Comments on: experimenting with potatoes

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:32:48 +0000

Hi Peter, I got my ‘golden wonder’ seed potatoes from a gentleman in Havelock North several years ago who used to advertise in the small ads in the NZ Gardener magazine. I haven’t seen anything about him since so I don’t know where you’d get them now. I don’t have any remaining I’m afraid. You might want to contact Potatoes NZ (www.potatoesnz.co.nz).

By: peter stevens

peter stevens — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:53:09 +0000

hi there…..I have recently moved from scotland to new zealand and need a few golden wonder seed potatoes….can you help please…..peter

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:00:20 +0000

The most likely culprit is a stoat or weasel as they tend to kill with a bite to the neck and often don't eat their prey. Usually nocturnal but they are sometimes about in the day. Could be a cat (pet or feral). We always have a DoC trap set and have caught several stoats over the past month even though we have never seen them. You might also want to try a cage trap and see what is about. You may be able to borrow it from your local council.

By: CEW

CEW — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:41:38 +0000

Can you tell us what could be killing our chickens. I go down to the hen house on dusk to put the girls to bed and the last two nights we have had a chicken killed. Same place, same way. Neck is bare, feathers off the underside and the feathers in two places around the chicken run. Not a lot of the chicken is eaten, just left dead. The other chickens are all inside. We have hawks flying by from time to time and have put clothes line over the run and put up stakes so they hawks can’t fly in. What could it be? Can anyone help us?