Ooooby Market Stall


WE WILL BUY FOOD FROM YOUR GARDEN!

Bring it to us at:
510 Richmond Road, Grey Lynn from 8am on Sundays (except last Sunday of the month)
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Ooooby Stall sells fruit & veg lovingly grown in local neighbourhood gardens.

With avid gardeners being the main contributors, the quality of produce is typically higher than most yet the prices are still good.

Bring any produce you can from your garden and we'll display it for sale.


Not from around Auckland? Why not start an Ooooby Stall in your area? More info...

Photo courtesy of foodstyle.co.nz

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Pete Russell

Eating Locally, Thinking Globally


The New York Times have kindly published letters to the editor

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Posted by Pete Russell on September 2, 2010 at 9:00am

Pete Russell

Drink Pee Drink Pee Urine Fertilisers




As a young lad we didn't have a flush toilet, we just had a pan. Dan-the-Pan-Man would turn up at around 3am on Wednesday mornings and sneak past the sleeping dog to collect our weekly deposits.

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Posted by Pete Russell on September 2, 2010 at 10:29am — 4 Comments

Angie Gibbons

FIJI Winter 2010


Stepping out into winter temps of 30 degree heat from the airport at Nadi, Fiji, I now understand why we see so much of their product in NZ.



I was told they can get 3-4 growing seasons out of most veg and tabacco which they seem to be planting al

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Posted by Angie Gibbons on September 1, 2010 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

Dirt Doctor Jacob&Hana

Dirt Doctor founder Jim O'Gorman at Oooobyversity this Thursday!







Jim O’Gorman, founder of the sustainable gardening organisation Dirt Doctor and one of the 10 visionary kiwis featured in documentary film 'Earth Whisperers', will be the

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Posted by Dirt Doctor Jacob&Hana on September 1, 2010 at 10:29am

Pete Russell

Rooftop Farming




Rooftop farms are happening everywhere. Emily Harris from Urban Pantry is organising a similar project here in Auckland. If anyone is interested in supporting Emily in building a farm like this please get in touch with her here.



Rooftops may also be an ideal place to practice
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Posted by Pete Russell on September 1, 2010 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

James Samuel

Little house on the parkway

Meet a family who achieved what most people would think impossible in a big city. On less than 4,000 square feet of land in the heart of Pasadena, California, the Dervaes family gets all the food they need from their own backyard. This family of farmers grows 400 varieties of vegetables, fruits, greens and edible flowers and also raises their own livestock.







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Posted by James Samuel on August 30, 2010 at 12:22pm — 1 Comment

Dirt Doctor Jacob&Hana

10 Reasons to Love Your Weeds

Rather than fixating on eliminating weeds from your garden altogether, why not look at the ways that a controlled use of weeds can benefit your garden!




The following list is put together with information from the following books: "Weeds: Guardians of Our Soil"
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Posted by Dirt Doctor Jacob&Hana on August 17, 2010 at 8:00pm — 11 Comments

Pete Russell

22.4% Increase in Food Related Energy Use in just 5 years




With modern technology being the saviour of our food supply as our population demands more food, we are also seeing an increase in the amount of energy used for each unit of food produced. Only with continued cheap energy

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Posted by Pete Russell on August 26, 2010 at 6:19pm — 3 Comments

Christy Martin

Auckland Ooooby-versity featuring Earth Whisperers





This Thursday we will be showing "Earth Whisperers" as an introduction for our guest speaker Jim O' Gorman. Jim is the founder of Dirt Doctor and features in the film. He will be sp
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Posted by Christy Martin on August 24, 2010 at 8:30pm

James Samuel

Big-City Bees Healthier, More Productive




While their country cousins' populations

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Posted by James Samuel on August 24, 2010 at 7:30am — 2 Comments

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Margaret, I'm going to post this photo for you here also. Inspiration is so wonderful to work from!
11 minutes ago
I've seen some gutters set-up so they can be watered starting at the top with tubing connected to move the water to the lover gutters, thus saving water.
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Hi Margaret, sure glad this idea took your fancy. I also think that a key hole garden bed can be made using more simpler materials that are easier to manipulate, like garden states and chicken wire instead of having to stack rocks. That would also m…
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I am going to have to try the folgers can verticle on a fence. I have made wall pockets out of tin cans before just to keep stuff in but had not thought to plant them. Hmmm... you make my brain spin in happy dances. The tooth brush fence doesn't mak…
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I have a friend who follows several of the sustainable/permaculture theories that have to do with gardening. She had a herb spiral that was watered by her rain chain! I saw the keyhole gardens and that seems to be something that might be combined so…
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I have in the past had a garden raised on a wooden tray and saw horses to use when I was not doing well. I could tend it in the wheelchair. I am a big fan of not needing to bend over. I use a bench when I am gardening so I don't tire myself as much.…
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I have seen cress grown in a similar fashion in a hydroponic set up... the gutter was along the wall and tipped a bit so the water flowed. This was in an inside under lights garden and it was very lovely on the wall. The lady was selling cress to th…
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First Edition Ooooby T's

$28 each. $18 for kids.
If you want one contact Christy.


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Spring has Sprung

I took advantage of the sunny weather on Wednesday to start on the Spring seeds. so now I have all these containers scattered around the lounge waiting for the seeds to germinate, not as much room as I had in the old house.

So I have planted peppers, chilli, courgettes, tomatoes, I know I have some heirloom seeds somewhere, but can I find them? NO. beetroot, lemon bergamot, echinacea, gerkhins, Tansy, marigolds, nastrituims, basil a few weeks ago.

In the glasshouse has gone meslun mix and some…

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As a young lad we didn't have a flush toilet, we just had a pan. Dan-the-Pan-Man would turn up at around 3am on Wednesday mornings and sneak past the sleeping dog to collect our weekly deposits.

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