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A refreshing find 18 Charles Street, Allenton Are you looking for a decent sized section and a generous home for your family? This property could be just what you need. Situated in Allenton, handy to all amenities it is certainly beautifully presented and familyfriendly. The accommodation consists of three double bedrooms and one single bedroom, master with ensuite and walk-in-robe. The living areas flow from a
centralised kitchen with a separate lounge flowing to the superb outdoors.
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The outdoors is conveniently fenced off in areas to provide safety for the children and pets alike. It also houses a separate hobby room which is light, bright and spacious.
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Double attached garaging with off-street parking and an extra single garage which could easily be utilised as a workshop.
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Low-down on growing spuds Not so many years ago every quarter-acre section boasted a large potato patch to feed the family. As a tasty, versatile and affordable addition to any meal, it just made sense to grow your own. But as property sizes shrunk, the demand for growing your own spuds also diminished.
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And main crop potatoes need longer in the ground and should be left in until the tops die back in autumn before harvest. They will be larger, thick-skinned and also keep well. If you want to ensure you’re serving home-grown spuds at Christmas, plant early potatoes such as Rocket, Swift, Jersey Benne or Cliff Kidney. These ones can be harvested after about 90 days so, if planted in September, will be ready for Christmas. Potatoes also vary in their make-up. Some are called ‘waxy’ potatoes and these are lower in starch and hold together much better when cooking – they are more suitable for salads, boiling and casseroles. Others varieties are called ‘floury’ potatoes and these ones are higher in starch and ideal for wedges, chips, roasting and mashing. The earlier potatoes tend to be more the waxy types and the later varieties more floury. If you’re looking for a general purpose potato, try Desiree or Rua – these are suitable for most uses. Once purchased, remove your seed potatoes from the bag or container and leave them in a light, dry place for a few weeks so they can start to shoot. A garage bench or garden shed is ideal. When the potato shoots are approximately 2cm long they’re ready to plant. Before doing so, work in some compost to the soil to make it more friable and easier for the potatoes to grow, as well as easier for you to harvest. Next, dig a v-shaped trench about
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So, where to start? With quality certified seed potatoes. Seed potatoes look just like regular potatoes but are usually smaller, and are certified free of disease, so you know you’re getting the best start.
Early-main crop potatoes Can be harvested early to get ‘new’ potatoes, or can happily be left in the ground until the top growth dies back, the skins thicken up and they are larger.
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Whether you’ve got a small or large garden, potatoes are a must-have vegetable. Growing potatoes is a great way to get children into gardening and nothing beats your own home-grown spuds on the Christmas table.
Seed potatoes fit into three categories – early, early-main and main crop. Early potatoes are ready to harvest early, as they are not long-term growers. They also taste a lot better when harvested early – the classic early sweet-tasting new potato.
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Not so any more. At NZ Bulbs we’ve seen a big resurgence in home potato growing. Gone are the days when you were obliged to purchase a 2kg bag of seed potatoes to get your own crop growing. Packs of 5, 10 or 20 seed potatoes cater for all garden sizes.
The type of potato you choose to plant will depend largely on what you want to do with it and when you want to harvest.
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15cm deep in your garden and place the potatoes in the bottom of it approximately 40cm apart. You don’t need to fill the trench back up at this stage, just cover the planted potatoes with at least 5cm of soil. New spuds hate Jack Frost, so keep an eye on them and as the shoots start to push through, cover them a little more each week until you have turned your trench into a mound of 15-20cm in height after six to eight weeks. The more growing stem beneath the soil, the more opportunity for the plant to produce potatoes and the bigger your crop. To keep diseases away, don’t overhead water your potatoes excessively. Once planted the rain should be enough to keep them going until they’re ready for harvesting.
Lastly, once you’ve harvested your potatoes, dig the plant back into the ground. The top growth has plenty of good nutrients in it and working it into the soil helps to improve the soil structure in the same way that adding compost does.
