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INSIDE: For the love of vinyl – Is there still hope for the humble record?

Is Amano as good as it looks?

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Joanna Mathers takes a trip down memory lane and looks at changing trends FASHION 1997 The beige corduroy pants were flared and the dress was long and black. The 12-up Dr Martens boots were also black, but I had no piercings or tattoos cos they were becoming too mainstream.

On warmer days I wore my big trainers and cargo pants with a crop top. It was a step down from the PVC pants when it came to statement dressing, but it had a certain charm.

Law students wore Country Road clothes with boat shoes, and everyone else was trying to look like an extra from Swingers —bowling shirts and leather jackets and jeans — good movie, but not worthy of sartorial emulation.

It was all about the Rachel hairdo, which was fine if you have that straight, glossy hair thing going on. I didn’t, so instead chose a floppy Brit Pop style, with a red streak, like the girl from Republica.

FASHION 2017 These days, I’m a 40-something firsttime mother and live in breastfeeding dresses and slippers. If I’m lucky I get to leave the house alone once a week; on these occasions I replace the slippers with jandals and dab some chapstick on my lips.

According to my high school teacher mates, the kids are into puffer jackets, jeans and sneakers. Apparently this dearth of style (norm core as it’s known) is because of the death of “tribal” music-based youth culture.

Kids are more interested in forging an identity on social media than via fashion.

Oh, and a friend who owns a vintage clothing store says “mom”

jeans are also a go. And 40 per cent of millenials have tattoos. Not so much body piercing these days.

The winner is . . . 1997 MUSIC 1997 I was obsessed with OK Computer by Radiohead. I liked the earlier Radiohead albums but this one was sublime.

That Bittersweet Symphony song did my head in. It was so boring and pointless and a total Pachelbel’s Canon rip off (which is also boring and pointless). And everyone loved it and felt all indie and cool ’cos they had an album by The Verve. I was annoyed that everyone had discovered them; I liked them when they didn’t use the definite article in their name and they rocked the whole shoegaze thing.

That Notorious B.I.G. song Mo Money Mo Problems was huge. He was shot before it was released and this made it pretty poignant. Hip-hop was great in the ’90s — the G-funk thing, Death Row Records, Tupac and Biggie.

And electronic/dance music was massive. Prodigy released The Fat of the Land and Chemical Brothers released Dig Your Own Hole. Block Rocking Beats did what the title suggested and reached the top spot around the world.

MUSIC 2017 Early this year Ed Sheeran had 16 songs in the UK top 20. This makes me feel sick. Galway Girl may be the worst song ever written.

The only other musician in 2017 is Kendrick Lamar. He’s a “nice”

rapper and has made his way out of the ghetto and everyone loves him.

His song Humble knocked Ed Sheeran’s song Shape of You off the top spot of the Billboard Charts.

This is weird because Ed Sheeran is constantly being called “humble” and “a nice guy”. When did nice guys become rock stars?

The winner is . . . 1997 POLITICS 1997 The UK elections were so exciting.

Tony Blair seemed amazing — wellspoken, measured, handsome. New Labour were going to change everything and it was all Cool Britannia — until it wasn’t.

Back in New Zealand, politics was a bit of a yawn fest. Jim Bolger, Jenny Shipley — hardly the stuff of political legend.

Helen Clark was a bright spot, a brainy woman, leader of the opposition and definitely on the up.

It was rather thrilling that both Labour and National had female leaders.

The perennial Winston Peters was the deputy prime minister because of a coalition with New Zealand First, but this marriage of convenience ended when Jenny Shipley sacked him in 1998, the first step in the precipitous decline of National and the rise of Helen Clark’s Labour.

POLITICS 2017 The world is veering to the far right, Donald Trump is the President of USA, and Britain is leaving the EU. This all makes our political environment seem rather tame. Bill English is rather lacklustre after mister

nice guy John Key and his pink shirts and socialite DJ son.

Labour is talking up the woes of immigration, Auckland house prices are soaring to even greater heights of ridiculousness. Winston Peters has mounted a Lazarus-like return from political death and is more popular than ever.

Jacinda Ardern and Paula Bennett are the deputies of the two main parties, but women remain under-represented generally.

The most recent Statistics New Zealand data reveals only about a third of those in Parliament are female — there’s still a long way to go when it comes to equal and fair gender representation.

