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Yvonne Symons Trials and Tribulations of a Newbie

January 2009 saw my partner and I digging up the back lawn in prepartation for a small vegetable garden. I have never been a gardener ha haha. Now the garden has been extended twice in the last 3 months and I am still wondering where I am going to put everything. Most of the garden is now planted and wouldn't you know it we may not be here long enough to harvest all of the garden and fruit this year. So I am putting some of the extra seedling into pots just in case. Even though its just the two… Continue

Added by Yvonne Symons on November 28, 2009 at 10:43am — No Comments

Lynn Friday

I've spent some time relieving the large tomato plants of some of their leaves, partially so that the goodness in the soil can go into the fruit, partly because it was difficult to walk the path for the jungle! The bolted celery is nearly all picked, and same with the celeriac, so I'll soon have another 5 squares to plant into YAY! I said I wasn't going to grow brassicas, but this week I planted 4 broccoli seedlings...I'll see how it goes. There's little weeding to do in my almost self-care gard… Continue

Added by Lynn on November 27, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Mark Fowler A bit of nostalgia - "Bill & Ben The Flower Pot Men"

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Added by Mark Fowler on November 27, 2009 at 4:08pm — No Comments

Denise Another interesting series of articles - climate change focused but related to food...

Lancet series on public health impacts of climate change mitigation policies The medical journal, The Lancet, has published a special issue which looks at the health impacts of climate change mitigation policies in four areas: agriculture; transport; the built environment; and electricity generation. Just to clarify – the question the series papers seek to address is not ‘what would the health impacts be if greenhouse gas emissions were reduced in general?’ BUT on ‘what health impacts would ari… Continue

Added by Denise on November 27, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Mark Fowler Window Farms Give Growing Power to Manhattanites

Window Farms Give Growing Power to Manhattanites November 24, 2009 7:50am… Continue

Added by Mark Fowler on November 26, 2009 at 2:33pm — No Comments

laura cornelius The Island Farmers Market

GROWERS & PRODUCERS WANTED for THE ISLAND FARMERS MARKET @ No. 7 Belgium St every Sunday 10 – 2pm starting December 13th BY PARTICIPATING YOU WILL BENEFIT FROM : - member of Farmers Market New Zealand Inc - stall fees $12 - $20 ( FREE for community groups up to 3 x per year) - water, power & cool storage by arrangement ($5 each per day) - eftpos for customers - introductory workshop to help with sales pitch, presentation and hygiene - FMNZ handbook for stallholders - national & loc… Continue

Added by laura cornelius on November 26, 2009 at 9:50am — No Comments

Federica Pozzi OOOOBY: A MODEL OF ALTERNATIVE FOOD NETWORK - Federica Pozzi thesis

Federica Pozzi University of Gastronomic Science, Italy Master in Food, Culture and Communication October 2009 INDEX Introduction 3 Alternative food networks in Ireland 4 What is O.O.O.O.B.Y.? 8 O.O.O.O.B.Y. and Carraig Dulra: the Irish experiment 11 Conclusion 17 Introduction This study is a rep… Continue

Added by Federica Pozzi on November 26, 2009 at 4:48am — 1 Comment

David Bell Raised gardens

A comment on the dimensions of raised gardens. I have found that a height of 25cm (10 inches) gives plenty of depth for almost any plants, and is deep enough to stop serious drying out. Since birds are often a problem I make mine the size of half a roll of wire netting. The mesh is 5 metres long (16'5")) by 3 feet wide (910mm). Brads in the top of the boards make a simple clip-on fit. Continue

Added by David Bell on November 24, 2009 at 3:33pm — No Comments

Pete Russell Poppy's Special Paper Bags

We have a very generous young lady who has come to the Ooooby Stall twice with a big bunch of… Continue

Added by Pete Russell on November 24, 2009 at 12:26pm — 2 Comments

Pete Russell Do kids love DIY greens?

Source: The Aucklander Does growing their own vegetables encourage children to eat more greens? It's a riddle a curious Auckland University dietician is determined to solve, writes Valerie Schuler. Emelda Braun and Annie Wu smile enthusiastically as… Continue

Added by Pete Russell on November 24, 2009 at 12:16pm — No Comments

Lyn Williams A little patch of heaven...........in process

This is my first attempt [ever] at writing a "blog". I have heard the term so many times but dismissed it as something other folk do to while away the time!! Well then I must have time on my hands after all the planting I have done in recent weeks. I am betwixt and between homes having migrated to NZ and moved into a rental property just a few weeks ago. I have adopted a very small patch of newly cleared earth - just 6 x 4 feet - and bought some hefty planters to allow the chance of fulfilling… Continue

Added by Lyn Williams on November 23, 2009 at 7:00pm — 3 Comments

Pete Russell The great global land grab

Source: Red Pepper The global food crisis has prompted various rich countries to start buying up land in the poorer world to secure their food supplies. As well as affecting domestic food supplies in the countries affected, S… Continue

Added by Pete Russell on November 23, 2009 at 9:11am — 1 Comment

Anna Collings & Rich Beniston Waiheke Community Supported Agriculture (Waiheke CSA) website updated.

