I discovered that the dahlias had multiplied by dozens. Dug up the bulbs and offered them to anyone who wanted some bulbs. But then got cold feet because online the experts were sprouting the bulbs, slicing them off, hormone powder, and grow as small shoots to flourish upwards.
I thought that you could just plant the many bulbs, and stand back.
Anyone?
Just throw them in ianmac they’ll be fine.
if you want to go to a little more effort a dusting of Sulphur before planting can help keep fungus at bay.
The propagation technique you mention is a way of turning one tuber into many if you want to boost stocks quickly. You can do the same with seed potatoes to get more bang for your buck… rooting hormone not required…
Dig up soil, and then steam sterilization it till all the bulbs are killed. That is a massive job, and if you find a Bretts gardening book, it will show you how to do it at home.
Another way is to dig it up. Oxalis, is a bulb and difficult to dig up. Best method I found is to dig deep at the side of where it is, put the soil onto a tarp and hand pick out all the bulbs. Then put bulbs into a plastic bag with some water and leave in the sun – till they rot.
It’s Saturday. The sun is shining …. It’s warm, and perhaps time for a drink. Something special? What about a special treat? Lewis Road Chocolate milk?
Taste Testing: The new “Lewis Road Creamery Fresh Chocolate Milk” vs “Nippys Iced Chocolate”
Lewis Road is the “new” milk on the block. I went to the supermarket at 8:15 this morning, and there were about 30 people waiting for the Lewis Road delivery truck to arrive (some had been waiting since 7:30.) I went home and read the paper, and went back half an hour later to purchase my Lewis Road milk. Fortunately there were four bottles left (it was rationed to two bottles a customer)
Back at home I carried out taste testing with three guests who are staying. Everybody tasted from glasses labelled with a yellow or blue sticker for the two different types of chocolate milk, that did not identify the brand
Price
Lewis Road Milk: $6:50 for 750mls
Nippys Milk $2:40 for 375mls
Sugar (gram per 100ml)
Lewis Road 11.6
Nippys 7.9
Standard Milk 4.8
Energy (kJ per 100ml)
Lewis Road 584
Nippys 267
Standard Milk 260
PREFERENCE
Lewis Road Milk 1 person
Nippys Milk 3 people
You just have to admire the marketing campaign for those Lewis Road manufacturers! A new company, that starts a new product at Premium prices! It’s good, but not so good that I would wish to pay 50% more for it, and queue for an hour!
Using the data above, the new Lewis Road chocolate milk seems to be a simple mixture of Whittakers chocolate blended into standard milk. And the amount? HALF of a 250 gram slab of Whittakers in EACH bottle of milk.
Glug glug glug, Twenty two pieces of chocolate.
That was nice wasn’t it?
And in my small survey, Lewis Road wasn’t even the preferred drink!!
Cyclists don’t kill cyclists, larger fast moving metal boxes on wheels do.
Bemoaning cyclists habits is like bemoaning customers for the chefs bad food.
Since the road law is clear, you must always be able to come to a stop.
Slow down!
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I present a legislative statement on the Oranga Tamariki (Repeal of Section 7AA) Amendment Bill Mr. Speaker, I move that the Oranga Tamariki (Repeal of Section 7AA) Amendment Bill be now read a first time. I nominate the Social Services and Community Committee to consider the Bill. Thank you, Mr. ...
The Bill to repeal Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act has had its first reading in Parliament today. The Bill reaffirms the Coalition Government’s commitment to the care and safety of children in care, says Minister for Children Karen Chhour. “When I became the Minister for Children, I made ...
Kia ora koutou, good morning, and zao shang hao. Thank you Fran for the opportunity to speak at the 2024 China Business Summit – it’s great to be here today. I’d also like to acknowledge: Simon Bridges - CEO of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce. His Excellency Ambassador - Wang ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has confirmed a New Zealand Government plane will head to New Caledonia in the next hour in the first in a series of proposed flights to begin bringing New Zealanders home. “New Zealanders in New Caledonia have faced a challenging few days - and bringing ...
