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Comment by Adrian Feasey on October 22, 2011 at 3:45pm

Hi Everyone, I am new to Ooooby and am keen to get a food swap going on the north shore. I am working with the good people of kaipatiki project to run the first one on november 19, 9am - 12pm at kaipatiki project at 17 lauderdale rd, birkdale. We will start with fruit, veges, herbs and seedlings. Hope to see you :-)there

Comment by fiona watt on October 21, 2011 at 9:08am

Hi Nick, yes I will come. Did you see in the Meadowood flyer a bit about wanting to know if anyone is interested in a community garden for Unsworth/The Palms.

Comment by Virgil Evetts on October 14, 2011 at 6:13pm

I have a captured swarm from one of my hives, almost free to a good home. 99% sure Queen is on-board too. They are nice placid bees, perfect for suburban settings.

They are currently residing in a cardboard cat carrier box. If you don't mind paying for that ($10) or replacing with same, they're all yours...

FYI these are perfect swarm holders/Nucs

Pick up only, from Devonport

virgilevetts@hotmail.com

Comment by Dee Pigneguy on October 13, 2011 at 6:18pm

I am just saying don't get caught out with their gardener's special!!

Comment by Gary Brown on October 13, 2011 at 5:18pm

Hay is not the same as straw.

Hay is mown grass where straw is a bi-product of wheat or barley harvesting. If there are weeds amongst a straw bale I would hazard a guess that the proportion would be extremely low < 1%.

Barley straw is a fantastic mulch.

I wouldn't have hay anywhere near my property.

And Falloons is a cavern of wonder and is cheaper than most other rural suppliers. For instance a 25 kg bag of lime is the same price as a 5kg bag at the garden center. A few of you could get together and buy some products and split them into amounts you can use . ? .

Just my 2ḉ

Comment by Dee Pigneguy on October 13, 2011 at 7:45am

Miranda,

Just be careful buying hay at Falloons, I got some "lucerne" that was advertised as specially for gardeners and it was absolutely full of weed seeds I ended up burning it!

There is an article about John Pearce in the latest OrganicNZ magazine.

When are you thinking of going to see John's farm?

Comment by fiona watt on October 12, 2011 at 11:17pm

Hi again, Just went to a talk at IE produce in Takapuna.  Speaker JohnPearce who has been biodynamically growing for 31 plus years.  He talked about his animals, how his practices could really help the environment, including the bees, how his dream is to create a sustainable environment, which he has actually done on his 1000 acre farm in the Kaipara.  You can visit there I think and I am definitely going to make a time to go and see what he has created, anyone else interested, you can come up with me, is about an hour plus drive away. Look up www.shellybeachfarms.org

Comment by fiona watt on October 12, 2011 at 10:31pm

Hi Miranda.  You mentioned wanting to buy staw on the shore.  Try RD1 in Albany or Falloons in Kahikatea Flat rd, Dairy Flat.  Good luck.

Comment by Lisa Cliffe on October 12, 2011 at 3:28pm

Hi folks I've just joined Ooooby - North Shore. It's a rain filled day in Beach Haven. Luckly I got some vege seedlings planted out yesterday and a lot of mulching with straw.

I'm still battling with weeds that I didn't keep on top of over winter, so still a big job ahead of me.

 

Comment by fiona watt on October 10, 2011 at 11:25am

Hi guys.  I have a website address you might be interested in about the Wall st sit in, in America, calling for real democracy,
social justice and anti-corruption. .  There is an online petition going around and you can see whats happening in the park at Wall St via live video link, it is amazing.You can sign the petition, now up to over 434,000 worldwide signatures and read and add your own comments.  I think this is the link, not sure about the underscores or whether they are just gaps... http://www/avaaz.org/en/the_world_vs_wall_st/?tta  Fi.

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