An easy overnight hike to Spurs hut in Canterbury. This DOC hut is basic and you need to take water and possibly firewood.
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Fred the Fig is doing well - Click to see options for using the image
New Zealand Garden Diary: Happy Trees, Including Fred the Fig
Growing figs, feijoas and olives in New Zealand
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New Zealand Garden Diary: Brassicas and Pests
It is cooling off now in Lyttelton, New Zealand and that means NO MORE CABBAGE WHITE BUTTERFLIES! Hooray!
And a gardening program I watch (Gardening Australia) suggested using vegemite in snail traps. Apparently it is the yeasty smell they are attacted to in beer traps. I hate using good beer in traps, so I’m trying a sugary yeast solution. We’ll see if it works.
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