Story: Market gardens and production nurseries

Harvest moon

Harvest moon

A harvesting machine and truck sit in a cornfield at Twyford near Hastings in 2004. The machines keep working throughout the night to ensure that the corn is picked at its ripest.

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Maggy Wassilieff, 'Market gardens and production nurseries - History of market gardening', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/20004/harvest-moon (accessed 25 April 2024)

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 24 Nov 2008