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Digger Dan - "Autumn is Nature's Best Planting Time"
Groom your tomatoes
Time to sow... carrots, radishes, mesclun and coriander
Plus adding autumn colour to your garden. Read article here...
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Greetings!
Did you know Auckland's Waiheke Island is the second weediest place on the planet after Hawaii?
Necessity is the mother of invention and this month we introduce a product fairly new to the market. Cut 'n' Paste weed killer has been developed by Andy Spence whose experience as a Biosecurity Officer and Park Ranger on Waiheke, led him to create this economical highly effective and low toxicity product.
Cut 'n' Paste is now used by The Department of Conservation and Councils nationwide. Brush applicator bottles (450ml) are a very reasonable $25.95 and should be part of every gardener and conservationist's inventory.
We have set up a new online shop to help distribute this product. Commercial volumes can also be purchased, so if you are interested, why not buy a bottle or two and give it a try? I am going to get in the garden this weekend and take out some Kahili Ginger, Wandering Willie and Convolvulus that have escaped my attention. I am looking forward to it...
Don't forget to enter our competitions and happy reading!
Regards,
Tim Durrant and the Landscapedesign.co.nz team
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Hand over a hundy "digging the future"
Hand Over a Hundy is a one year challenge to young families to learn to grow and produce their own vegetable gardens.
They are sponsored a hundy (or $100) to buy all the essentials for their gardens with the challenge of not only learning the art of gardening but to produce more than they need to sell a hundy dollars worth and pass that on to the next family at the end of the year. Watch Video... |
Congratulations to our client Rachael Mathews who won Gold and Emerging designer of the year Wellington designer Rachael Matthews has received two gongs at this year's Ellerslie International Flower show in Christchurch.
Rachael is an established landscape designer and owner of Hedge Garden Design and Nursery in Wellington. She was awarded Gold for her garden Gone to Seed and also received the supreme award for Emerging Designer of the Year. Read more... |
Hedonistic Sustainability - By Jericho Cleary NATURAL HABITATS In a society where the never-ending onslaught of buzzwords, catchphrase and 'hot topics' can become a genuine threat to one's sanity, you could almost be forgiven for dismissing this concept as yet another empty marketing gimmick. However, grounding itself in the basic concept that pleasure is the only intrinsic focus for going green, hedonistic sustainability represents what very well could be the start of the next holistic design paradigm. Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, founding partner of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and rated as 'one of the 100 most creative people in business' by Fast Company, is the man behind the motion. Read more...
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From the creator of Cut 'n' Paste, Andy Spence I have taken a lot of time and trouble to design a user friendly product based on my many years (16) practical experience as a senior Park Ranger conservation and Biosecuity Officer dealing with Waiheke's weed problems (the second weediest place on the planet after Hawaii). I was unhappy with the toxicity of the alternative gel and their price as well as failure to control grasses and some broadleaf species as well as it's tendency to spread through the soil and affect non target species. All these disadvantages are avoided with using Glyyphosate in a gel form. Read more... 
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| Your mother was right; it's good to eat rhubarb with custard
Rhubarb is easy to grow, is found in many home gardens throughout New Zealand and is enjoyed and eaten by many people. This tasty food originates in China where it is valued for its medicinal properties.
Scientists from the Food Group in the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Lincoln University, have a long-standing research interest in a number of compounds that occur naturally in foods, in particular, those containing oxalates such as rhubarb. Raw rhubarb contains high levels of oxalates. Read full article...
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This months youtube video: Frosty man and the BMX kid A nice short film with a kiwi flavour.
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Bits of news things to remember...
A few great products and things to remember:
- Always use a stringline when cutting formal hedges to ensure you get it straight! It's pretty simple really - nothing worse than a crooked formal hedge...
- On the subject of straight lines (and curvy ones for that mater) Terrascape Landscaping products has the perfect solution for clean lines in any landscape design.
- Artedomus New Zealand's leading stone boutique has a showroom sale on all homewares at the moment - go have a look around and score a bargain! Also as the end of the financial year approaches they have a yard sale for ends of line stone and tile..
- The new give way rules change on Sunday 25th March. Good luck and be safe.
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This month's recipe from Foodlovers.co.nz:
Pumpkin Hummus
With new season pumpkins starting to emerge why not try this recipie for your next soiree.
Makes 2 cups
Ingredients:
- 300g pumpkin, cooked until tender
- 400g can chickpeas, drained
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- sea salt
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- � cup pumpkin seeds
- � teaspoon chilli flakes
- � teaspoon ground cumin (extra)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- sea salt
Method
Place pumpkin, chickpeas, garlic, cumin, coriander, 1 tablespoon olive oil, lemon juice and sea salt in the bowl of a food processor and process until smooth.
Taste and adjust seasonings with extra salt if needed.
Heat remaining oil in a small frying pan and add pumpkin seeds, chilli, cumin, coriander and a sprinkle of sea salt. Cook, stirring until seeds start to change colour . Remove from heat and arrange pan contents over the top of the hummus.
* Roasted pumpkin or pumpkins with less water content may mean that you need to add a little water to your hummus to get a good consistency.
A foodlovers.co.nz recipie.
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That's all for this month!
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Kind regards,
Tim Durrant
Adv. Cert. Landscape Design & Construction
Editor | Managing Director
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