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Like the fairytale Ugly Duckling, an invasive weed tree in a hedge will keep you busy, not with feeding but with endless pruning.
Whether you have a driveway border, ornamental garden or a patch of bush, you can reduce the costs of trimming and pruning by accurately identifying the “ugly … View moreLike the fairytale Ugly Duckling, an invasive weed tree in a hedge will keep you busy, not with feeding but with endless pruning.
Whether you have a driveway border, ornamental garden or a patch of bush, you can reduce the costs of trimming and pruning by accurately identifying the “ugly duckling”. In the photos below, the ugly duckling is a tree privet in a regularly trimmed kohuhu hedge.
See our post about chemical-free eradication of tree privet at the link below.
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Learn how to communicate sustainability effectively, authentically and impactfully. This practical one-day event will show you how to share your sustainability story and report progress, while avoiding the greenwash trap.
Topics include greenwashing, sustainability storytelling, sustainability … View moreLearn how to communicate sustainability effectively, authentically and impactfully. This practical one-day event will show you how to share your sustainability story and report progress, while avoiding the greenwash trap.
Topics include greenwashing, sustainability storytelling, sustainability reporting, media relations, AI, strategy, campaigns, best practice and more. Speakers include Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading sustainability communicators.
You’ll come away equipped with tools and knowledge you can apply to your business right away.
Auckland University of Technology, 5th September, 9am-5pm.
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Hi neighbours, please take a moment to participate in our customer feedback survey and share your experience of the network.
Your feedback will help us understand what's working well and which areas need … View moreWe value your feedback. Share your thoughts about our state highway network.
Hi neighbours, please take a moment to participate in our customer feedback survey and share your experience of the network.
Your feedback will help us understand what's working well and which areas need improvement. Together we can create better and safer journeys for everyone.
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The Blood Service says it needs 40,000 new donors in the next 12 months to ensure it can meet demand of those needing plasma and blood. Suggestions have been made to pay people for donating, however there are concerns about the dangers of that. Do you think we should pay people for these … View moreThe Blood Service says it needs 40,000 new donors in the next 12 months to ensure it can meet demand of those needing plasma and blood. Suggestions have been made to pay people for donating, however there are concerns about the dangers of that. Do you think we should pay people for these donations?
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Just a reminder that Spring is underway as far as the plants are concerned, and weed vines and shrubs are putting out new shoots, sneaking around garden shrubs, drinking up the lovely water and increasing sun, and finding new ground to conquer.
Big weed invasions yield the most material for … View moreJust a reminder that Spring is underway as far as the plants are concerned, and weed vines and shrubs are putting out new shoots, sneaking around garden shrubs, drinking up the lovely water and increasing sun, and finding new ground to conquer.
Big weed invasions yield the most material for paths, mulch and compost, and the first big weeding produces a massive amount of plant material to be either sent to landfill or used to benefit the soil and plants by decomposition onsite.
Once the ground dries, sun comes out, and rain is infrequent, decomposition by rotting slows down or stops altogether.
We don't encourage storing big piles of dry woody or papery material during the fire season, so if you have a lot of woody weeds to be dealt to....that is, vines, shrubs or trees...work needs to start very soon if you want the plant material composted onsite and returned to your soil to help the remaining plants grow well and remain weed free.
After we have done weed control and mulched where needed, the Spring rush of weeds doesn't occur for most species, and not at all if we have had time to eradicate the weed before the warm weather.
Instead, the wanted plants grow luxuriously in the moisture and sunlight of Spring, filling the space and reducing weed reinvasion.
Since we only started our business last Christmas, we don't yet have photos of our clients' gardens in Spring after our weed control.
Below is a photo of an area of public Reserve in January this year, hand weeded of major environmental weeds, then gradually of benign leafy weeds. This area is part of a forest margin, in which dense vegetation is key to keeping the area weed-free, so native regeneration has been allowed to fill the space entirely.
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Do you have a vehicle that is taking up space and becoming an eyesore? At AAA Auto Parts we dismantle and wreck cars. We will pay top cash whether your car is dead or alive!
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Ten or so banana boxes full of fire starter branches up to wrist size, cut ready to use, twelve months old and dry. Plus approx three wheel barrows of mostly Banksia, seems quite a hard wood so not sure how it will perform. You are able to trial it or take the lot. Twelve months old, dry and cut to… View moreTen or so banana boxes full of fire starter branches up to wrist size, cut ready to use, twelve months old and dry. Plus approx three wheel barrows of mostly Banksia, seems quite a hard wood so not sure how it will perform. You are able to trial it or take the lot. Twelve months old, dry and cut to size. Not boxed up. Txt Mob.021487423
Good morning all have you all noticed the rubbish ticket price is up again?. It was about $ 5.20 for 240 litre bin and from July 17 the price went up to
$ 7.70.Not even 1 year it went up twice. This is getting ridiculous. Don't our rates cover it. Rates went up when a new mayor took over and… View moreGood morning all have you all noticed the rubbish ticket price is up again?. It was about $ 5.20 for 240 litre bin and from July 17 the price went up to
$ 7.70.Not even 1 year it went up twice. This is getting ridiculous. Don't our rates cover it. Rates went up when a new mayor took over and nothing has been done .hedges not trimmed,rubbish along the kerb side and roundabout, footpath not repaired, wastewater leak through the footpath and down the drain and so on.Read the last page of the shore times in the neighbourly
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