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Aokautere Olives: Operation rabbit recovery
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Adventures in a paddock of about 300 lovely young olive trees in rural New Zealand. What more could a girl ask for :-). Sunday, September 22, 2013. Last year around this time, rabbits wreaked havoc in the grove. Nibbling on the bark of the little trees. Some of them were nearly ring-barked, to the extent that what was left of the trunk/bark wasn't enough for the trees to recover from the damage. Downsizing our damaged trees in the hope of having more productive ones in a few years. Weed and grass control.
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Aokautere Olives: June 2013
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Adventures in a paddock of about 300 lovely young olive trees in rural New Zealand. What more could a girl ask for :-). Friday, June 21, 2013. Harvest or no Harvest - 21 June 2013. It has been a while since my last blog entry and I thought the shortest day of the year, with less daylight and on top of that a dark cloudy cold day forcing one to spend the day indoors, might be good to do something about the lack in documenting the progress in the grove. Look how tall the trees have grown in one season.
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Aokautere Olives: September 2011
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Adventures in a paddock of about 300 lovely young olive trees in rural New Zealand. What more could a girl ask for :-). Wednesday, September 28, 2011. Kapiti branch AGM 2011. David and Helen invited all the Kapiti branch members for drinks, eats and the Kapiti branch AGM at their place in Te Horo Beach. And what a beautiful place they have right on the beach. I am looking forward to see what the next year will bring. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Weed and grass control. Kapiti branch AGM 2011.
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Aokautere Olives: October 2011
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Adventures in a paddock of about 300 lovely young olive trees in rural New Zealand. What more could a girl ask for :-). Thursday, October 27, 2011. Chomping down knee-length grass with a weed-eater against a slope is no easy task. And that was all it took - two weeks of occasional rain, warmer weather and voila. Grass out of control! A mix of these will hopefully give the trees super-duper energy! And here's the best part! The first hour or so was just a drizzle, but then it really came pouring down for ...
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Aokautere Olives: Hare horror or is it rabbit ranting? - 21 August 2012
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Adventures in a paddock of about 300 lovely young olive trees in rural New Zealand. What more could a girl ask for :-). Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Hare horror or is it rabbit ranting? On my way back to share the news with Gerry, the only solution that I could think of was to quickly spray all the trees - rain and all - with the fishy stuff. And when checking today, I couldn't see any new damage, so hold thumbs. He will hopefully go find greener pastures elsewhere. What can I say. Labels: Pests and diseases.
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Aokautere Olives: January 2012
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Adventures in a paddock of about 300 lovely young olive trees in rural New Zealand. What more could a girl ask for :-). Tuesday, January 3, 2012. Flowers and fruit - 3 January 2012. Ascolano - they are all full of blooms and tiny fruit are developing. Ascolano - tiny little olives. El Greco - one of the 'one of each' lot, was full of flowers. This tree had even more flowers than the Frantoio. Frantoio - most of the flowers are gone by now. Frantoio - close-up. Tiny fruit visible. There are a few Manzanil...
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Aokautere Olives: August 2011
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Adventures in a paddock of about 300 lovely young olive trees in rural New Zealand. What more could a girl ask for :-). Tuesday, August 16, 2011. Assessing the snow damage. A report in the local newspaper confirmed the freak snowfall in Palmy:. For the first time in almost 80 years snow fell in The Square in Palmerston North. The temperature plummeted to -2 degrees Celsius overnight, and the MetService said the bone chilling conditions were here to stay for a few more days. NIWA was unable to confirm whe...
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Aokautere Olives: August 2012
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Adventures in a paddock of about 300 lovely young olive trees in rural New Zealand. What more could a girl ask for :-). Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Hare horror or is it rabbit ranting? On my way back to share the news with Gerry, the only solution that I could think of was to quickly spray all the trees - rain and all - with the fishy stuff. And when checking today, I couldn't see any new damage, so hold thumbs. He will hopefully go find greener pastures elsewhere. What can I say. Labels: Pests and diseases.
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Aokautere Olives: We have moved ...
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Adventures in a paddock of about 300 lovely young olive trees in rural New Zealand. What more could a girl ask for :-). Monday, March 23, 2015. We have moved . Aokautere Olives has finally settled on the name, Cloudy Corner. And also moved to a new platform. Please visit us over there. Would love to hear your comments and feedback. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Weed and grass control. We have moved . I can juggle and cannot play the banjo. Especially at the same time :). View my complete profile.
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Aokautere Olives: April 2012
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Adventures in a paddock of about 300 lovely young olive trees in rural New Zealand. What more could a girl ask for :-). Saturday, April 28, 2012. The result gives me tremendous pleasure - seeing all those bad prickly weeds slowly die! Kapiti Olives field walk - 21 April 2012. Allan - chairman of the Kapiti branch. David and Helen kindly agreed to host yet another event at their grove. And what a lovely day for it too! Sunny with practically no wind, made the walk amongst the trees even more enjoyable.