"We don't recommend planting more than 5 percent of any one species," Ms. Bassuk said.

Unloading the trees from the plane, the local scientist Dr. Beecham recommends planting them in local soil to ensure they survive.

The erstwhile Forest Research Institute (now Scion) recommends planting fast-growing high quality timber species such as puriri as special purpose species, particularly in view of the rising cost of importing these and the scarcity of native timber.

What is the latest date you would recommend planting the divisions in the new garden?

The Southern Railways have been very supportive of the program and various state governments recommend planting these plants in unused areas through aid from the government sectors.

When renewing scorched slopes, they recommend planting deep-rooted plants to check erosion.

Tom also recommends planting some plants in ponds with algal blooms, as the watercress will take out the nutrients - but don't eat this!

Whether you start with seeds or roots, I recommend planting one of the recently developed all-male varieties, like Jersey Giant or Jersey Prince, which make growing asparagus even easier than in the past.

Mr. Welsh recommends planting the seeds in a sunny spot, spacing rows about 16 inches apart.

Rather than recommending a specific tree, I recommend planting only after thinking.