I am not a horticulturalist, nor am I an avid gardener. I have, however, dabbled in gardening both indoors and outdoors with pot plants and the traditional veggie patch sticking to the easy stuff like potatoes, tomatoes, silver beet, carrots, cabbages, lettuces etc. I must admit there’s always been a great sense of satisfaction as … Read More
We are having a very wet Winter so far so this will restrict much of what we can do in the garden during this month. It will be better to wait for improved weather so that we will not do any harm in and around the garden. Most of the work needed to be done … Read More
I was born and bred in Rochdale, an industrial town in Lancashire on the outskirts of Manchester nestled under the nearby Pennines. Like Christchurch it suffered from chronic air pollution as its natural tendency to winter inversion layers laden with dirty smoke from “those dark, satanic mills”. Despite this my curiosity to know what was … Read More
Danielle Johnson & Valmai Becker are presenting this interesting workshop on Sunday 27th July 2014 1-3pm Okuti Valley Sport and Recreation Hall Okuti Valley Road, Little River Banks Peninsula Price: $20 per person on the door Includes Phytofarm herbal refreshment Enquiries to: danielle.muskan.johnson@googlemail.com
[one_third] Ingredients 1/2 Cauliflower broken into florets 1 Lemon (juiced) 1 Orange (peeled and broken into segments) 1 Small Red Onion (sliced into rings) 2 Sticks Celery (chopped) 1 Eating Apple (grated) [/one_third] [one_third_last] Method Bring cauliflower florets to the boil and drain. Once cool mix with orange segments. Add celery, apple and onion rings … Read More
Blackberry Nip has deep unfading purple blooms of a medium size on long stems and a powerful old fashioned fragrance. Now available as a climbing rose it is back at Oderings with better numbers available. Pre order at any Oderings store or online at www.oderings.co.nz Don’t forget Oderings deliver to your door!
View from the Deck Alan Jolliffe Over the weekend we were able to have lunch on the deck and I reflected on the talk given by Prof Dave Kelly at the CHS last week. In a nutshell he told us that birds are really important in spreading native plant seeds and shifting pollen from one … Read More
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Flower Garden Now is the time to get the last of the Spring bulbs planted especially tulips and lilies. As the ground allows plantings of polyanthus, pansy, violas and other Spring flowers can continue. New stock of roses are arriving in the nurseries so get in early to get the best choice of plants. Prepare … Read More
MEDIA RELEASE From:Canterbury Horticultural Society Date:27 May 2014 Interactive Horticulture Workshops Get pruning, planting and composting in this series of practically-oriented workshops led by well-respected and vastly experienced horticultural practitioners – Terry Windle, Alan Jolliffe, Dave Adams and Michael Coulter. To complement its current Winter Speaker Series the Canterbury Horticultural Society (CHS) has initiated a … Read More