Heritage week seeking event hosts

By Frank Neill

Wellington Heritage Week is seeking organisations or people who wish to host an event for the week.

This year the week runs from Monday 23 October to Sunday 5 November.

It will be the seventh Wellington Heritage Week.

“We’re making the most of this by growing the variety of events our festival offers, and better representing the diverse communities ofTe Upoko-o-te-ikaa-M ui / the Wellington region,” the organisers say.

“We encourage eventhosts, new and returning, to showcase a unique and interesting story, person, or place from the Wellington region.

“This year’s event is being delivered by a partnership between Wellington Heritage Week and the Rotary Club of Wellington.”

More information and registration is available on the Wellington Heritage

Week website, https://wellingtonheritageweek.co.nz/about/.

The organisation is also looking for “passionate volunteers to work with our team over the next few months to help organise our festival.

“This is an opportunity to boost your CV, develop the festival and work with the Rotary Club of Wellington to build professional networks.

“We are aiming to fill two roles: with event hosts and the heritage sector, manages email, and acts as the “face of the festival” for the press; andistrator whomanages the social media channels and uploads content to the website.”

Both positions will require between 2 and 12 hours a week, with some weeks requiring more than others.

For more information or to register interest email info@wellingtonheritageweek.co.nz.

Mycorrcin.

Your glasshouse is now ready for the coming season and you can start germinating or planting seedlings after the 21st of June.

In the gardens outside keep the weeds down while they are slow to grow.

I prefer to use a sharp carving knife and slice below the crown of larger weeds in under the soil.

This leaves the rest of the roots to decompose in the soil and feed the soil life and plants.

Smaller weeds just scrape the blade of the knife over the soil and wipe them out.

Whitefly and pests on citrus trees are easy to control by placing Wallys Neem Tree Granules under the tree from trunk to drip line and in about 6-8 weeks all the pests feeding on the tree or on the roots will be gone.

There will be a lot of pests from last season harboring over in your gardens so later in the afternoon when the sun is off the plants spray Wallys Neem Super Tree oil with Wally Super Pyrethrum added over and under the leaves of plants where there was infestations earlier.

Good idea to add some Raingard and MBL to the spray as well.

If you have not done so yet spray all cold sensitive plants with Vaporgard, spray on frost protection.

Vacant vegetable gardens can be planted into a green crop.

Ones that can be used for different advantages are:

Blue Lupin – a quick growing, nitrogen fixing crop suited to cooler climates.

Barley – adds protein, nitrogen and organic matter to strengthen the soil structure. Oats – used to combat soil erosion and to help break up hard clay soils.

Mixed grain – adds nitrogen and organic matter to the soil as well as helping to prevent wire worm.

Mustard – cleans up harmful soil fungi and provides good control of wireworm and nematodes, which often ruin root crops such as potatoes and carrots.

Mustard is a good weed suppressant suited to cooler climates but do not use this crop if you are planting cauliflower, broccoli and other brassica in the same area the next season.

It is not a good time of the year to re-pot house plants as going into a larger container may cause over watering and damage.

This time of the year small drinks of water just to moisten up the mix of potted plants indoors.

Warm water is nice for them also. Keep warm and dry..