The winner is . . . 1997 SPORT 1997 In 1997 Mike Tyson bit off some of Evander Holyfield’s ear in the third round of a WBA fight in Las Vegas.

He spat it out and was banned from boxing for a year.

The Auckland Warriors came eighth in the Super League, the All Blacks won the three Bledisloe Cup games against Australia and The Blues won the Super Rugby Championships. Beatrice Faumuina was the first New Zealand to win an event at the World Athletic Championships.

Silver Ferns were world netball champs and Greg Turner won the New Zealand Open.

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SPORT 2017 In 2017, the main occasion of sporting note is the Lions’ tour.

They are set to bring tens of thousands of rabid rugby fans with them and it’s going to be Little Britain here for a month or so.

ASB Classic promised much but delivered little. Tennis fan girls and boys were overwhelmed with excitement at the prospect of a Venus/ Serena showcase, but they were both knocked out before the quarter finals.

Turns out Serena is pregnant, which may account for her lack of form. They didn’t really earn their sixfigure appearance fees and they ran up a $33,000 hotel bill.

The Black Caps did pretty well again this year — played 10 games and won 7. We are third in the ICC ODI rankings, sixth in the test rankings and first in Twenty20s. Our women’s team comes third overall – not a bad showing.

The winner is . . . 2017

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For the love of vinyl There is still hope for the humble record, writes Alan Perrott

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It’s her hierarchy of convenience and perceived authenticity — running from downloads expensive vinyl — and from what is being heard at the shop counter, this is how increasing numbers of us are engaging with music.

So, with fingers crossed, I’m going to suggest Natalie’s approach as the future, even if that’s more in hope than in any great faith in the youth of the day after tomorrow. The alternative — gulp — is that vinyl, the vestigial nipple of music formats, is well into its final comeback, and it has had more than its fair share already.

Yes, new record sales in the US increased by 26 per cent last year, but the highest-selling album, Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface sold only 49,004 copies, while the bulk of the increase was likely because of grief purchases following the deaths of David Bowie and Prince.

Of course, there will be no end to the wide-eyed “believe it or not” reporting of this growth, but it remains hard to take the trend’s medium-term prospects too seriously.

In the end, as ever, it’ll come down to money, and right now vinyl is promoted as a premium product for which premium prices can be charged, which is understandable, except that given that most of the world’s pressing capacity is dedicated to churning out rock re-issues for the boomer and Gen X markets, you have to wonder about what happens when they’re gone. It’s no accident that many young groups are now turning to cassettes for their physical releases.

But there is hope, so let’s consider Natalie Newall further.

As a 43-year-old primary school teacher from Titirangi (by way of small town Northland), she not only grew up with records as the default format — her first love was Billy Idol — but only after saving hard, collecting the records and thrashing them in her bedroom.

Such milestones hardwire you for a vinyl predisposition and the view of intangible digital downloads as fundamentally inauthentic.

As Newall says, she opts for MP3s when she wants background noise, while selecting and then playing a record almost defines “me time”.

Dom Nola aka Miss Dom at home with part of her vinyl record collection.

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atalie plays CDs in her car, uses an iPod when she’s out and about, then puts a record on when she gets

For me, playing vinyl makes me feel empowered, it’s a deeply personal experience, and as a woman in what is mostly a male-dominated arena, I find playing to people a good place to stand my ground

It’s all part of a cycle: “If I’m interested in a new-release album and I'm not sure if I'll love it, I pick up a CD copy first. Then, if it's one I want to add to my collection, I’ll invest in the vinyl version. For artists I really love, I’ll have their whole album collection on CD, vinyl and digital formats.”

The promising part is that her enthusiasm is rubbing off on her 10-year-old son. Like all kids, his attention is hooked if something appears on a screen, so mum’s interest in online record groups such as Vinyl Discoveries gives the classics legitimacy.

As a result, he’s an ELO fan with a growing record collection that runs

to the likes of Muse, Black Sabbath, America and Michael Jackson. It’s homespun indoctrination like this — before the kids think you’re uncool — that may be the format’s best hope.

Much like Amanda Barber, a 28-year-old English language teacher from Wellington, who was raised properly by two record-loving parents.

Not only did they play records but they played them on a proper sound system that made each crackle as warm as a cosy fire.

Again, the result is that records feel special, the format for serious appreciation.

