TreeCropper Issue 59 – September 2009 | |||
Front cover: Flowers of the hazelnut, Tonda di Giffoni, encased in ice. It was midday in Clyde (June 2009) when this picture was taken, and still -2°C. But the styles can still be receptive – see page 24. | |||
1 | Editor’s opinion | Sheryn Clothier | |
2 | President’s Message | Murray Redpath | |
3 | Your letters – animals in organic farming systems, using photosynthesis to store carbon in wood that is then buried as a permanent carbon-sink | ||
4 | Codling moth | John Clearwater | |
8 | Pepino | incredible edibles | |
10 | Pinenut Extraction | Rosy Laing | |
15 | Kudzu | Gail Newcomb | |
18 | Conference 2010 | ||
24 | Hazel nut flowering | Murray Redpath | |
29 | BOP Bee Group | Bill Rae and Rosemary Balu | |
30 | Coppicing | Eric Cairnes | |
32 | Firewood and more | Eric Cairnes | |
35 | Afforestation Grant Scheme | Cashing Up the Carbon Credits | |
36 | Branch Innovations Fund | NZTCA Fund for Branch Projects | |
38 | Book review – Discovering Vegetables Herbs and Spices by Dr Susanna Lyle | ||
39 | Pips and pieces – Organic Hazelnuts and Cherries for sale | ||
40 | Subscription form | ||
Back cover: Sunlight shining onto one of Rosy Laing’s producing pinenut trees. Presumed to be Pinus pinea, eight of these trees are keeping Rosy and family supplied year-round with pine nuts – see page 10. |