The Waiheke Community Supported Agriculture (Waiheke CSA) website has been updated with more info and images from the recent planting day. If you've not subscribed and think you might be interested in getting food T… Continue

Added by Anna Collings & Rich Beniston on November 22, 2009 at 3:22pm — No Comments

Robyn Wolfe Well met at the bottom of the garden!

I have just had the pleasure of meeting my first 'Ooooby.' Daniel and his family came from Putaruru to meet us. Lovely! Have planted more red onions - Italian ones this time, planted out more Giant Chicory, Apache lettuce and Italian cos lettuce. Fennel to prick out as well as some more kale. Nice weather - fine misty rain at times - and warm. Continue

Added by Robyn Wolfe on November 21, 2009 at 2:34pm — 1 Comment

Giulio Sturla Grey Lynn Farmers Market

Hey All! Just a reminder for this weekends market. Bring your homegrown goodies to the stall preferably between 6:30- 8:00 am on Sunday. If you are unable to make it on Sunday you can always contact me to drop off your items today at our house in Freeman's Bay. Looking forward to meeting all of you lovely growers! Christy and Giulio 021 120 8083 Continue

Added by Giulio Sturla on November 21, 2009 at 2:11pm — No Comments

myrrisa frederick-hopkinson looking for US states

looking to meet people in states around MI, so that i can some day trade with them. winter is hard here. Continue

Added by myrrisa frederick-hopkinson on November 21, 2009 at 7:02am — No Comments

Lynn Long time, no post!

Oops...been a couple of weeks and I keep forgetting to come here. Most of my posts go into the 'What are you doing' thread! hehe So, in the past couple of weeks I have done a lot in the garden, taken a lot from the garden, and replaced quite a bit in the garden. Been a busy time, and it's not summer yet! The garden is just so prolific, it's hard to recognise that it was only built less than 3 months ago! Lots of mesclun come and gone and replaced. Celery is bolting at the moment and will be out… Continue

Added by Lynn on November 21, 2009 at 6:54am — No Comments

Sarah Bennett Today's strawberry harvest

A photo of today's harvest from the strawberry patch. Yum!

At the moment I harvest about this much each day and have fresh strawberries for breakfast most mornings. Continue

Added by Sarah Bennett on November 19, 2009 at 8:44pm — No Comments

Michelle Malott The Sun Food Agenda

I recently came across a presentation from PopTech on the Sun Food Agenda. Now if a Pop Culture and Technology conference is talking about the importance of transforming a centralized food system into a localised, even regionalised food system...there is something going on here. What each of us grows Out of Our Own Back Yard adds to the tiny raindrops feeding the big wave of hope we need to make meaningful change in our community and world. I hope you enjoy the video and it inspires you as much… Continue

Added by Michelle Malott on November 19, 2009 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Pete Russell Ooooby Model in a Paper Bag

Lately I have been approached by a few people who would like to start an Ooooby Project and would therefore like to understand the Ooooby Enterprise Model. So here goes...

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Added by Pete Russell on November 18, 2009 at 10:00pm — 6 Comments

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Trials and Tribulations of a Newbie

January 2009 saw my partner and I digging up the back lawn in prepartation for a small vegetable garden. I have never been a gardener ha haha. Now the garden has been extended twice in the last 3 months and I am still wondering where I am going to put everything. Most of the garden is now planted and wouldn't you know it we may not be here long enough to harvest all of the garden and fruit this year. So I am putting some of the extra seedling into pots just in case.

Even though its just the two…

Friday

I've spent some time relieving the large tomato plants of some of their leaves, partially so that the goodness in the soil can go into the fruit, partly because it was difficult to walk the path for the jungle! The bolted celery is nearly all picked, and same with the celeriac, so I'll soon have another 5 squares to plant into YAY! I said I wasn't going to grow brassicas, but this week I planted 4 broccoli seedlings...I'll see how it goes. There's little weeding to do in my almost self-care gard…

A bit of nostalgia - "Bill & Ben The Flower Pot Men"

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