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of my material identity. If someone wants me to describe my music tastes, I just show them my collection.”

Yet her iPod still comes into play when she fancies a random selection, and You Tube is a great tool for researching an artist or genre.

And that’s another thing: the curation and curiosity that goes into building a collection quickly becomes a musical journey and Barber’s currently digging into the ‘40s, which means finding room for an expanding number of 78s (and a whole new level of [aged] care to come to grips with).

Which brings us to the notion of formats within formats. If the net can provide a one-stop-shop for research or “try before you buy”, the vinyl expression of that information can range from 78s, to albums, to EPs, to 10”, 12” and, most loveable of all, the 7” or 45.

This is where things become less a bug than a full-blown illness.

Dom Nola is an Auckland DJ (aka Miss Dom) and former bFM programme director who fell for 45s as a young girl.

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She’s now spreading her love for them to her punters, while to some extent, mimicking the flexibility of music streaming: “You can almost shuffle them like a playing cards and then see how a set can just magically come together. It’s the same songs creating a completely different vibe.”

But if putting your taste and knowledge on public display carries some risk, Nola enjoys the payoff.

“For me, playing vinyl makes me feel empowered, it’s a deeply personal experience, and as a woman in what is mostly a male-dominated arena, I find playing to people a good place to stand my ground. Especially if I can pull something special from the crate. The looks I get sometimes, “oh, you little blonde chick”, and I’ll pull out a 7-inch by Agent Orange or Bad Brains . . . then it’s ‘woah'.”

So yeah, no pressure, but the prospects of records surviving another generation could come down to the likes of Natalie, Amanda and Dom. If gospels are for spreading, fundamentalism is always a dead end. Vinyl’s best hope will be when it stops being seen as a hip and fashionable accessory and replaces the crappy T-shirt as the top-end expression of true fandom.

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nzherald.co.nz | The New Zealand Herald | Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Fair, friendly and flavourless RESTAURANT REVIEW: Amano Britomart

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Diners may be divided into two groups: those who have eaten at a Hip Group place and those who should,” wrote a fellow observer of Auckland’s restaurant scene.

After we ate at their newest venture, the Italian-themed Amano, I’d have the gall to suggest they may be divided into three parts.

Scott Brown and Jackie Grant’s hospitality partnership has acquired a near-religious following since they opened their first cafe in 2004.

Now said to claim 400 staff across 10 locations, each opening has attracted more devotees than the last: the four sites at Britomart (Ortolana, The Store, Milse and now Amano); bistros, cafes and foodstores along the city beaches, in Parnell and Grey Lynn; the gospel has spread to and from Waimauku and Waihi Beach.

Underpinning it, menus “driven by a commitment to provenance, sustainability, seasonality and locally sourced product”. The home farmgrown produce and herbs, each fillet and every bivalve name-checked,

each scrap scrutinised before being consigned to waste.

Each establishment designerstyled, and none more so than Amano, a vast one-time warehouse made over into a 120-seat morning, noon and night cafe, bar, restaurant and artisan (naturally) bakery and foodstore.

One could mention the mother-ofpearl surfaces using discarded oyster shells from the group’s suppliers, the bunches of dried flowers and the floor of marble offcuts laid by third generation terrazzo craftsmen, but everyone else has.

The crowd, too, is designer-styled, cut and pasted from the colour supplements and their contemporary incarnation, the lifestyle websites.

The two of us are here for the food, the wine and the conversation, which seems pretty much the point of dining out.

Executive chef Jo Pearson’s lunch and dinner menu runs under the headings Dairy, Pasta, Seafood, Meat, Vegetables and Dessert: can’t say plainer than that.

Yes, plates can be shared, or the gastronomically retentive can have their own.

Determined to do the open kitchen justice, we vowed to try something

The burrata with charred cauliflower (above); interior of Amano (top).

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from every section. There are some simple, honest and strong combinations here: burrata with charred cauliflower, raisin and pine nuts; pan-roasted flounder with a cucumber and radish salad; slowroasted pork with quince and celeriac; gnocchi, mushrooms, parsley and egg.

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Without exception, they were bland, and more than once we called the staff to clarify what was where on the plates. The high point could have been the desserts — the pine nut torta della nonna, a limoncello combo

— but they, too, failed to excite.

