early arrival. A good hard, cold winter takes its toll on insect populations […]
Selwyn kindergarten first to receive Enviroschool award in New Zealand Kidsfirst Kindergartens Lincoln is the first kindergarten in New Zealand to receive the Green-Gold Enviroschool Award, the highest award achievable by an Enviroschool. Schools involved in the programme typically take five to eight years to get to the Green-Gold award by showing environmental ethics throughout […]
Last season a number of gardeners lost potato and tomato crops to an insect called the potato psyllid which releases a toxin into the plants and causes the young potatoes or tomatoes not to grow much larger than a marble. My suggested treatment is a combination of Neem Tree Granules and sprays of Neem Tree […]
Peppers have been around for thousands of years, and we are now rediscovering what a great vegetable they are- in fact, I find that growing peppers and chillies is much more rewarding in our Northland climate than growing tomatoes, which are more difficult each year it seems, with our humidity and rainfall. Peppers do not […]
Sunlight brightens the paved streets and historic buildings of Havana, Cuba, bouncing off the tents of vendors and the tin drums of a street band. Once stricken by poverty and inequality, the city has slowly blossomed as a result of the bustling enterprise of urban agriculture. Between buildings and behind street walls, in every green […]
We’re on the count down to spring folks, on hindsight, winter doesn’t seem to have been that bad this year. Maybe it just that I’m on an uncontrollable high at the moment. We’ve just moved into our dream home, hence the lateness of the newsletter being sent out, sorry. The garden comes complete with a […]
