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Jacob Verbeek commented on Jacob Verbeek's photo
Raised bed close up
"Thanks! No, they're not lined actually. In spring the self-seeding nasturtiums pop up and tend to hang over the edges suppressing the weeds, I guess."
Bridge Scully replied to Jessica Lunsford's discussion Kombucha Jar in the group Weston A Price"Hi Jessica, I got all my big kombucha jars from a local cafe. Many cafes have them with bulk gherkins etc in them and will gladly give them away. They are just over 2litres and I have 4 of them them. We brew up 4litres at a time so that the brew is…"
Jessica Lunsford added a discussion to the group Weston A Price
Kombucha Jar
Hi everyone,Does anyone know where to get a 3-5 ltr kombucha jar in Christchurch?See More
Ian Morton commented on Ian Morton's blog post If your garden is lacking buzz, there are things you can do to revive pollinators, writes Steve Wratten - Professor of Ecology at Lincoln University."Check out this Bee Banquet Seed... from Green Urban Living
The bees will love you. Plant their breakfast, lunch and dinner in your backyard, around your roses, on the council verge, at your school or Kindy, council roundabout or in…"
Hanna commented on Ian Morton's blog post If your garden is lacking buzz, there are things you can do to revive pollinators, writes Steve Wratten - Professor of Ecology at Lincoln University."Just a laypersons comments: we don't get a lot of bees, but they seem to adore the herbs, especially the oregano and summer savoury. We do have lots of bumblies, but they don't seem to be as choosy. They do love phacelia, sage and the big,…"
katie pi commented on Suburban Micro Food Forest's blog post Tagasaste seeding"I had good success growing these for my propagation class...
Wait till they are black and pretty dry (around Jan/Feb). Boiling water soak overnight, discard any that float (they may have been eaten by a little black beetle and therefore no longer…"
Kirsten Fathers commented on Tony Phillips's group Lucinda Place Community Orchard"Check out this documentry made about our orchard & a range of awesome people doing great growing things around the country..
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabcnp_GAfnjan85AMa5itw?feature=watch"
Wende Jowsey added a discussion to the group North Shore NZ
Cedar Centre Community Garden Beach Haven
Cedar Centre Community Garden- needs 2-3 enthusiastic, committed volunteers to be part of our garden.Have fun fun growing your own food and help us feed our community. Experience preferred but not essentialPlease contact Wende 027-2563010See More
Tihei Mauri Ora commented on Jacob Verbeek's photoRaised bed close up
"Great looking beds but you must have lined them with something or the weeds would grow through, at least at our place it would, we have kaikohe everywhere"
Tihei Mauri Ora joined Janet Luke's group
Poultry in Urbania
A group all about how to keep poultry including chickens, bantams,geese and ducks. Help with problems or questions and to brag about your special feathered friends.See More
Tihei Mauri Ora replied to Susie's discussion Local Organic Chicken Feed in the group Poultry in Urbania"Just want to say thank you to all of you who have contributed to this valuable discussion about where to source organic, non GE chook feed, really appreciated reading your thoughts and advice, hoping the Frenz product is GE free - I did a…"
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Building community like a forest
The first New Zealand Food Forest Hui, held in Auckland last week was a high energy and over-subscribed event (we had sold out and had people in a waiting list). Here are some of the highlights and outcomes. If you missed it, stay in touch, there’s sure to be another!…
ContinuePosted by James Samuel on October 5, 2013 at 8:44am
Ooooby Stackable Fruit and Vegetable Crates By Creative Woodcraft
Check out these Ooooby Stackable Fruit and Vegetable Crates by creative woodcraft
These modular storage containers are very practical they can be easily stacked to save some space. They feature slatted sides that let air circulate and keep your Ooooby box…
ContinuePosted by Ian Morton on August 14, 2013 at 3:13pm — 3 Comments
POD Gardening
Subscribe to POD in May and receive two free packets of seed (whilst stocks last).
To qualify for a packet of 'Silverbeet Fordhook Giant' and 'Lettuce Gourmet Salad Blend' simply enter Ooooby as your last name when you subscribe to POD during May. POD will arrange to get seeds to you at the end of the month. …
Posted by Pete Russell on April 30, 2013 at 7:00pm
Shade worshippers
Chooks evolved from forest dwellers so mine have spent most of the day hiding from the sun under the passionfruit vine. If you want to free range your chooks make sure theyve got shade. This may explain why the commercial 'free range' egg producers birds kept going inside when all they had was an open grass…
Posted by Suburban Micro Food Forest on April 29, 2013 at 1:00pm
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