The wine list may appear short but it appeals because it simply and honestly reflects cuisine and place: only Italia and Aotearoa are represented, the varieties as near as dammit paralleling one another — a montepulciano from Waiheke and Abruzzo (pity there’s not one from the Siena neighbourhood); a sangiovese from Matakana and Tuscany.

Bonus points for offering most of them in single glass, half-litre carafe or bottles.

For the service, too: it’s typically buzzy and pitched on the right side of friendly, and well-informed.

To sum up: Amano looks great. It’s a cool place for coffee, breakfast, wine and a snack. But so far as a restaurant goes, it falls into the same trap as so many other Hip Group establishments: I can’t say I’ve had a bad meal at any of them, but I’ve rarely had a good one, and with the all-too conspicuous exception of Ortolana, never had a great one.

So the three groups are those who have eaten at a Hip Group place and those who should, and me. I may be in the minority but to filch a line from the great tenor Polpettone, two out of three ain’t great.

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Man with ‘black thumb’ wants greenhouse 76-year-old uses “mind-blowing” technology to learn new building methods

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im Stuart has had two big culture shocks in his life – from working in a Queen St bank to being a farmer in Australia and when he first experienced 3-D printing.

Stuart, 76, is a resident of Highlands retirement village and an enthusiastic member of a team of retirees banding together to learn about 21st century methods of building a hi-tech, sustainable greenhouse.

It’s part of a drive by village owners Metlifecare to demonstrate retirement villages are more than the “rest homes” of old – and are full of energetic and engaged people in a busy community.

Highlands residents are learning about using CNC (computer numerical control) cutting to produce the basic componentry of a greenhouse. Another Metlifecare project at The Orchards village in Glenfield involves residents using 3-D printers to make cookie cutters in the image of family, friends or celebrities – and they will then bake the cookies for consumption.

Both projects involve planning and training sessions at Mind Lab where the residents were introduced to new-age technologies, something which excited Stuart.

“I’m interested in building rather than planting,” he says. “In fact, I’d say I’m the opposite of anyone who can be described as having a ‘green thumb’ – I think I have a ‘black thumb’.

“What really grabs me is getting to grips with technology like the 3-D printer and CNC and the modern ways of development – particularly the 3-D printing.

“It’s an amazing thing. My nephew works for a spar making company and they are producing mast fittings out of titanium from a 3-D printer. It blows my mind – titanium is a very hard metal and you can produce it out of a printer….? I have to know how that works.”

Making things work has been a large part of Stuart’s life. Apart from his stint for a Queen St bank, he has been an industrial mechanic, a home appliance mechanic and a maintenance engineer.

But he made something else work – his daughter and son-inlaw’s foray into farming – when he emigrated to Australia.

“They’d been sharemilkers in the Waikato and wanted their own farm,” he says. “I didn’t know one end of a cow from the other but we decided to look around and see what was on the market.

We couldn’t find anything affordable here.

“So we looked in Australia and found a place in south-west Victoria, quite close to the South Australian border. It became obvious the place

[originally 360 acres] was too much for them on their own – so we [he and wife Linda] went to live close by and I essentially became a farm labourer.”

He brought the cows in for milking, milked them, did repairs around the farm, fencing and fed out. In the end, the dubious economics affecting Australian dairying at the time won out.

“We grew the farm – because you had to be big to survive in those days,” he says. “A lot of Aussie farmers were existing on handouts to survive; we bought some more land next door, knocked it into shape, bulldozed the land and buildings and re-built them and put in a big rotary shed.

“But the amount we were getting for the milk didn’t cover the costs of producing it.”

Then his health began to falter, heart and other problems forcing him to slow down and eventually return to New Zealand. The farm was ultimately sold to a large forestry concern who wanted the land and his daughter and son-in-law went into other occupations.

But the end of the Australian chapter of his life did not mean he lost interest in the art of making and repairing things – the impetus behind the Maker Movement, the

The Maker Movement also inspired the Metlifecare projects in the two villages; the company was aware of skills learned and practised by one generation – but which are often missing a generation or two later.

collective term for the worldwide convergence of traditional do-it-yourself fans, artisans and electronics-savvy, new age DIYers.

The Maker Movement also inspired the Metlifecare projects in the two villages; the company was aware of skills learned and practised by one generation – but which are often missing a generation or two later.

