Motueka Garden Rescue

08/03/2026

Great local craftsmanship 👌

08/02/2026

I share other people's gardens a bit so here is what I pulled out of mine this morning, after giving everything a feed of home brew seaw**d and Dock fertilizer ❤️

27/12/2025

A great article on Dock, a surprisingly beneficial plant for humans and the garden.
I've used it as a mulch and soaked the leaves as a liquid fertilizer - taking care of plants you might not want while getting free fertilizer is a win so ditch the spray and brew it up to feed the veggies👍

Dock has a bit of a bad rap here in New Zealand, but it actually is a fabulous support herb for the human body and what better way to get rid of it in places you don’t want it than to make medicine from its roots! The yellow colouring in the root of yellow dock shows the medicinal qualities of thi...

13/12/2025

Another reason I choose not to use this chemical and I encourage all to ditch the Round Up at home too

A 2000 study claiming glyphosate, a.k.a. the w**dkiller Roundup, posed no health risk was just retracted over "serious ethical concerns."

31/10/2025

Great news for everyone - finally!

We welcome MPI’s announcement today that after considering industry and public feedback, glyphosate residue limits will stay at 0.1mg/kg for wheat, barley and oats with additional restrictions introduced on use. (However, the level for dry field peas will be raised to 6mg/kg as proposed). We are particularly pleased to see that glyphosate will no longer be allowed to be applied directly onto cereal crops grown for human consumption (it can now only be applied before crops emerge).

We are also encouraged to read that glyphosate use has been changing in the primary sector. From the MPI press release:

“..after considering more than 3100 submissions and meeting with a broad range of submitters and stakeholders, we found compelling evidence that the way glyphosate is used in New Zealand has changed over the past five or six years.

Growers and millers have increasingly entered into contractual arrangements that require no, or extremely low, glyphosate residues in grains used for food, effectively prohibiting pre-harvest use of glyphosate.”

Thank you to all orgs, companies and individuals who submitted on the proposed increases to the MRLs. You can read MPI’s full press release here:

https://www.mpi.govt.nz/news/media-releases/glyphosate-residue-limits-to-stay-at-0-1mgkg-for-wheat-barley-and-oats-with-restrictions-introduced-on-permitted-use

You can read a summary of the submissions on the MPI website and our full submission at eli.org.nz.

29/10/2025

Good to get the winters supply of wood sorted early!
Got on the wood splitter with my Dad and stacked his shed with dry wood, the fence line with wet wood 👌🍻
All part of the service!

01/10/2025

Getting a deceased estate ready for sale - before and after. Thanks Stonescape Garden Supplies for all the bark chip!
Also thanks to my kind lady for making this video for me 😅

09/04/2025

100%

14/02/2025

A couple "before and after" shots from this week.
Happy weekend everyone🍻

23/12/2024

A huge thank you to all my clients over 2024, you made it my best year yet and for that I'm very grateful!
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you all ❤️
See you in 2025🙂

06/12/2024

Cha-hooo! How about that weather!?😉
Seems that everyone is wanting mulching done currently - today was no exception🥵
Good mahi but thankfully the clients did all the w**d mat laying before I came in👌