What's your favourite recipe for gooseberry?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Love gooseberries? Share your favourite way to enjoy them. We're looking for our readers' favourite family recipes for this delicious crop. Send yours to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the magazine, you will receive a free copy of our December 2024 issue.

Poll: How should Guy Fawkes be celebrated?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

While it is a fun occasion, fireworks on Guy Fawkes Night has caused much conflict over the years, upsetting our pets and disrupting the sleep of neighbours.

How should we celebrate Guy Fawkes Night? Vote in our poll and share your thoughts below.

How should Guy Fawkes be celebrated?

• With a city-wide public fireworks display
• Small fireworks displays in each community
• Keep it as is
• We shouldn't celebrate it!
• Anything but fireworks
• Other - I'll share below

Vote View Results

• 28% With a city-wide public fireworks display
  28% Complete
• 21.3% Small fireworks displays in each community
  21.3% Complete
• 7.5% Keep it as is
  7.5% Complete
• 31.5% We shouldn't celebrate it!
  31.5% Complete
• 11.2% Anything but fireworks
  11.2% Complete
• 0.5% Other - I'll share below
  0.5% Complete

987 votes

Do the right thing with your Pets..Maree of LYF 4U

Maree from Carterton District

#FireworkSafety #PetCare
We all love our furry friends,
The dopermne releases we get from them with each caress.
The loyalty and offical welcome of a guard dogs.
The compannionship all pets offer, espcially if lonely.
The fun of the ball games on the lawn.
The fitness mate on long walks,
The ever present love during illness,
And yes the pouch pics in the family frames.

So please lets be sure to love and protect them, as our valued family, in the same way during #guyfawkes

Below are a few tips;
Exercise your pet, so they don’t have excess energy,
Provide food distraction, like toys, bones, long term chewing helps them
Have music playing
Keep pets inside
Close all curtains
Compression/comfort wrapping can be used
You can buy calming products to give during the fireworks season..as a precautionary.
If your pet is outside - like rabbits, ensure extra bedding like straw are added..and if possible put them in a closed space.
Your pet will try to run from their fears- be sure your pet is identifiable, eg, Tags. Chipped.
Don’t light fireworks at home- go to a professional display and keep us all safe
If you attend a professional display-keep all pets at home away from the fireworks