Stuart is a prime example. After recuperating, he opened a small business in Auckland, doing home repairs for landlords and real estate

agents as Auckland’s property market expanded.

He is also an accomplished boat builder with dinghies, a 32-foot cruising catamaran and a small keeler to his credit – and he skilfully produced 40 crosses for the village as part of their marking of Anzac Day this year.

“So I know how a lot of things are done or, rather, I know how we used to do them. But modern stuff like 3-D printing and CNC cutting – I am very keen on seeing how they work.”

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nzherald.co.nz | The New Zealand Herald | Tuesday, May 23, 2017

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My part in O’Reilly’s downfall That time when Paul Casserly offended one of the most offensive people on television

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text came through late at night: “Bill O’Reilly called you out on Fox News.”

Um, what? I knew I had written something about the jowly old trout but nothing about this made sense. I was just a lowly part-time writer of online TV tattle, and Bill, well he was the blowhard in chief for the USA. Turns out it was because of a sloppily written preview I’d written of upcoming TV shows screening in NZ, in which I suggested Bill would fizz at the bunghole if someone tried to assassinate President Barack Obama, thus giving Bill the chance to trot another one of his dead President National Geographic TV specials (Killing Lincoln, Killing JFK, Killing Reagan).

A quick search and there he was, on his show naming me and suggesting that I was “mentally disturbed”.

Awesome I thought, I’ve offended one of the most offensive people in the world.

So how did this lead to Bill’s fall from grace and his recent ouster from Fox on the back of multiple sexual harassment charges? You’d be correct in guessing that I used the snappy headline as way to insert myself into the story of the day.

Yes, I am just another knob who marks the death or firing of a famous person with a self-serving “RIP (insert name of famous person here), here’s the interview, photograph/lithograph/cupcake I did with them”, followed by a link that no one will ever tap on except for the author. It’s a sad reality that many of us suffer from, wanting it all to be about us.

Anyway, back to me. Yes, I was a little bit thrilled when Bill called me out on one of his talking points on what must have been a very slow news day and surely the result of an overactive Google alert. Since then, I’ve kept an eye on old Bill and watched as his downfall unfolded, while somehow feeling connected.

I guess that I have been hatewatching O’Reilly on and off for a decade or so and despite his bullying right-wing nut-jobbery, I often found him entertainingly appalling in the same way I tune into Leighton Smith on ZB, though to be fair, Smith is rather gentlemanly in comparison.

I reckon there’s a mastery in their performances that partly transcends ethical considerations. But there’s a deep sadness too.

Still I tuned in to Bill, a bit like taking a whiff of diesel from a passing bus

Yes, I was a little bit thrilled when Bill called me out on one of his talking points on what must have been a very slow news day and surely the result of an overactive Google alert and finding the pleasure in it. I knew it was bad for me, but still, I sniffed.

That said, I could never endure more than 10 minutes of the show, just too much mean energy that eventually turns the brain into a Rubik’s Cube of anguish.

O’Reilly’s legacy has been much discussed since he got the boot, some going so far as to say that he prac-

Author and television host Bill O'Reilly (top); Stephen Colbert of the The Colbert Report (above).

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tically created the post-truth Trumped-up world that we find ourselves in today. One only needs to have peek at Donald Trump’s own twitter feed to gauge how important O’Reilly and Fox News has been to him. Donald has 26 million followers but only follows 45. Apart from every Trump hotel in Christendom, the accounts that he hits back are mostly

the dark stars of the Fox firmament.

There’s O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, Geraldo, and the simpering rising star of the network, Tucker Carlson.

Trump even follows the worst snake in the swamp, Jesse Watters, a man who looks in the mirror and sees Jon Stewart while the rest of us see something closer to Michael Laws, or Gollum.

Trump appeared on O’Reilly’s show dozens of times and came to Bill’s defense when the scandal broke.

Bill is, it is alleged, a very dirty old man who used his power to sexually harass women, much like his boss and mentor Roger Ailes, and probably like many powerful men of his generation.

Which makes him what? Another dinosaur heading for the tar pit?

His one legacy is this: He gave us The Colbert Report. Steven Colbert’s wonderful act was a clever parody of Bill in all his jumped up right-wing puffery, it was a glorious ride and it launched Colbert’s career.

O’Reilly also cemented the place of Jon Stewart in our hearts thanks to some famous meetings, all available on YouTube, in which the comedian dealt out some intellectual GBH to bully Bill.

