Abbie back in print (now with the Waikato Times) after a short hiatus. You can find Abbie’s garden writings here. Follow the doings at Tikorangi here and on Tikorangi’s Facebook page. Abbie tweets and last but not least maintains a book review site. Enjoy!
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Alas Mark found the first instance of camellia petal blight today – in a japonica. It seems to appear earlier every year. We have never seen it in sasanquas and I was a little surprised this week to hear of claims that in warmer climates, sasanqua camellias are susceptible. We would really like to hear confirmation from anybody who has actually seen it in sasanquas (as opposed to having heard reports of it). We had thought that these Japanese camellias were resistant. Blight has certainly never shown in ours and we are reasonably eagle-eyed on the matter.
Ficus antiarus, rare plants and why only one plant in our garden is clearly named
It is Ficus antiarus and it is the most asked about plant in our garden. We used to propagate a few but we realised that while everybody wanted to know what it was, nobody wanted to buy it.
Abbie’s column: AbbieJury.co.nz 3/12/2010
Abbie has just returned from a trip through Spain and Portugal.
The olive plantations looked to be corporate farming, much as our dairy farming is headed. The era of the small family farm appeared to be over in much of the countryside that we passed through. Often there were no residences visible for considerable distances and no indications of boundaries to suggest the smaller holdings of old. It was interesting to reflect on the debate at home regarding lifestylers populating our countryside. We had been discussing it before I left and came to the conclusion that, on balance, small holdings and lifestyle blocks add a welcome diversity to the countryside.
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Photos: Abbie Jury | read Abbie’s column
Abbie’s review of The Tui NZ Fruit Garden by Sally Cameron (ISBN 9780143203988) published this morning in the Taranaki Daily News.
