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steve william commented on Kai o Te Aro_account's group Kai o Te Aro Community Garden"nah i'm working all weekend, there's about 20 plants all up, all under 30 cm. i can possibly drop them off to the garden on monday, where is it?"
steve william commented on Kai o Te Aro_account's group Kai o Te Aro Community Garden"cool i'm in hataitai, call or text me 0274222776 i will be home tomorrow daytime to suss it if possible"
steve william commented on Kai o Te Aro_account's group Kai o Te Aro Community Garden"hey do you guys want some plants? i'm about to move out of my flat and need to get rid of some. i have a few small fig trees, quince and elderberrys in small pots which have kind of been neglected. could also dig out some cape gooseberrys etc.…"
steve william left a comment for Nikolien van Wijk"hi just wondering if that horse manure is still available? my number is 0274222776 if you could text me?"
steve william commented on Pete Russell's blog post Daryl Hannah Radio Interview on Permaculture Course"is the pyramid/eye thing in the photo intentional?"
steve william left a comment for Nikolien van Wijk"cool i should able to make it next week sometime, i'll get back to you"
Nikolien van Wijk left a comment for steve william"We are just pleased to have some of the manure moved off site - unless you have acess to grapefruit?! But really it's no big deal.... it's all in the pay-it-forwards isn't it? Let me know when is a good time for you - the paddock is…"
steve william left a comment for Nikolien van Wijk"i'd be keen to pick up some manure too, do you want anything in return? i have lots of lettuce and silverbeet seeds"
steve william commented on Alison Stevens's group Wellington NZ"is there much space? i'm looking for somewhere to get a perennial system going, which is kinda hard when i'm flatting"
steve william commented on Alison Stevens's group Wellington NZ"i'd be keen on space to grow a garden in lyall bay, whats the deal???"
steve william commented on Earl Mardle's blog post Market Power is Undermining Our Food Security"yep busy ness as usual"
steve william commented on Earl Mardle's blog post Food security - malfeasance rears its head."yea i've been making it my mission to teach all my friends grow veges and teaching seed saving etc.
there's resistance at first and after a month or so when the veges are cranking it's all smiles!
i think my resilience comes from the…"
steve william commented on Earl Mardle's blog post Food security - malfeasance rears its head."i'm feeling pretty resilient actually, hehe, not quite sure about the rest of my neighbourhood judging by their backyards, i may have to install an electric fence"
steve william commented on SCES's blog post Nurse logs"people freak out when i do that at work. they think logs belong at the tip!
they are a good home for wetas"
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- hataitai
- I can offer
- Gardening & yard labour, Gardening advice, Garden sitting, to be a gardening buddy, Permaculture design, Preserving
- Food Growing Skill Level
- Confident
- Experience and Qualifications
- Lots of years in the garden
- I am interested in...
- Learning, Preserving, Helping Others, Seed Savers, Gardening on others Land
- Tell us about your garden and what you're growing
- building a pond to grow watercress at the moment and a herb garden in its infancy. just finishing up summer crops now
totally taken by some of the permaculture ideas.
i endeavour to eat all my food from the garden which means i'm pretty skinny :)
i'm also a big fan of rudolf steiner and the biodynamic principles, although it seems the real knowledge has died with him, noone really seems to be able to explain the techniques in a more elaborate way than is explained in the original lectures.
which has made the whole technique become shrouded in un-necessary mystery, although i suppose almost anything based on astrology will be laughed at by science.
i'm really keen on practicing some large scale idea's and i do know people with large amounts of land but they are incredibly closed minded and can't seem to be able to understand even the most basic principles. I try but because alot of my ideas aren't found in garden books, i can't be trusted.
i believe the only way forward is to compile good simple information which is universally accepted out into the mainstream so that we can all just get on with it!
i have a garden blog that i've been working on
www.foodgrowsontrees.blogspot.com
i endeavour to eat all my food from the garden which means i'm pretty skinny :)
i'm also a big fan of rudolf steiner and the biodynamic principles, although it seems the real knowledge has died with him, noone really seems to be able to explain the techniques in a more elaborate way than is explained in the original lectures.
which has made the whole technique become shrouded in un-necessary mystery, although i suppose almost anything based on astrology will be laughed at by science.
i'm really keen on practicing some large scale idea's and i do know people with large amounts of land but they are incredibly closed minded and can't seem to be able to understand even the most basic principles. I try but because alot of my ideas aren't found in garden books, i can't be trusted.
i believe the only way forward is to compile good simple information which is universally accepted out into the mainstream so that we can all just get on with it!
i have a garden blog that i've been working on
www.foodgrowsontrees.blogspot.com
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 4:23pm on August 13, 2010, Nikolien van Wijk said…
- We are just pleased to have some of the manure moved off site - unless you have acess to grapefruit?! But really it's no big deal.... it's all in the pay-it-forwards isn't it? Let me know when is a good time for you - the paddock is in Chartwell ( on the way to the WIlton substation) but you need a key to get in - which I have! I can do weekends or during school hours ( between 9.15 and 2.30 - most days) You will need to bring bags ( or I have a few old horse feed bags if you don't have any...) and a small shovel, and gloves - the best system seems to be to have a plastic box ( or if you have and can easily transport it, a wheelbarrow - I don't) which you line with your bag - fill as full as you can ( and still move it) - take it to the car, put the bag in the car, reline the box with a new bag, repeat the process until you have as much as you want/need..... Let me know when suits you, and I can arrange to meet you at the gate and let you in - I will help you fill your bags, or may well be filling some of my own, or feeding horses, depends a bit....there is space to turn your vehicle without it getting stuck, but it is MUDDY, and basically farm-like - gumboots are the BEST footwear - yes, really - especially if it has been raining a bit! there are several options for where to collect - when I know whether, for example, you plan to bring a wheelbarrow, or have a fourwheel drive (or not) we can plan accordingly....Regards, Nikolien
- At 3:25pm on May 26, 2010,
Kali said… - well I was interested in it as a culinary plant, didn't know about its soap making properties, it might even grow around here then, I live by the beach, but I wouldn't recognise it.
- At 9:38pm on May 14, 2010, Kali said…
- Hi Steve, nice of you get in touch about he solasoda seeds, they have lots of different names apparently, Jamie featured it ages ago on his show and I happened upon it on another site, would be good if you can spot it there, is it cultivated or wild?
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