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Suburb: Beachlands

Food Growing Skill Level: Moderate

I am interested in...: Swapping Food, Learning, Preserving, Helping Others, Seed Savers

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EGGS

Yay my girls are starting to lay. I think Wilma and Georgia are laying first as they seem to have the largest combs and I saw Georgia in her nest box today. I would like to add a couple of the chickens that lay the pale blue eggs as they are so cool. I would love to have those eggs in my basket on the bench.
Hope you have all had a lovely weekend.

Posted on April 20, 2009 at 9:17pm

Hmmmmmm..... New at this

These are my chooks - Betty, Wilma, Georgie and Izzy. They should lay soon ... Next week ???

The slightly 'overgrown' patch ... bit of work needed

A lone strawberry flower

Our telegraph cucumbers - they are fantastic

Our stupid rabbits - soft and cuddly… Continue

Posted on March 31, 2009 at 9:24am

Snap shot of my garden

These photo's I took while wandering round my garden late yesterday afternoon ...

Posted on March 31, 2009 at 9:18am — 1 Comment

overgrown

Well my garden is going out into serious weeds now that summer is over. The only great crop left is cucumbers - telegraph. They are fantastic. The figs have near enough finished, tomatoes are tasting ucky now ??? dunno why but they are totally past it. I made the last of my basil into pesto and froze in ice cubes for the winter soups, I have bottled and bottled peaches from mums tree, and apples - and have a freezer full of tomatoes that I have run out of jars for.

My chickens should be… Continue

Posted on March 30, 2009 at 12:17pm — 1 Comment

Figs

My large fig tree is starting to burst with ripe fruit that the wax eyes are having a feast on. What is the best way to use up figs? I dont have a dehumidifier but would like dried figs - how do you do it in the oven - any clues. I am also after a ginger beer bug or where do I buy Brewers yeast that is not pasturised - somewhere in Manukau or Howick.

My garden is slowing down now and the corn has finished (although I still got to put a bag of it in the freezer), and most other summer… Continue

Posted on February 24, 2009 at 8:56am

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At 7:48pm on May 27, 2009, Lucy Diver said…: I'm really interested in the idea, the problem is that my family has a dog, who would probably not agree to chickens. But someday, either when the dog dies, or I get my own place, chickens will be de riguer.

At 10:52pm on April 21, 2009, John Howard said…: hey i gess your actually about the same level as me.mine are all called chook apart from #6 (half the reason we had to rescue chickens was because not sure if laying- was a very large life stile plot , lots of hedges etc.)the two things i now know about chickens is that they dont like new chickens added to the existing batch and that they go mad for spam.

At 10:34pm on April 21, 2009, John Howard said…: hi lee
every one else is asking chook questions so i figered one more wont hert.
we rescued 6 chickens, now coming into second season as posibly not laying.just gone threw molting and one - the dominant one has fuller reder comb. is this a stray cock bird coming into maturity or do is this the norm.
thanks .

At 8:15pm on February 23, 2009, Lucy Diver said…: So what's your cage like? And what do you feed them?

At 12:39pm on February 22, 2009, Lucy Diver said…: Hey I saw on the comment you left on the welcome page that you have chooks. Do you find them easy to manage? What sort of section do you have? This is such a great initiative don't you think?

At 7:20am on February 18, 2009, James Samuel said…: PS which event was that, where you heard about Ooooby? Was that the Kelmarna Gardens one?

At 7:19am on February 18, 2009, James Samuel said…: Hi Lee - do have a look at the welcome page if you havent already. The site is new and will grow and evolve quickly in response to our vision and your needs...

... so I am very interested in finding out what are you hoping to get/find/see/learn/do through this online part of Ooooby?

It would be great to see a pic of yourself up here - it really helps. So if you need help getting your photo up here, please sing out. To get you started on that, you can go to "My Page" and on the left hand side you'll see "Change My Photo"