"HI there , sorry not to get back to you sooner - I crush a clove slightly so it releases the juice and put it in the water. My hens seem to eat all sorts of things you think they shouldn't to no apparent harm. Such as rhubarb leaves, they seek…"
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Kristen Morse left a comment for Cassandra Lewis"Hi There - Happy to share knowledge....yours and mine :-) - Kristen"
Cassandra Lewis joined Tony Lucas's group
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For those who have something they would like to give away and for those looking for something that might be lying round someones garage. KEEP IT FOOD/GARDEN RELATED PLEASE.It may in some cases incur postage thats up to you. Offers of swaps are ok.See More
Jenny Freewalker left a comment for Cassandra Lewis"Hi Cas, yes it will be good to not have to wear gumboots all the time to go outside in the puggy clay. l here you are doing accounting papers which must be keeping you busy. l am doing a horticulture certificate at the moment. lt is a free one run…"
Kama Burwell left a comment for Cassandra Lewis"Hi Cassandra,
The stall in Inglewood went really well ! Some elderly gardeners turned up with shopping bags full of scrummy cucumbers and other late summer treats. We sold about $140 worth of food, from about 8 different gardeners. We were quite…"
Cassandra Lewis 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
Cassandra Lewis left a comment for Kama Burwell"Hi Kama
Sorry, I haven't been on Ooooby for quite some time..... and have only just seen your message. How did you go in Inglewood? I don't have much produce over winter, and are now just rearranging the garden, and creating some raised…"
Kama Burwell left a comment for Cassandra Lewis"Hi Cassandra,
We are launching an Ooooby Stall in Inglewood this Thursday as part of the ReGeneration Tour.
For details see www.environaki.co.nz.
If you are passing in the vicinity, we would love to get some produce from you to sell !
Nga mihi, Kama"
Jenny Freewalker left a comment for Cassandra Lewis"Hi Cas, quite an impressive garden you have there. Glad to see that you and Rob are friends. l was down in New Plymouth last November and what lovely soil you have down that way. lt is much harder work up here with the clay soil. Mum keeps me in the…"
Cassandra Lewis replied to Vicki Hill's discussion My mystery bugs - how to get rid of them?! in the group Organic Gardening For Beginners"Really, are praying mantis good to have? I saw one the other day, but they are my most feared bug, especially since I have seen flying ones...... they once followed me round a trip up North...... but I guess if they ar good bugs, i'll be kind!"
Profile Information
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- Ohawe Beach, Hawera
- Post / Zip Code
- 4671
- I can offer
- Gardening & yard labour, Garden watering, Garden sitting, Poultry sitting, to be a gardening buddy, Preserving
- Food Growing Skill Level
- Moderate
- Experience and Qualifications
- Lots of years in the garden
- I am interested in...
- Buying Local Food, Bartering Local Food, Community Gardens, Learning, Preserving, Helping Others, Seed Savers, Gardening on others Land
- Tell us about your garden and what you're growing
- Created a new vegie garden, in a extra sunny spot, which is flourishing, and have used the old vegie patch to house 5 chickens, they make the best pets ever!!!!
Still have a lovely herb garden, and the biggest swan plants ever, donated caterpillars to friends this year as we had many to spare!! Getting into some flowers this year, hubby has bought two roses to pretty the place up....!!
Comment Wall (8 comments)
- At 4:26pm on January 9, 2011, Kristen Morse said…
- HI there , sorry not to get back to you sooner - I crush a clove slightly so it releases the juice and put it in the water. My hens seem to eat all sorts of things you think they shouldn't to no apparent harm. Such as rhubarb leaves, they seek it out so I had to move the rhubarb plant, and potato leaves. They leave the unpalatable stuff alone generally but we have a townie backyard which although big has not got the wild stuff growing that a farm may have. Check any good poultry book and it should give some toxic plants to avoid. Good Luck.
- At 2:59pm on December 31, 2010, Kristen Morse said…
- Hi There - Happy to share knowledge....yours and mine :-) - Kristen
- At 6:35am on July 27, 2010, Jenny Freewalker said…
- Hi Cas, yes it will be good to not have to wear gumboots all the time to go outside in the puggy clay. l here you are doing accounting papers which must be keeping you busy. l am doing a horticulture certificate at the moment. lt is a free one run through the Open Polytech but done from Auckland. lt is really interesting and l am learning heaps of basic stuff that give the reason for why we do or don't do certain things, take care
- At 9:51pm on July 26, 2010, Kama Burwell said…
- Hi Cassandra,
The stall in Inglewood went really well ! Some elderly gardeners turned up with shopping bags full of scrummy cucumbers and other late summer treats. We sold about $140 worth of food, from about 8 different gardeners. We were quite happy with it, for a first try. We are thinking about a monthly stall, but haven't gotten around to firming anything up yet.
Do you know Maakere Edwards down in Hawera ? She is keen to get stuff happening down there. I'll ask her to join Oooby and be your Ooooby friend.
Keep warm, Kama
- At 1:46pm on March 23, 2010, Kama Burwell said…
- Hi Cassandra,
We are launching an Ooooby Stall in Inglewood this Thursday as part of the ReGeneration Tour.
For details see www.environaki.co.nz.
If you are passing in the vicinity, we would love to get some produce from you to sell !
Nga mihi, Kama
- At 8:00am on March 2, 2010, Jenny Freewalker said…
- Hi Cas, quite an impressive garden you have there. Glad to see that you and Rob are friends. l was down in New Plymouth last November and what lovely soil you have down that way. lt is much harder work up here with the clay soil. Mum keeps me in the play about your 3 lovely boys. Take care Jenny
- At 9:56am on February 13, 2010,
Rob Lewis said… - Apparently you are my friend!!!
- At 2:39pm on February 8, 2010,
Vicki Hill said… - Hey, hey, hey! Glad to see you found ooooby :) I've already picked up lots of tips and just found out that tyres don't leach toxins into the soil so I'll be setting all our tyres up for potato planting later. Just finished our new raised beds ... 7 in total! I 'cheated' and saved all my pennies to buy in proper soil and mulch but it will pay itself off in the end (I hope!). Will keep me busy, that's for sure. I mustn't have realised you had borage - I've been trying to grow it from cuttings but it's just not working for me! I think the greenhouse was too hot ...
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