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has confirmed a New Zealand Government plane will head to New Caledonia in the next hour in the first in a series of proposed flights to begin bringing New Zealanders home. “New Zealanders in New Caledonia have faced a challenging few days - and bringing them ...
The Coalition Government will introduce legislation this year that will enable roadside drug testing as part of our commitment to improve road safety and restore law and order, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “Alcohol and drugs are the number one contributing factor in fatal road crashes in New Zealand. In ...
The Government has announced a series of immediate actions in response to the independent review of Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities, Housing Minister Chris Bishop says. “Kāinga Ora is a large and important Crown entity, with assets of $45 billion and over $2.5 billion of expenditure each year. It ...
Associate Health Minister David Seymour is pleased that Pseudoephedrine can now be purchased by the general public to protect them from winter illness, after the coalition government worked swiftly to change the law and oversaw a fast approval process by Medsafe. “Pharmacies are now putting the medicines back on their ...
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Energy Minister Simeon Brown has announced that the Government will make it easier for lines firms to take action to remove vegetation from obstructing local powerlines. The change will ensure greater security of electricity supply in local communities, particularly during severe weather events. “Trees or parts of trees falling on ...
Wairarapa Moana ki Pouakani were the top winners at this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy awards recognising the best in Māori dairy farming. Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka announced the winners and congratulated runners-up, Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board, at an awards celebration also attended by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister ...
"On the 27th of March, I sought assurances from the Chief Executive, Department of Internal Affairs, that the Department’s correct processes and policies had been followed in regards to a passport application which received media attention,” says Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden. “I raised my concerns after being ...
Attorney-General Judith Collins has announced the appointment of three new District Court Judges, to replace Judges who have recently retired. Peter James Davey of Auckland has been appointed a District Court Judge with a jury jurisdiction to be based at Whangarei. Mr Davey initially started work as a law clerk/solicitor with ...
Associate Education Minister David Seymour is calling on the Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) to put ideology to the side and focus on students’ learning, in reaction to the union holding paid teacher meetings across New Zealand about charter schools. “The PPTA is disrupting schools up and down the ...
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"We are protesting not for ourselves alone, but for our tūpuna, our mokopuna," say protesters among those gathering around the country for a Budget Day Hīkoi. ...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carla Pascoe Leahy, Adjunct Researcher, University of Tasmania When we think of climate and environmental issues such as climate-linked disasters or biodiversity loss, we don’t tend to think about gender. At first glance, it may seem irrelevant. But a growing body of ...
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Protesters are gathering for a national hīkoi aimed at government policies toward Māori and police are warning of possible traffic disruption. Follow RNZ's live blog. ...
Finance Minister Nicola Willis directed ministries and agencies to slash expenditure by either 6.5 percent or 7.5 percent to help reduce annual public service spending by $1.5 billion. ...
New Zealanders will find out just how much they will pocket from the coalition government's tax cuts when the full 2024 budget is unveiled this afternoon. ...
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Routeburn Track starting tomorrow morning
Nice. Love the Routeburn. May you have grand weather!
Great and what a great weather forecast until Monday anyway. One day I will do it and tread where you tread Ad.
I discovered that the dahlias had multiplied by dozens. Dug up the bulbs and offered them to anyone who wanted some bulbs. But then got cold feet because online the experts were sprouting the bulbs, slicing them off, hormone powder, and grow as small shoots to flourish upwards.
I thought that you could just plant the many bulbs, and stand back.
Anyone?
Just throw them in ianmac they’ll be fine.
if you want to go to a little more effort a dusting of Sulphur before planting can help keep fungus at bay.
The propagation technique you mention is a way of turning one tuber into many if you want to boost stocks quickly. You can do the same with seed potatoes to get more bang for your buck… rooting hormone not required…
Thanks cricklewood. I was a bit diffident in case they all failed to grow. Reassured.
