Organic Gardening For Beginners

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Comment by fiona watt on March 21, 2012 at 8:56pm

HI all, I'm not sure if you are in Ak or not but If you are I just wanted to tell you that we, through the Auckland Council longterm plan submission process, have a chance to have our say about GE in Auckland and through that NZ.  Please read the article/submission below and sign and send it in to the AK Council by the 24th March, if you are in agreement.  That is soon so don't delay.  Thanks everybody.

Please make a submission for the Auckland Council Plan to protect GE-Free food production

Submissions close at 4pm on Friday 23 March.

Use the example points below to write your own submission which can be made on-line through the council website www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/longtermplan

or just email to: ltp-rltpsubmissions@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

 

 

Subject: Submission to LTCCP Auckland City

Include your

Name/ contact address/ email

Dear Councillors

This submission to the LTCCP 2012/22 relates specifically to keeping Auckland GE-free and addressing community concerns about GMO’s.

The Plan must reflect the health, cultural, economic, and sustainability benefits to Auckland’s diverse communities of preserving local GE-Free food production and the natural environment.

I support a vision for Auckland City that is strongly committed to environmental action and green growth, and ask that The Plan include a strong precautionary GE policy.

Auckland Council should extend the outright prohibition of all GMO land use and GMO aquaculture that is already in place in the Auckland City Council District Plan “Hauraki Gulf and Islands”.

I strongly support Auckland City being a full member of the Inter Council Working Party on GMO Risk Evaluation and Management Options. Funds should be budgeted to ensure that our city can fully participate in the analysis on GMOs and work with other local authorities for the interests of residents.

The Plan should include a precautionary approach and prohibit GMO release because current legislation exposes local communities and ratepayers to unacceptable longterm risks and costs. These risks are recognised as a concern by Local Government NZ and by independent scientists monitoring current failures in regulation of GMOs.

I am concerned that officials have excluded previous submissions to The Plan asking for  Auckland Council’s protection of GE-free production for residents and businesses. Council officials have been wrong to ignore public submissions by claiming the matter is the sole jurisdiction of Central Government.

I request to be kept informed of changes to The Plan as a result of submissions on community  GMO concerns.

I would / would not  like to speak to this submission at hearings in person.

 

 

  

 www.theawarenessparty.com

 

 'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered...' 

Thomas Jefferson... 1802

 

 

Comment by Flo on May 6, 2011 at 2:21pm

Hi Claire, it sounds like you are setting out on one of those journeys that could take you to a place even better than you'd anticipated... Our whole neighbourhood has been doing something not too dissimilar and have also got a blog: http://kakarikistreet.wordpress.com

If amazing how rewarding the experience has been and how subtly but surely our habits have shifted... most notably, we barely have any need to go to the super market anymore! Go gardening! Go local! We're loving it and inspiring even more neighbours to do the same. I'll be reading your blog!

Comment by Claire W. on May 6, 2011 at 12:00pm

Hi, I am starting a blog! it features information and tips on organic, fair trade and NZ grown products and where to get them, ranging from food and health products, to clothing and shoes.
It is a simple how-to blog with easy realistic ways to make changes to organic, fair trade or NZ grown products! I want to document my progress as I change to a more ethical lifestyle so that others may see how easy it can be.
Take a look if you are interested in finding out more at http://theexecutivehippy.blogspot.com/
I will also be doing 2 weeks of eating only NZ Grown from the 8th to the 22nd of May! Read my blog and follow my progress as I find more NZ Grown products and tips on how to turn them into realistic alternatives to your usual store brought foods!

Comment by josephal on April 1, 2011 at 12:51pm

Hi sharon, treetomato/tamarillo. Can tell you what i've done, I planted all mine in corners up against a fence to provide shelter from wind, also staked and tied them from both sides. I had some aphids and white fly on the young leaves, sprayed with soapy water.

Comment by Sharon Smith on March 27, 2011 at 4:02pm

i need help Can anyone tell me about tree tomatoes  whats the best place for growing how to get rid of bugs etc anything thanks

Comment by Margaret Beers Oliver on August 13, 2010 at 12:25pm

I don't think the people before me gardened at all. The grass was like dry hay and dirt. Things are growing again because in Colorado just add water and something will come up. We are classified as high desert here. I live at the foot of Pike's Peak and the rest of the Rocky Mountains. The summers are short but I am going to be adding lights so that I can do some indoor gardening.
Compost bin is going strong after just six weeks. I am thinking that worm world will be near the composter. Hay bales will compost in place and also act as containers for raised beds. I am looking forward to getting my fall veg in. I am also trying to get season extenders put together.

Comment by Diane SQ on August 13, 2010 at 9:42am

Hi MArgaret,
Have you got good growing soil or not? Were the people before you growing organically? If you do not know, I would prepare for massive compost piles in Autumn. What sort of climate do you have? What sort of budget you want to allocate?

Comment by Margaret Beers Oliver on August 13, 2010 at 4:55am

Located in North America so I am getting ready to put my fall veg in. I finally have a small house and lot to garden in and call my own. City squirrel are dog savy so my poor dogs are going nuts most of the time. If you are starting up with a lot that someone else has been on where would you start besides just planting and turning it into compost later?

Comment by Ngaire baker on May 12, 2010 at 8:42am

hi dianne thanks for that will give it a try. Just another Q, is it true that you should grow passionfruit on a north facing wall or trellis?

Comment by Diane SQ on May 12, 2010 at 8:15am

To give a healthy start to young trees, make sure the soil is well prepared with copious amount of compost. If drainage is poor, do not dig a planting hole or it will fill up with water in winter. Instead build a mount of soil and compost, and plant your young tree in it. The planting location is important, For the trees you mentionned, sun is required.
Your peach trees could be too old. If you want to try to give them a go, , put compost covered by mulch under drip line and beyond.
Diane

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