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Final tree tally for the year
The Kauri Museum Settlers Day this Saturday
IKHMG Symposium 19th October
Nursery activities
Final tree tally for the year
Josh and his wife came back for another day-and-a-half for a job at Ararua, and successfully planted 1,800 trees in that time. You can see the trees from the road if you want to look, about a km before the tar seal ends. That pretty much closed our account for the year, the final score being a little over 21,700 (pauses for standing ovation).
Incredibly, considering the wet winter we’ve had, there was no day we had to plant in the rain. I’ll admit to getting rained on when I was laying out plants the day before on one occasion, but that’s all. Another positive to report too, is that at no time did I have to even open the first aid kit to attend to an injury.
The Kauri Museum Settlers Day this Saturday
Our much loved Kauri Museum is holding its annual Settlers Day this Saturday starting at 9.00am. It’s a free family day out, the opportunity to explore, with lots to see and do. I have taken up the offer to have a display stand for our HarbourCare group set up in the Memorial Hall, along with our groups such as the NZTA people who no doubt will be there to talk about a bypass or two. For more information, follow this link: http://www.kau.nz/whats-on/events/
Please do come along to the Settlers Day even if it’s wet (which it won’t be, refer previous item) and get into that pioneer groove, and do come and introduce yourself to me at the stall in the hall. There are rumours of travelling minstrels as well…
(Disclaimer: I am a member of the board of the museum, but don’t let that stop you from coming!)
IKHMG Symposium 19th October
I have been asked to speak at the Kaipara Harbour Symposium which is being hosted by the Integrated Kaipara Harbour Management Group at Te Ao Marama, Te Hana on the 19th of this month. I will be talking about the challenges and opportunities for a community-based group doing its bit to help with restoring the health of our harbour. I will be just one of many speakers; if you’d like to find out more, go to: http://www.kaiparaharbour.net.nz/
Nursery activities
Well I have to say that the place is looking pretty empty apart from a few plants which need more time to grow on for next year. Messy but empty. I hope to have completed a few more improvements before we get busy with the next crop before the end of the month. I have been collecting seed for our main species over previous months, most of which needed a bit of fridge time to chill out before being sent off for propagation at a specialist nursery in west Auckland. We may be a bit later than last year, but I think the plants were plenty big enough by the time they came to be planted this year. Onward and upward!