tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post7157457523495666518..comments2024-03-29T16:49:36.066+13:00Comments on Timespanner: The Harvey Tree at Martha's CornerTimespannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-62877739087877030432021-08-22T04:04:52.300+12:002021-08-22T04:04:52.300+12:00MARTHA ANN LINDSAY’S (14-08-1852 – 06-09-1925) OBI...MARTHA ANN LINDSAY’S (14-08-1852 – 06-09-1925) OBITUARY<br />https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/news…/AS19250907.2.26…<br />Below is the text of Martha’s obituary. A few days after this was published the Auckland Star newspaper issued an apology for not listing one of her daughters. It named a Mrs Royle of Epsom. This was also the person to whom Martha in her will left her prized gold watch while Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17533922745322347765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-73484365164050509192019-12-12T14:37:07.819+13:002019-12-12T14:37:07.819+13:00Thanks for this. I'd suspected the tree would ...Thanks for this. I'd suspected the tree would not survive the Albert Street works for the CRL.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-33200333837994534472019-12-12T09:47:04.805+13:002019-12-12T09:47:04.805+13:00Harvey Tree will be chopped in 2020, for City Rail...Harvey Tree will be chopped in 2020, for City Rail Link works: https://www.cityraillink.co.nz/trees<br /><br />"<br />What’s happening to the Harvey Tree and the plinth next to it? When is this being removed?<br /><br />The Harvey Tree near the corner of Albert and Victoria Street West is among the trees that will need to be removed as it is severely intertwined with the utilities beneath TLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10334807075349175894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-64369817182933698442012-03-12T20:17:59.990+13:002012-03-12T20:17:59.990+13:00Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear ...Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear ...Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-24377373224427933822012-03-12T20:08:13.499+13:002012-03-12T20:08:13.499+13:00Lisa et al - just an observation that after the as...Lisa et al - just an observation that after the asphalt was opened and the tree fed for a year or two to give it a boost, it is now in fine shape.<br />We just need a way to dissuade the adjacent Thai restaurant dumping their nightly refuse on top of the monument - the tree might like some of the stuff, but it is probably more risky than the Montmartre version of sustenance...George Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-12405054256375455452011-07-29T14:00:57.079+12:002011-07-29T14:00:57.079+12:00You're welcome, Jayne. :-)You're welcome, Jayne. :-)Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-54576822448613433232011-07-29T13:56:33.827+12:002011-07-29T13:56:33.827+12:00LOL
Yep, lemon trees love it, didn't realise o...LOL<br />Yep, lemon trees love it, didn't realise other trees liked it, too!<br />Fab stories, Lisa, on both Martha and Les, thanks for sharing them :)Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02851305238478213940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-53729963127311753562011-07-29T12:33:12.241+12:002011-07-29T12:33:12.241+12:00It's the ammonia and nitrates, so someone told...It's the ammonia and nitrates, so someone told me once. Enough is good, too much kills. I seem to recall, in the movie <i>World's Fastest Indian</i>, Burt Munro had a lemon tree he kept going by such a method. While he was off conquering speed records, he asked a young neighbour of a lad to fill in for him ...Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-53811517683700889982011-07-29T12:23:02.867+12:002011-07-29T12:23:02.867+12:00Well, I didn't know that "appropriate sus...Well, I didn't know that "appropriate sustenance" could help a tree grow. I KNOW it can kill off WEEDS!! Er...um...so I've been told anyway...Writer Of The Purple Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935896975834415060noreply@blogger.com