Seasonal Advice, Mid-Summer, 2012
At this time of year there are a variety of plants which can still be direct sown such as main crop yams, potatoes, carrots, and beetroot. Successional sowing of radish, mesclun mixes and spring onions ensure continuous fresh salad supplies into autumn. Ensure your garden beds are well watered before planting and sowing, then mulch [...]
What’s Happening, December, 2011
With the end of the year upon us, and the campus quietening down with the departure of students, the final weeks in the gardens are primarily about planning for summer maintenance – especially water requirements and mulching, and getting the last seeds and crops in for the growing season. Seedlings propagated in the greenhouse have [...]
What To Do in Your Garden, December 2011
Celery along with onions and strawberries are crops consistently reported by the NZ Food Safety Authority as having the highest pesticide residues … so growing your own of these is especially worthwhile; celery and onions can be planted now, and they need a moist, nitrogen and humus rich soil. Zucchini, pumpkins, squash (curcubit family), and [...]
What’s Happening, Summer 2011
Living Campus team members, Michelle and Kate lead more than 100 Otago and Southland gardeners on tours of Living Campus during the afternoon-long ‘Kindred Gardeners’ visit early in November. The visitors were very interested in the ways we are putting sustainability into practice through methods such as companion planting, crop rotation, no-dig garden establishment and [...]
What’s Happening, Spring 2011
What’s Happening on Living Campus Arboriculture students recently replanted the quad area with fruit bearing trees, creating an instant orchard, and gaining a Unit Standard for all their hard work! The original trees were performing poorly, and were felled to create mulch for the gardens, and firewood for the new Pizza Oven at Manaaki. On [...]
