February 2010 Blog Posts (42)

Sumner Bays Union Trust has two community gardens under its umbrella in Christchurch. They are Sumner Community Garden and Redcliffs Community Garden "The Onion Patch". Each garden is different and defined by its physical location. Redcliffs is located on a former children's play area behind the Union Church on Augusta, and the Sumner garden is located beneath a cliff face behind the Anglican Church on Wakefield Avenue. Both have a core group of locals who work on the…

Well we are in Dunedin and I have inherited a glass house, so that is good news. We have parsnips and carrots in the garden with peppers and tomatoes in the glass house. The tomatoes were looking rather sad, but I might get something off them.

Last Tuesday before leaving Hastings I picked a large basket of veges, didn't manage to pick all the tomatoes which was a shame, but I guess I had to leave something for the tenant. We are still eating our way through the basket and the…

Kia ora koutou,

This is a message for Auckland Based OOOBY peeps

I am looking for people who can help a group of whanau who are looking for positive ways to add new skills and tools to their family.

Check out how Permaculture helped to transform this inner city community…

I managed to squeeze in quite a lot of bee time over the weekend. On Saturday I took Alex up to have his first proper look at our bees. I picked up a second hand child's bee suit for him and Melina to wear, and

it does look cute. I also thought a six year old boy would quite like being in charge of the smoker. …

Growing your own veggies is great. But the process can be intimidating and time consuming. That's why it's so important to help newbies learn new skills and meet like-minded, experienced gardeners. Whether it's…

I've started a new blog called 'Island Gardening'. I've been having fun writing about what's producing in my garden at the moment, include the vineyard, berry gardens, subtropical food forest, and bees and ducks. I'm interested in your comments - let me know what you think.…

I've just noticed an interesting British website that may interest Oooobyites.

Incredible Edible Todmorden aims to increase the amount of local food grown and eaten in the town. Businesses, schools, farmers and the community are all involved. Vegetables and fruit are springing up everywhere. Public flower beds are being transformed into community herb gardens and vegetable patches.…

I enjoyed a wonderful day on Waiheke last week with my dear friend Tony Murrell. It was such an energising and uplifting time. This guy really knows his stuff when it comes to gardening. During one of our earlier conversations he harped on the importance of soil when it came to making anything work in the garden. It's all in the…

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