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www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz RURAL/LIFESTYLE Ashburton Courier, August 13, 2020 13 TONI.WILLIAMS @ashburtoncourier.co.nz Members of the Pendarves Young Farmers Club gave Farmstrong's Guy Taylor $5400 raised during their Speed Shear event earlier this year. PHOTO SUPPLIED. Speed shear for Farmstrong The Pendarves Young Farmers speed shearevent earlierthisyear raised $5400 for ruralwellbeing initiative Farmstrong.Itwas run with Farmstrong and Rakaia Railway Tavern,atthe tavern, in late January. The Pendarves Young Farmers were joined by all the youngfarmers clubs in the district, as well as agroup from the Waimakariri Young Farmers, shearers from Rangiora and some international shearers from Wales. The final tally washanded overtoFarmstrong representative Guy Taylor last weekduring the Pendarves Young Farmers meeting. Mr Taylor said the donationwas an amazing achievement and one of the biggesthehad seen. Before the presentation he spoke to the members and gave Farmstrong tips and advice for staying well and healthy on farm, especially coming in to the busylambing and calvingseasons. Members and others working in the rural industry were encouragedtocheck out the Farmstrong website for a range of ‘‘great resources’’. ‘‘When you look after yourselfyou’re looking after your farm too. Farming is ajob with auniqueset of challenges –many arehardto predictorcontrol,’’itstates on thesite. ‘‘These challenges and pressures aren’t going to disappear. That’s why developing habits that help you perform at your best are so important.’’ Thereare arange of farmertofarmer tipssupported and informed by wellbeing science.These will help you increase your wellbeing so youcan cope better with the ups anddowns of farming.’’ Pendarves Young Farmers president David Bell said generous donations were made at thedoor entry by people at the event but there was alsoanauction, abucket collection and generously a percentageofbar takings on the night. Eighteenshearers took part mostofthem experienced shearers who took to the stands in one of three competition categories (clean, won by Tes Paewai; senior,won by Izaac Duckmanton;open, won by Hemi Power) but acouple of firsttimers gave it ago. Pendarves Young Farmers are now looking forward to celebrating their 75th jubilee nextyear and planning to mark the occasion with aball. IN BRIEF ARABLE RESEARCH GROUP Nominations for the Mid Canterbury ArableResearch Group (ARG) are nowopen.Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) are seeking nominations fromarangeoflevy payers and welcomenominations. Thereisagrower vacancyand two industry vacanciestobefilled. The ARGsserve asaregionalforum to discussany issues or concerns which can be passedontothe board. Other responsibilities include liaising with farmers,informingFAR of changesin farm ownership or operation in their area,attending FAR extension activities andprovidingfeedback to FAR on those activities. Interested people can sendtheir biography to melanie.bond@far.org.nz by August 28. MEATEXPORTS New Zealand’s red meatsector exported $9.4billionofsheepmeat, beefand co-products forthe year ending June 2020, according to the latest analysis by the MeatIndustry Association (MIA). Despite disruptionscaused by Covid-19 the sector saw an increaseof $639million –orseven per cent – compared to the year ending June 2019. 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14 Ashburton Courier, August 13, 2020 ADVERTISING FEATURE www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz HOME &GARDEN New garden nursery growingstrong Paul Woodhouse has reconnected with gardening and is keen to share his knowledge with others. He operates ahomebased nursery off Harrison Street, in Allenton, selling vegetable and herb plants of all varieties, tiger worms, worm feed andfree range eggstothe public. He says it wouldn’t be possible without the support of his regulars who frequented Paul’s former business, which he ran withhis father, Kevin, on Bridge Street, in Netherby.It was agardening enterprise where the men passionately nurtured seedlings for gardeners aroundthe district until Kevin’s retirementlast year when the business was closed. “If it weren’tfor the regular customersfrom Bridge Street, I wouldn’t be doing this.” Paul was working at Wastebustersand just prior to lockdown sought achange of direction. He left that jobin February–thinking he might enjoy aholiday before working again. Then Covid19 struck and he got alonger holiday than planned. Paul has now picked up the mantle –orinthis case a Paul Woodhouse, of Paul’s Garden Nursery, reconnecting with gardening at his Allenton home. gardening fork –and reopened his own nursery venture, with the support of partner Sandra Hall, out of their home. The entrance is via Clark Street. Paul’s Garden Nurseryisnot only offering vegetable, flower, tomato andherb plants, free range eggs and tiger worms, but there is aselection of artworkspainted by Sandra also available for viewingand purchase. “Lockdown forced me to do this,” he said, but he couldn’t be happier. He has restocked his backyard garden, kitting it out with sheds, agreenhouse and worked getting endless planting trays of stock to differentstages of growth. Paul says anything not grown or made on site is sourced from within Mid Canterbury, such as the free range eggs which were from reliable supplier, Charlie’s Chooks of Mayfield. His operation, which has eftpos, is open daily; from 9amto5pm Monday to Saturday,and Sunday 10am to 3pm. People visiting canpick up theirgarden and vegetable plantsand get gardening advice. And as before, Paul is keen to help make vegetable gardening affordable for peopleonlow incomes. Hotselling items are always the tomato and courgettes plants, but Mid Cantabrians also like theirleeks, which Paul will plant and sell in bundles. He always sells out of leek plants. Everything for sale is able to be planted into the ground. If it’s notonsale, it’s too earlyfor planting, he said. Paul is keen to teach people how to garden–for those new to the idea of growing their own vegetables –and he can show them what to do, what grows when andhow best to grow produce. He is an advocate of good composting and sells tiger worms, in 250gram lots, as well as sourced worm juice to help break down food scraps and fertilise the soil. He said tiger worms weredifferent from aregular garden variety, and designed to break down food scraps butnot bone, egg shells or onion skins. Vegetable planting Gardeners can be seducedby mildweatheratthis timeofyear, as the temptationistosow seeds in open ground, even though the soil is cold andwet. Those who succumbtothe lure of awarmer day or two will lose mostseeds.Maincrop carrots, parsnips,peas, beet andpotatoes can wait until the endofnext month to be sown. Patience will pay off with strong, healthy plants as the reward for delaying sowing. However, small quantitiesof spinach,stumprooted carrots, hardierlettuce,mustard, cress and turnips can be sownnow. Peasand leekscan be sownunder cover, for planting out later. If dwarf, quickmaturing peas (Earlicrop Massey or Novella)are sownatthe same timeasmaincropvarieties, such as Greenfeast,anatural succession of cropswill occur. Althoughthey are more resistant to frostifsown in autumn, broadbeanscan be sownnow, as the seedwill germinate at low temperatures. Onions can still be sown, if soil conditions allow. Hoearound springcabbages to stir soil hardened by winter rains. 2300474 2302982
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