Finish off my trellis fence, add a few locks to my casement windows and do a bit more work on the sun room that I built.
All up a fairly busy labour weekend.
(here is some humour..
..brad pitt gets a number done on him..
..on ‘between two ferns’.
..it’s very funny..)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/23/brad-pitt-between-two-ferns-louis-ck-video_n_6034528.html
Garageband fav from the US Shannon and The Clams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lralGoBxuYc
From when Hip-hop was more diverse – Queen Latifah in a very cool hat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCoIyrbcL-Y
Love this kiwi gem Unknown Mortal Orchestra – From the Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NGvOILq8D4
And my fav crew from avondale @peace with Sky is Falling – terrible video awesome song.
tomatoes
gammy toes
love ya hoes
Usual garden oriented comments here! So – Oxalis – best way to get rid of it?
let it grow
yank the tops off
one day it stops
plus containment with concrete
That’s hopeful! Though concrete not an option here.
Dig up soil, and then steam sterilization it till all the bulbs are killed. That is a massive job, and if you find a Bretts gardening book, it will show you how to do it at home.
Another way is to dig it up. Oxalis, is a bulb and difficult to dig up. Best method I found is to dig deep at the side of where it is, put the soil onto a tarp and hand pick out all the bulbs. Then put bulbs into a plastic bag with some water and leave in the sun – till they rot.
Continuous use of Round Up. takes about a year. Be through never leave one till later because Im sure the bloody thing can read minds and hide away.
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Yup – I noticed – all good.
So instead http://thestadiumbroadcast.com/?paged=2 courtesy “Arts on Sunday/Standing Room Only”
It’s Saturday. The sun is shining …. It’s warm, and perhaps time for a drink. Something special? What about a special treat? Lewis Road Chocolate milk?
Taste Testing: The new “Lewis Road Creamery Fresh Chocolate Milk” vs “Nippys Iced Chocolate”
Lewis Road is the “new” milk on the block. I went to the supermarket at 8:15 this morning, and there were about 30 people waiting for the Lewis Road delivery truck to arrive (some had been waiting since 7:30.) I went home and read the paper, and went back half an hour later to purchase my Lewis Road milk. Fortunately there were four bottles left (it was rationed to two bottles a customer)
Back at home I carried out taste testing with three guests who are staying. Everybody tasted from glasses labelled with a yellow or blue sticker for the two different types of chocolate milk, that did not identify the brand
Price
Lewis Road Milk: $6:50 for 750mls
Nippys Milk $2:40 for 375mls
Sugar (gram per 100ml)
Lewis Road 11.6
Nippys 7.9
Standard Milk 4.8
Energy (kJ per 100ml)
Lewis Road 584
Nippys 267
Standard Milk 260
PREFERENCE
Lewis Road Milk 1 person
Nippys Milk 3 people
You just have to admire the marketing campaign for those Lewis Road manufacturers! A new company, that starts a new product at Premium prices! It’s good, but not so good that I would wish to pay 50% more for it, and queue for an hour!
Using the data above, the new Lewis Road chocolate milk seems to be a simple mixture of Whittakers chocolate blended into standard milk. And the amount? HALF of a 250 gram slab of Whittakers in EACH bottle of milk.
Glug glug glug,
Twenty two pieces of chocolate.
That was nice wasn’t it?
And in my small survey, Lewis Road wasn’t even the preferred drink!!
Photo: Lewis Road nd Whittakers chocolate milk and a slab of the very best Whittakers
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Cyclists don’t kill cyclists, larger fast moving metal boxes on wheels do.
Bemoaning cyclists habits is like bemoaning customers for the chefs bad food.
Since the road law is clear, you must always be able to come to a stop.
Slow down!
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New Zealand – 30
Australia – 12
. . . delicious.
….with hundreds and thousands on top.