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  Koanga Institute February 17, 2016 at 1:04am

  Hi There, we're currently giving away 3 copies of this book to people who sign up to our receive our monthly newsletter. These will be given away by the end of March so sign up now for your chance to get your hands on some good quality reading. 

  Food Sovereignty, Food Security - Edited by Vandana Shiva

  A bit about us here at the Koanga Institute. We hold NZ's largest collection or organic, heritage seeds. Unlike those big industrial seed companies - we grow out our seeds here in the Hawke's Bay so they are adapted to NZ soils and climate. We grow specifically for home gardeners so we select based on taste, nutritional value, a long cropping season and pest resistant using organic gardening methods. Many industrial seeds are only pest resistant if you use their chemical sprays etc. We also hold an amazing fruit tree collection, run an urban garden research project, potato trials and get involved in other research projects to share our learnings with NZ home gardeners. Please checkout our website and we'd love to get to know how we can help you on your own gardening journey's.
  
  

  Koanga Institute Website
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  Kali December 28, 2012 at 4:11am

  Been reading and thoroughly enjoying 'the History of New Zealand Gardening' by Bee Dawson. Has really interesting photos and is a chronicle of the evolution of gardening in this country from pre-european Maori to the early settlers and into the 20th century. The sections on the introduction of pests and weeds, whether inadvertent or deliberate were particularly interesting. Recommended.
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  Robyn Wolfe August 27, 2011 at 9:01am

  Earl, may I have your physical address so that I can send the seeds?????
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  Oakdale Organics October 7, 2010 at 11:02am

  So much knowledge is awaiting in an unknown stash of text.
  Thanks for the vision to put this group together Earl and we look forward to contributing.
  TEG
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  Jay Robinson July 31, 2010 at 12:37am

  I can recommend How to Grow more Vegetables on Less Land than You can Imagine, by Jon Jeavens. It is now in something like its 10th edition, and is something of a bible for biointensive mini-farming: less land, less water, less petro-input, more food.
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  Kali December 23, 2009 at 8:27am

  On a similar vein to the seedsavers handbook is Seed to Seed by suzanne Ashworth, the U S equivalent I suppose, just picked up a copy on trademe this week, lots of good infromation for seed saving. Seed savers handbook is on trademe too at the moment, for $60 new.
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  Iona Bayley December 2, 2009 at 12:56pm

  Would anyone in New Zealand be interested in a book swap?
  
  I have just started a horticulture course and one of the text books supplied is a duplicate of one I already have in my collection at home. Royal Horticultural Society Organic Gardening......
  
  http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Home_Garden/Gardening/General/97818...
  
  I have the soft cover 2006 reprint. It is new and unused...arrived today.
  I am interersted in swapping for a good condition, up to date book about either NZ weeds, or some sort of introductory book about beekeeping.
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  Marcia Ann Meehan November 17, 2009 at 12:53am

  I have a rather large collection of gardening and bee books and a certain weakness for buying them ! My fav gardening books would have to be on NZ natives and anything historical, eg plant hunting in the early days.
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  Justine September 7, 2009 at 9:39pm

  Hi Earl, I found this on the web and it may be of some use to you....
  http://www.seedsavers.net/handbook
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  Bob Ewing June 21, 2009 at 11:49pm

  Have just finished reading the 2nd Edition of Toby Hemenway's Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture. the added materail on urban permaculture is quite useful. I live in town on a farily small lot.