tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047364082320718555.post6024737101792654512..comments2024-03-29T20:15:02.593+13:00Comments on robertguyton: The Red Zonerobertguytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07335459362715594644noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047364082320718555.post-26156467147255855242015-10-17T10:14:28.805+13:002015-10-17T10:14:28.805+13:00Protocols aren't always followed. The mowing i...Protocols aren't always followed. The mowing is of what were lawns, so there's no great anguish there, but any spread of non-grasses will be hampered by the on-going mowing. Kereru might reintroduce natives overtime, so long as the mowing ceases, though there's be a leguminous period to contend with :-)robertguytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335459362715594644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047364082320718555.post-7368647177132979252015-10-17T09:31:20.554+13:002015-10-17T09:31:20.554+13:00I wonder if it was 'The Council' that mowe...I wonder if it was 'The Council' that mowed or more likely those doing mowing? <br /><br />We had a similar issue in Lautoka where a reserve was planted with trees only to have it all mown. On investigation, it wasn't the council as such, but the workers who couldn't be bothered mowing around the trees.Paranormalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09356284718669009511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047364082320718555.post-6184275284420730202015-10-17T07:21:15.638+13:002015-10-17T07:21:15.638+13:00I agree. It yearns to be a wetland, squirming with...I agree. It yearns to be a wetland, squirming with eels and alive with fernbird and bittern. Southland is much the same :-)robertguytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335459362715594644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047364082320718555.post-16998845902900608082015-10-16T23:10:55.782+13:002015-10-16T23:10:55.782+13:00When I saw it (and I saw it a fair bit), it seemed...When I saw it (and I saw it a fair bit), it seemed to be a swamp with people living in it. The people wanted very much for it to not be so swamp-like, but there was nothing they could do to change it.<br />Sometimes it seems like we spend too much time pretending things are something apart from what they really are. The red zone is not suitable to be inhabited by people. Nor is it, in my opinion, suitable as a garden of either the forest or traditional variety, not in the long term.<br />Instead we should help it to return to its natural state.Armchair Critichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08471331367551108517noreply@blogger.com