Bringing seaweed back into the food chain
Nutrients and minerals from the earth’s crust flow into the sea and are absorbed by seaweed. Duncan Smith outlines the benefits of closing the loop and bringing seaweed back into your food chain.
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Azolla: a simple and sustainable biofertiliser
/in Farming and Horticulture, Gardening, Magazine ArticlesIt is the ultimate fertiliser for your garden. It is free, only needs a bucket of water, removes greenhouse gases, fixes nitrogen, and enriches your soil. Sheryn Dean describes a simple and sustainable biofertiliser.
Growing organic hazels
/in Health and Food, Magazine ArticlesHardy hazels are well suited to organic growing in New Zealand, and the nuts are nutritious and versatile. Philippa Jamieson profiles Otama Hazels in Southland as an example of a successful small block and looks at the opportunities for more growers to enter the market.
Growing good food: seasonal gardening tips and tasks for autumn
/in Gardening, Magazine ArticlesMarch and April are such surprising and exciting months in the garden. Just when it seems the world is winding down and our edible beds are readying themselves for sleep, a whole new season of opportunity presents itself. That’s because, apart from a few of the coldest spots in the country (and even then, there is potential for growing undercover or indoors), nature never sleeps. So while autumn is very much the season for harvesting and storing, it’s also a time to be out with the fork, the seeds and the seedlings – and to start growing all over again!
Biocontrol: natural pest management
/in Farming and Horticulture, Magazine ArticlesNature is an ongoing war. A battle for survival, for dominance, and resources. ‘Pests’ are when one species are winning and are having a detrimental effect on our desired outcome. Charles Merfield explains how we can change the balance and allow nature to regulate itself.
OrganicNZ Community Garden of the Year
/in Organic WeekThis award recognises the most popular community garden in Aotearoa!
We want to highlight the beautiful productive māra and community gardens supporting food security and sharing knowledge around the country.
OrganicNZ magazine
OrganicNZ magazine had a proud history as the leading source of information on organics and sustainable living in Aotearoa. Published by the Soil & Health Association, OrganicNZ was around as a printed journal or magazine in some form since 1942 as part of Soil & Health NZ membership. Originally published under the title ‘Compost Club […]
Tourism doesn’t have to cost the earth
/in Building and Technology, Free OnlineThe tourism dollar is coming back, but at what cost? Claire Brunette investigates how New Zealand can, and does, balance the effect on the environment while still reaping the rewards in our economy.
Get into intercropping and living mulch
/in Farming and HorticultureNature endeavours to cover bare soil with a succession of plants. Science is understanding why and learning that the benefits of roots can outweigh even the best of inputs. Charles Merfield says we need to recloak Papatūānuku with a diversity of living plants and discusses how we can put this into practice amongst our crops.
Humus is dead, long live MAOM!
/in Farming and HorticultureCompost and manure certainly contribute to soil health, says Charles Merfield, but new research shows that root exudates from living plants are the true drivers of soil health – and that plant diversity is everything.
