‘37 farms to plant out and the phone is still ringing’
It has been a year since Tammy Wright established her landscape, gardening and riparian planting business, Fork and Spade, and since then she has got busier and busier.
Farming
Growing native plants creating legacy
Growing native plants creating legacy
The quality of water entering lakes, rivers and streams from farms in the Upper Clutha catchment is improving due to the thousands of natives being planted. One of the nurseries supplying plants is Wanaka’s Te Kakano Aotearoa Trust nursery.
Educational day for young viticulturists
Educational day for young viticulturists
Domaine Thomson Wines hosted the Central Otago Young Viticulturist of the Year educational day last Thursday.
Potato industry opposes dumping
Potato industry opposes dumping
Makikihi Fries is bracing for impact as manager Stewart Hydes pleads with Government, on behalf of the potato industry, to stop a surplus of European product being dumped in New Zealand.
Stranded seasonal workers want to go home
Stranded seasonal workers want to go home
Vanuatu's approach to repatriating seasonal workers stuck in Central Otago may be motivated by economics more than fears of Covid-19, an orchardist and a worker say.
South Island winter tomato growers hit by carbon charges
South Island winter tomato growers hit by carbon charges
Parts of New Zealand might soon struggle to find tomatoes in winter.
Ni-Vanuatu workers left in the lurch
Ni-Vanuatu workers left in the lurch
Horticulture and viticulture industry leaders in Central Otago are trying hard to accommodate more than 700 ni-Vanuatu seasonal workers left stranded by Covid-19 border closures.
Currant grower meeting challenges
Currant grower meeting challenges
Hamish McFarlane is a third-generation blackcurrant grower with a farm 10 minutes north of Temuka.
Community to rescue for harvest
Community to rescue for harvest
CharRees Vineyard owners Charlie and Esma Hill put a call out on social media for help to harvest during lockdown.
Virtual stock sales grow under lockdown
Virtual stock sales grow under lockdown
Virtual saleyards are becoming a useful tool for farmers selling stock.
Quiet streets, but orchard work continues
Quiet streets, but orchard work continues
The streets around the Teviot Valley have never been so quiet, the region’s Central Otago District Council representative Stephen Jeffery says.
Crop contest off, but contributors still determined
Crop contest off, but contributors still determined
The annual Winter Feed crop competition fundraiser, benefiting the wider Omakau area, will not go ahead this year due to Covid-19 — but not all is lost.
‘Stunner’ vintage forecast in harvest like no other
‘Stunner’ vintage forecast in harvest like no other
Vineyard owners and winemakers are predicting this year’s vintage will be a ‘‘stunner’, which could be the silver lining to a harvest like no other.
Hort staff get behind workplace changes
Hort staff get behind workplace changes
There are massive changes, but the team across the country have come on boardStaff at LeaderBrand have adapted at work to make sure they are keeping themselves, and their workmates, safe from Covid...
Lockdown slows frantic pace
Lockdown slows frantic pace
The lockdown has allowed an Oamaru market garden to slow down from frantic to normal.
Growers’ home deliveries ‘through the roof’
Growers’ home deliveries ‘through the roof’
Farmers' markets have closed, but business is booming for one North Canterbury vegetable grower.
Heartland powers on
Heartland powers on
Washdyke company Heartland Chips continues a strong production line during the Covid-19 lockdown, as the timing meant the business was already well prepared.
Roll up, roll up
Roll up, roll up
Good Samaritan Ika Willett, of Arrrowtown, tidies up produce from her farm in preparation for the next customer.
Pumpkin sized up for competition
Pumpkin sized up for competition
Balclutha teenager Hadley Lowry (14) sizes up a pumpkin on the bathroom scales this week as his possible entry for the South Otago A&P Society Virtual Giant Pumpkin competition ending next Friday.
Apple’s lineage being preserved
Apple’s lineage being preserved
A locked-down Bannockburn couple were in their kitchen baking a pie yesterday with apples stemmed from a core thrown out of a railway carriage near Lawrence at least 59 years ago.