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"Hello Stacey, just came across your entry about tanning rabbit skins. Thanks for the comprehensive write up:) toying with the idea myself but see it's pretty time consuming. Takes me kong enough just skinning one. Be good to see some photos of…"

Sep 17, 2012

Penny Platt Sewell replied to Stacey King's discussion Saving Hybrid Carrot Seed in the group Seed Collecting Q&A

"Hey, I know Tony Mallard in christchurch has been saving his own hybrid carrot seed, and it comes out fertile and mostly true to type, but does need quite intensive roguing. If its only F1, I reckon it would be okay - but I think it would take quite…"

Jul 8, 2012

Lorraine Barnett replied to Stacey King's discussion Saving Hybrid Carrot Seed in the group Seed Collecting Q&A

"You could try asking Koanga Institute and see what they have to say."

Mar 27, 2012

Bridge Scully replied to Stacey King's discussion Saving Hybrid Carrot Seed in the group Seed Collecting Q&A

"Hi Stacey, Its my inderstanding that you cannot save seed from hybrids if you want to grow the plant true to type. There are people that have saved seed from hybrid and over the years selected the ones that look most like the parent and continued to…"

Dec 11, 2011

Stacey King commented on Alexcia Voudouris's blog post Um, Guys. I think this is strangely relevant to us all..

"Oh good ... I was about to put this up myself but I see someone has beaten me to it!! Yup should definitely be of interest to all of us, as if this goes through not only will the whole ooooby thing be illegal, but so will all our seed swapping, and…"

Dec 11, 2011

Stacey King replied to Marty's discussion Curing skins in the group I eat rabbits

"Ok after some experimenting, I have in fact very nicely tanned a rabbit skin using black wattle bark. It is not your thick, puffy professional leather, but it is soft, supple, and leathery, properly tanned right through, has stained the skin a…"

Nov 7, 2011

Stacey King joined Ryan Watt's group

I eat rabbits

Feel free to exchange rabbit recipes within the group and you will never have to buy meat again. Check out a few things you can do with rabbit meat at:www.wildrabbitcookbook.com See More

Nov 7, 2011

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Stacey King commented on Stacey King's blog post Avocados and polination

"Probably should add ... this tree is still small and young and this is its first crop so 50 fruit is more than it sounds ..."

May 6, 2011

Stacey King posted a blog post

Avocados and polination

We have two avocado trees, both hass seedlings. Being from seeds out of hass you would think they would be both the same "type". Of course you need trees of both type A and B to get cross pollination. However we figured maybe there would be a bit of crossover in the middle of the day and we might get a few fruit.However our biggest tree is smothered in fruit. It has a full crop, there is probably more than 50 fruit there. Very odd considering that we have no type B.Anyone know how this…See More

May 6, 2011

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Stacey King added a discussion to the group Seed Collecting Q&A

Saving Hybrid Carrot Seed

We have a few problems here saving carrot seed as we are over run with queen anne's lace and it crosses, but there are a few varieties of carrots that I would like to get seed from, and I have decided to try isolating some heads in bags and hand pollinating to get our own seed.Most of the varieties I'm interested in are heirloom, however there is one "F1" hybrid type that looks good called Purple Haze. (Leastways both places here selling it call it hybrid, although there are a few sites other…See More

Mar 9, 2011

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Stacey King replied to HELEN MACKENZIE's discussion PIDGEON PEA (cajanus cajan) congo pea in the group NZ Ooooby Seedbank

"Out of luck there I'm afraid ... been looking for that myself. It doesn't appear to be in the country. It is listed as permitted for import, as long as the seed is clean etc, but it needs to either have a certificate with it to show it has…"

Mar 9, 2011

Stacey King joined Hester's group

NZ Ooooby Seedbank

A group for those who wish to save heirloom and open pollinated seed and make it availiable to others.List what you have in the appropriate discussion forum or add a new discussion for different seed types.See More

Mar 9, 2011

Stacey King joined Hester's group

Herbs

A group to share knowlege and ideas about growing and using herbs.

Mar 9, 2011

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Stacey King joined Laine's group

Self Sufficiency - The Dream

A lot of people have the dream of a few acres of land and self reliance (as opposed to self -sufficiency, which is a myth!). This group is to draw together the experiences of those living the dream and sharing the lessons learned on the way with those still working towards living on the land.See More

Mar 9, 2011

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Stacey King joined Iona Bayley's group

Vermiculture

This group is for anyone who is interested in worm farming as a means of recycling their waste organic materials.

Mar 9, 2011

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Stacey King joined Isabell Strange's group

Edible New Zealand Natives

To share knowledge of which New Zealand native plants are edible or medicinal, how to use them and how to cultivate them.

Mar 9, 2011

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