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I also recommend covering your potato crop with some insect-proof netting which will keep out the potato-tomato psyllid, a small insect that can cause a lot of damage to tomato and potato crops. The netting is a perfect non-spray method to ensure your potatoes stay healthy and yield a great crop. Because the plants can be attacked by the psyllid at any growth stage, you should put the netting on the potatoes when you plant them and keep it on until you harvest. You can put the netting on loosely at the start or just loosen it as they get bigger. Just make sure the plants aren’t pushing hard against it or they may be damaged and that it is tucked into the dirt securely on all edges. As to when to harvest your potatoes – some varieties die back above ground and this is the time to harvest, but not all varieties do this. The best way to tell if your potatoes are ready is to ‘tickle’ a few up to check. Get out your trowel and loosen the dirt around a few of your potato plants, put your hand in the soil and gently pull out a spud or two to check progress. If your potatoes are small, cover them up again with dirt and leave them to grow.
FOR SALE $5,430,000 + GST (IF ANY) Savills are pleased to bring to the market 45 Princess Street. A well-established property in the expanding office and business district of Addington. •
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Bathroom bliss From heated tiles underfoot to luxurious lighting and sanctuary-like soak tubs, today’s bathroom seeks to create a luxurious retreat from our frenetic lives. A place to seek solitude and soak away the stress of the day, but for the savvy seller, it’s also a lucrative liquid investment. Peace and quiet aren’t the only motivating factors in making your bathroom the most impressive room in the home. An upgraded bathroom will help a home to sell and will more often than not attract a higher selling price. Bathroom design revolves around the notion of making your bathroom like a sanctuary, with beautiful lighting, rich stonework and deep freestanding tubs. Elements aren’t included to become show-pieces to impress dinner guests, the emphasis is on pure relaxation and bliss, a retreat to linger and luxuriate. Luxury linen, spa-worthy aromatherapy, rich materials, cutting-edge technology and the ultimate in hydrotherapy are all fundamental to creating a bathroom of bliss.
Soaking It doesn’t matter whether your preference is a bath or a shower, both options can provide heavenly hydrotherapy. A freestanding solid stone tub adds modern luxury to a bathroom space, or opt for technological advancement to soak in spa-like bubbles. Showers can incorporate multiple heads to replicate cascading tropical rain, and can be equipped with an LCD screen to pre-set temperature, sprays, music, steam and even release aromatherapy. The result is a highly personalised therapeutic experience and a relaxing break from the mental and physical stresses of the day.
Privacy As far as the prime real estate market is concerned, less than one bathroom for each bedroom is fundamentally too few. Although modern homes come equipped with multiple bathroom options, walling off a toilet is a desirable feature, to give the feeling of privacy. Big bathrooms are in, but having a visible toilet is out.
Safety Once only found in nursing homes, grab bars or handles bolted securely to walls in showers and beside tubs are becoming more popular to prevent slips and injury. Luckily, they no longer look institutional, and can be found in chic designs, some even looking downright glam.
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the vanity, and then set the mood of your luxurious bathroom with a stunning pendant or chandelier, to add a touch of class as well as the right level of lighting to enhance relaxation. The bathroom is more about “me” time rather than “we” time, so any money invested will directly benefit the homeowner, in a behind-closed doors domain.
No-one likes to get out of a hot bath into a cold environment, with ice-cold flooring. If you didn’t invest in under-floor heating when the home was constructed, it’s no longer an issue. Electrical mesh can be placed under tiles and connected to a thermostat to give the tiles an under-floor heating warmth. This can be achieved for hundreds, not thousands, and can be energy efficient to operate.
Technology From LCD televisions that look like mirrors when not in operation, to chic cabinets that include refrigeration to keep beverages cool, there are a myriad of advancements to make your bathroom everything you have desired. To ensure electronics operate safely, invest in a new humidity system which can automatically detect humidity in the air. This will keep your bathroom feeling dryer, warmer and
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