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Horticulture
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Planting seed for orchard plan
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Last month I looked at rejuvenating an old orchard. This month I am excited at the prospect of planting fruit trees to create a new orchard.
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Turning gardening into gurbing
Friday, 30 September 2011
Home Show visitors who followed the green footprints in hall five would have come across Janet Luke’s Green Urban Living stall, a treasure trove of sustainable gardening ideas.
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Cash for your chips?
Friday, 30 September 2011
What’s a good Kiwi meal without spuds? We may have to contemplate that prospect as the tomato/potato psyllid (TPP) makes inroads into a favourite vege.
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Now eat up your veges everybody - or else!
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Never much fun at the best of times, supermarket shopping is made even scarier at the moment by the high price of fruit and vegetables – the very things we’re all told we should be eating more of. But don’t blame the grower: blame mother nature.
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Reaping the fruits of organics
Thursday, 18 March 2010
The taste of organic produce can be an exhilarating experience – one that can change the way we produce and eat our foods.
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Tagasaste - a great pioneer
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Tagasaste, Chamaecytisus palmensis, is indigenous to the Canary Islands. Often known as Tree Lucerne it is a small, shrub-like tree of the Fabaceae or pea family.
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Duo set to grow business
Thursday, 21 May 2009
Specialist agricultural and horticultural research laboratory, DHM Labs, is set for expansion with the appointment of a new management team.
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The humble spud
Thursday, 21 May 2009
The world’s number one non-grain food commodity, with production reaching a record 320 million tonnes in 2007, the potato is an integral part of the global food system.
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The berry magic
Thursday, 21 May 2009
A fruit that has been around and used by herbalists for more than 6000 years and is claimed to have anti-ageing properties, with many other benefits, is getting popular rapidly as people seek quick-fixes for their health problems.
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Tree Crops promotes cancer prevention research
Monday, 19 May 2008
Six years of research by members of the New Zealand Tree Crops Association to find an effective natural preventative for cancer has reached an exciting stage.
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When poo is good for you
Monday, 19 May 2008
Vermicompost is the end-product of the breakdown of organic matter by some species of earthworm – or to be less delicate: it’s worm poo. Vermicompost is a nutrient-rich, natural fertilizer and soil conditioner – and excellent for horticulture.
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Managing orchard grass
Monday, 19 May 2008
An orchard floor is usually about half mowed grass and half bare soil. Pests (insects and birds), diseases (mainly fungal) and frosts (radiation) are the three banes of horticulture.
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What crop to choose?
Monday, 19 May 2008
Kiwifruit was originally commercialised in New Zealand, where growers remain the most efficient and highest earning kiwifruit growers in the world.
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Hot potatoes
Monday, 19 May 2008
Welcome to The International Year of the Potato. With the cost of grain – and food in general – wreaking havoc the world over, the International Year of the Potato is raising awareness of the key role played by the potato in agriculture, the economy and world food security.
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Super spuds
Monday, 19 May 2008
The world’s number one non-grain food commodity, with production reaching a record 320 million tonnes in 2007, the potato is an integral part of the global food system. Due to the ease of cultivation and high energy content, the potato is valuable cash crop for millions of farmers in developing countries, which now account for more than half of the global harvest.
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