Putaruru trials New Zealand’s first food waste collection Putaruru residents will be the first in New Zealand to trial a dedicated food waste collection service initiated by Earthcare Environmental and the South Waikato District Council. The 12 month trial, beginning on Tuesday 1 March 2011, will see food waste collected separately from general waste, potentially […]
Citrus trees are a common fruit tree for NZ gardeners and in most areas grow in open ground or in containers with protection during winter. Citrus trees cross very easily which has created a large number of types over the years. The genus Citrus appears to have originated in Southeast Asia with the following types: […]
Potential problems you may encounter with growing and caring for citrus. An important aspect for your citrus tree is the area between the trunk and the drip line. This is the area where you want micro organisms to work and thrive, so avoid using any Herbicides, chemical sprays and fertilisers it this area. Instead hand […]
The contemporary home and the garden were used in the movie ‘Under the Mountain’,starring New Zealand’s own Sam Neill. When Graeme and Geraldine Markwick first moved into their new home, the garden was overgrown with weeds, particularly leading down to the water, with some almost five-feet tall. They set to work clearing away the weeds in an area […]
I received an email newsletter this week from ‘Spilling the Beans’ by Jeffrey M. Smith the well known American Author of, Seeds of Deception, and Genetic Roulette.
There has been a lot of interest and feed back in regards to the recent article about the use of aspirin as a garden spray to assist plants in protecting themselves against diseases and pest insects. The first thing to understand is that any spray of aspirin, is not likely to cure any problem you […]
Brambles is the general term used to cover a range of thorny berry fruit from the Rubus family such as black berries, raspberries, logan berries, boysenberries etc. Bramble bushes send up long, arching canes that flower and set fruit in the second year of growth. Thus the current new shoots (canes) in a season from […]
Sometime between Christmas and New Year a tree blew down in our front garden exposing a mother thrush incubating her eggs. I decided to take some careful zoom photos of her over several days until the eggs hatched. Here are the results. I will take some more as they get a bit older.
