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Rex Morris commented on Denise's group What To Do Today?"Well the rain has been and gone -we got about 60mls. Sorry for all those folks who received a lambasting from the cyclone as it passed through. But we are still having the hot muggy weather which surprises me. The wind lashed the garden heavilly -…"
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Kay Baxter and the crew from the Koanga Institute will be touring the country through May - July raising funds to save their land and save NZ's heritage seeds. Kay, co-founder of Koanga Institute, world-renowned expert in seed-saving and permaculture gardening will be doing two inspiring talks in one session, her first talk will be ‘Seeds, Humans and the Process of Co-evolution… a regenerative way forward’ and in the second Kay will share her journey around…
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Cally Brown left a comment for Tiaki Coates"Hi there :) Yes I am still making milk kefir, and it has been growing - except I just today gave away my surplus! However, I should have more to give away in a week or so, so will let you know. I can always put it on the compost heap or feed it to…"
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World's First Crowd-Grown Feast
Official photos from the Crowd-Grown Feast held in Silo6 at Wynyard Quarter on Friday 11 April 2014. The feast was a collaboration between Enspiral, Urban Pantry and Popdining Auckland. Photo Credits to C Alex de Freitas Big thanks to our sponsors Enspiral, Peter Yealands Wines, Waterfront Auckland, Insphire Hire,…
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DRIVER NEEDED! Know anyone with a refrigerated van interested in delivering Ooooby Boxes on Tuesday afternoons? Comment below or email hello@ooooby.com
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Eat anything you like, just cook it at home.
How Cooking Can Change Your Life - Michael Pollan
Renowned activist and author Michael Pollan argues that cooking is one of the simplest and most important steps people can take to improve their family's hea...
Rex Morris commented on Denise's group What To Do Today?"I think we are in the last couple of days of this indian summer - has been great but I am ready to move on and the winter vege are are all coming on great. Just planted the second lot and getting space ready for the third - we will have a continuous…"
Ooooby via FacebookOoooby Relief Box Packers needed! If you have a spare couple of hours on a Tuesday morning, have great attention to detail and want to be up close and personal with local produce - come box packing with us! Right now we're looking for relievers who don't mind short-notice. We are based in Mt Wellington, start at 6:45am and finish around 11:30am. You can be paid in Roobys or by the hour. If you are interested please get in touch with Lisa: supply@ooooby.com
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Green Urban Living Autumn Challenge
March 1, 2014 at 6am to May 24, 2014 at 7pm – New Zealand
Free to enter and fun to do! The aim of the Green Urban Living Autumn Challenge is to create a personalised green revolution for every person. The Challenge will help us all find and provide a range…
Organized by Janet Luke | Type: online, challenge
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Food security news
I produce a facebook blog posting news articles on global food security issues. Feel free to post any articles you come across that are specific to the topic and properly researched.
https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Food-Security-News/199771066772925
Posted by Suburban Micro Food Forest on April 5, 2014 at 10:24pm
Permaculture lifestyle block
In order to fund our planned move to a potential permaculture block I am back selling real estate on Auckland's north shore. I did this job back in the 90's in Epsom/Remuera. If you have a question about the market or would like to know what your property might be worth, email me james.westaway@raywhite.com
Sorry for the commercial, but it's for a good cause :-)
Posted by Suburban Micro Food Forest on April 5, 2014 at 10:16pm
Endless summer
Another long dry summer. A mowing contractor is adding regular loads of grass clippings. Kali's heirloom tomatoes have been fantastic - we can't keep up with them. Interestingly they have very thick skins and the birds have left them alone. We peel them by dropping them in boiling water for 10 seconds. Had loads of acid free with basil and various dressings and buckets of the deepest red tomato soup we've ever seen. Thanks Kali! A local I met has saved me a black variety. My corn all dried…
ContinuePosted by Suburban Micro Food Forest on April 5, 2014 at 10:09pm
Homemade Greek Yogurt (Cream Cheese)
Have you ever thought about how companies make normal, store-bought cream cheese?
Na, I don’t think about it either.
I’d rather make my own awesome, home-made cream cheese!
It is super, super, super easy.
There are just two steps. That’s right, folks. TWO STEPS. Heck, you can either say it’s just one step.
1. STEP ONE
To make home-made cream cheese you just transfer a container (about 1 kg) of PLAIN yogurt into a…
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