Meanwhile, the ABC in Australia aired a tremendous tribute to our own John Clarke a week after he died, John Clarke: Thanks For Your Time is a glorious half hour featuring Clarke’s career via the archive and from the mouths of his many colleagues and friends, Sam Neil among them.

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nzherald.co.nz | The New Zealand Herald | Tuesday, May 23, 2017

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Now is a good time to find your gardening style, says Sarah O’Neil How does your garden grow?

Back in the good old days most gardens were dug straight into the ground and that was how it was done.

And to be honest there is nothing wrong with growing in this way.

People have been doing it for millennia with great results. But these days, people are looking for something different, something progressive, something to suit their values and personal philosophies. Something that adapts better to a smaller yard or a busy lifestyle. The good thing is, there are so many different ways to get the same end result — a sweet, crunchy carrot or juicy red tomato — that there is no such thing as the wrong way and there is something for everyone.

Square Foot Gardening If space is limited, this is a great method. Garden beds are divided into equal grids that suit a certain number of plants, depending on what they are.

The soil is specifically prepared for this technique to allow for plants to grow a little closer than normal. For those who like a bit of structure, it is a very orderly way to grow vegetables.

Vertical gardening Even if you don’t feel you have the space for a garden, there is a way.

Passionate urban gardeners have been very inventive and creative in order to make gardening in small city spaces possible. Vertical gardening is very popular and there are plenty of products available to help use every spare wall, fence and balcony rail.

There is no excuse not to garden.

Intensive Gardening If you have a modest garden and want to get the most out of it, this is a technique you may want to try. The key to success here is to start with a very rich soil and then plant into every available space, not necessarily in rows. As soon as plants are removed, the space is reused with new plants. Planting this close together can keep the weeds down, but can be more susceptible to pest and disease, because of reduced airflow.

Lasagne Gardening If your soil is poor and you have to build raised beds, the cost of filling them with rich soil soon adds up. This method is almost like composting in situ and is a style of no-dig gardening.

The structure of the garden is built

Sarah O’Neil in her garden (above).

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up with alternating layers of brown and green materials. It is better to start a garden like this in the autumn to allow the materials to break down in time for spring. If you do want to start in the spring, a layer of compost or soil on the top will make a good planting medium.

Hydroponics If you want fresh food but don’t like to get your hands dirty this is the method for you. There is a bit of a set up with specialised equipment but once you are under way you can grow most vegetables in the nutrientenriched, aerated water that is pumped past the roots.

Straw Bale If you want to grow outside the box you could consider straw-bale gardening. This will require a bit of research before you start to ensure a successful harvest, but can be particularly useful if you only have a hard surface to work with.

Hugelkultur If you have poor soil and poor drainage and don’t mind a bit of hard work setting things up then this is a great solution for you. It starts with a pile of rotting logs and organic material at the base and is covered over with soil to plant into. It is a little like a lasagne garden but more intense as the logs eventually break down to give a rich base. This kind of garden needs less watering and feeding.

Organic Gardening If your reason for gardening is that you are concerned about providing the healthiest food for your family, this natural system avoids commercial and synthetic fertilisers and pest controls. It has a holistic approach from the way the soil is prepared, to how pests and disease are controlled, and through the use of beneficial insects and using seeds known to be organic. Organic gardens can be more work, but knowing where your food comes from and what has happened to it gives you peace of mind.

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Permaculture This style of gardening can become a way of life. The garden is created to be a closed system where everything has a useful purpose and all waste is returned to the garden. This natural system is a sustainable foodproduction system by working with nature instead of trying to control it.

Food Forests This low-maintenance system that is an edible version of forests in nature.

Plants are grown in layers from tall fruit trees to shrubs, ground covers and even root crops, all growing together in a three-dimensional ecosystem. There are so many different ways to grow food. Now is a good time to do your research and find a gardening style that suits you so you are ready for the spring growing season. From sticking with the conventional to adopting a sustainable lifestyle, growing food for your family will always be a rewarding thing to do. There is nothing to hold you back. ● Sarah O'Neil is an author, blogger and passionate gardener writing about the trials and tribulations of growing food for her family. Her books The Good Life and Play in the Garden are available at all good bookstores. www.sarahthegardener.co.nz

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