Annette, I don't know where all your birds have gone, but the ones here in Rangiora eat my bread pretty darn quick. I dont' know if it is cos I have avairies,...
Sounds like you have a nice lot of birds. What ideas can anyoone come up with for attracting birds back to my garden? Annette - who misses the feathered...
What ideas can anyoone come up with for attracting birds back to my garden? Have you got many natives planted? That really attracts them. ALso sweet water in a...
My garden is a mass of weeds and the flowers have gone to seed. This attracts finches who love to eat the seeds. We have a kingfisher who hangs round as...
supergran82 said... ... Ang and I were in Blenheim over the long weekend and naturally popped in to see Olwen. Once we started looking it was amazing how...
Gaylene said... ... Not exactly un-biased, but, if you haven't already, have a look at http://www.squarefootgardening.com/ Andrew. Andrew Broome. Fonterra...
Thank you for the site. It has some good info. I went to the library we don't have it but one of the local libraries do so they are going to get it in for ...
I have a new website I'm settin up which includes Forums. It's targetted at NZers, handymen especially. I love a few people to join and post in the forums,...
Olwen said... ... Done. Seems to work. Andrew. Andrew Broome. Fonterra Research Centre, Palmerston North New Zealand. "A complex system that does not work is...
Pip - there doesn't seem to be any natives in the garden. There is some space, so I guess I will be off to the library to find out which natives would be best...
Gaylene - I own a copy and I think it is brilliant. He makes a lot of sense in what he has to say. While I personally haven't followed his garden plan yet...
Kowhai is probably the number one...then any pitasporums (sp? sorry).. ... From: Annette To: newzealandgardenswap@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003...
Annette, we are on a smaller section here, only 830sq mts or something, so I bought a dwarf kowhai, and it flowered this year. The main natives I have in my...
Pip, I hear you are just up the track from us, we are in Rangiora. Yes we are, we are in Belfast, right next to the Belfast Hotel..the little blue house. Wave...
Pip - I am not sure I have room for larger plants like these - the biggest thing here is a bunch of camellias along the fence. Will have to ask at the nursery...
Some kowhai are small and even big ones can be kept quite small, and take a while to grow to a big tree. Dragon's gold is a small cultivar. I could look round...
If you want birds in your garden at this time of year,you need to plants which are flowering or holding fruit on them. While native are good feeders for spring...
Nor did I, but that is what I bought. I will go outside tomorrow and read the label, so I can tell you exactly what it is called. Was supposed to only grow to...
Drove past this morning, but hadn't checked the boards then. LOL I will wave next time. OK Will be looking for you LOL Pip [Non-text portions of this message...
While native are good feeders for spring to autumn, you need to look at a few exotics for continual winter feeding. Ok I beg to differ sorry :-) What I have...
Olwen - a kowhai seedling would be greatly appreciated. Money is extremely tight right now, so buying tree seedlings is a long way down the track. Annette....
Chris - thanks for the plant suggestions. I will have to see what the budget can afford in a couple of months. Annette - who will keep throwing out bread...
Olwen - a kowhai seedling would be greatly appreciated. Money is extremely tight right now, so buying tree seedlings is a long way down the track. I have a few...
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