Forum Archive Index - January 2001

["Richard Hooper" <hoop@ihug.co.nz>]

Hi
A couple of years back had a friend who was totally against sprays(they are
entitled to their opinion -no problem with that).We went to visit their
large house & section ,which they prided on being the nature bush look in
the middle of a urban area. My toddlers were playing with their toddlers in
amongst this NZ bush environment when I suddenly called my kids back when
they stated to suck on the vegetation.I said "come inside, too dangerous to
play outside.'' Well that sure started a debate in a big way.(never got
invited back).
I noticed several plants which were highly posionuous and can
kill...Foxglove..Tutu(native) caper surge, Jerusalem cherry + the old garden
favourite Rhododendron.
Sprays keep these weeds in check . On the farm some of these weeds livestock
do eat ..Lost sheep to eating Rhododendron cuttings ...no-one complained
(except me)
about that ...but.....imagine the flack if the same sheep died due to a
spray compound..
I have no problem with think green people ,but they have to be responsible
of not letting these poisonuous plants and their associated environments get
out of control...just as we people who use manmade controls have to be
responsible to what we do.
eNUF said by me
Hoop
----- Original Message -----
From: "Narena Olliver" <narena@nzbirds.com>
To: <sharechat@sharechat.co.nz>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [sharechat] NUF to come right


> I have no desire to be rude but I wonder how in touch you are with your
> farmer clients. It is the excessive use of and reliance upon chemicals
> and nitrogen fertiliser which is the core of the argument, to the point
> where NZ's green image is an international joke.  The future of farming
> lies with getting free of these damaging chemicals and the farming
> methods that go with them. There are positive aspects of genetic
> engineering for the environment, so long as companies like NUF keep out
> of the act. ciao, Narena
>


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