Spider Wasps
Spider wasps are often seen digging in soft sandy soil, dragging huntsman spiders along. The wasps you are most likely to see and hear are female wasps preparing nest chambers for their larvae. They dig a burrow ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Hazardous Waste
Hazardous household waste can't be thrown away or tipped down the sink. Substances buried in the garden can leach dangerous chemicals and poison the general area, affecting soil, plants and water for a long time. Hazardous household waste tipped ... [... more]
Better Health |
Safe Food Preparation (See: Listeriosis)
Listeriosis is an infection in humans caused by Listeria bacteria. These bacteria are widespread in nature. They are found in soil, dust, water, unwashed raw fruit and vegetables, fish, undercooked poultry, unpasteurised milk or dairy foods, soft ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Sherry Thomas
Sherry Thomas arrived on American soil at age thirteen. Within a year, with whatever English she scraped together and her trusty English-Chinese dictionary by her side, she was already plowing through the 600-page behemoth historical romances of ... [... more]
Random House |
Ranunculus
These tough sun-loving plants with large daisy-like flowers for a long period are newly fashionable for their dramatic, bright colours. They like fertile, friable soil, and are adaptable to a wide range of climates ... [... more]
Bedding Plants Australia |
Tall Bearded Iris
When planting out newly purchased rhizomes, they will have a few leaves that have been cut back pretty hard and a few roots. The rhizome is planted flat and the top third, left out of the soil. This is most important ... [... more]
Green Fingers AU |
Poppy
Poppies need plenty of sunshine and a well drained, fertile and friable soil. It is a good idea to prepare the bed well beforehand with plenty of compost, animal manure and fertiliser. ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Sterilisation Of Kerikeri Gm Site Off
But Port Waikato Opposition MP Paul Hutchison later asked Environment Minister Marian Hobbs to pay for the soil analysis, claiming that to proceed without evidence of its necessity would be "environmentalism gone mad". "To poison soil with ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Monitoring Fertility
There is little definitive information available on the optimum soil test values for most horticultural crops grown in New Zealand. In the absence of well defined target values for each nutrient, it would seem that ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Lantana
All lantana varieties like a sunny aspect. They can stand rigorous conditions in poor soil, but they are at their best in light fertile soils with good drainage. Soil conditioner and summer water will improve the ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Figs
Figs (Ficus carica) can produce good crops even under fairly low fertility levels. Soil cultivation should be only superficial otherwise feeding roots will be damaged. Trees are very sensitive to dry soil conditions ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Nemesia
Nemesias need a sunny and well drained aspect. They will grow in light or heavy soils, but prefer friable, fertile soil to which fertiliser and organic matter has been added. Hence beds should be prepared well ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
