Green Print

As a new gardener herself, Otago Daily Times reporter Edith Schofield spent a couple of fruitful hours chatting to long-time Otago vegetable gardeners, discovering not only why her runner beans were not producing beans but picking up other great ideas for those starting their own vege patch.

Ryan and Kirsten Baker's young children have discovered a newfound enthusiasm for eating their greens since the family started their own vegetables about a year ago.

Plastic milk containers make up about 15-20% of the items recycled through Dunedin City Council "blue bins".

Who lives there: Writer Murray Grimwood (53) and teacher Jennie Upton (45), their cat and dog, and on and off, their two teenaged sons.

When the cold southerly blows strong across Dunedin, Swami Hansa, in shorts, T-shirt and sandals, celebrates his investment in wind power.

After decades of disposing of their refuse then forgetting about it, Dunedin residents are finally embracing the concept of recycling.