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Black plastic.

So, Paekakariki growers, I come to you for ideas... what are your theories on black plastic and kikuyu grass? I've made a couple of raised beds about a foot above the ground with bricks, and had filled one with a mix of compost and topsoil before a n

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Aged chicken manure

Hi all,

 

At Hannah's composting workshop a few weeks ago we got to talking about the aged chicken manure she was using. Apparently it's great and the local vege shop used to sell it but doesn't now. Anyway, I rang up the suppliers, Valley View Farm,

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September gathering

Hi Paekakariki Growers,


It feels like Spring is well and truly here. 
A few of us were at Hannah's today for a composting workshop which was excellent! -thanks Hannah! ...and we also talked about setting a date for the next PG's meeting.

It'd be grea

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Want to order fruit trees?

Hi. Edible Garden have their Autumn catalogue out now. Does anyone want to put in a group order and share freight costs?

 

We are setting up a date with Kath Irvine to talk fruit trees and what grows well locally, but this will be late June and some

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Pipfruit tree pruning

Hi all,

 

Hannah has kindly agreed to show us what she knows about pruning apple and pear trees. It is getting late to be doing this, so if you have some trees that need a prune, let us know and we can do this ASAP.

 

Cheers,

Stacey

 

 

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EM and Bokashi Buckets

Hi all,


I'm putting together an order for EM and Bokashi Buckets.
From memory, the bottles of EM cost $15 and the buckets $40.
So far I have 3 buckets and 2 bottles of EM to order. 
Dave needs a minimum of 9 buckets per order so this can go ahead if

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Next gathering: 25 July, 2pm

Hi all,

 

Flo has kindly agreed to host us for tea and whatever on the afternoon of Sunday 25 July. Thught it would be a good time to talk about what grows well round here for spring and summer. Bring any seed catalogues you have if you want and we c

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Pipfruit Pruning Workshop

The bad news is that Kath Irvine has resigned as KCDC's Green Gardener, so no workshop there. But the good news is that Levin Soil and Health (branch of Organic NZ) have a pipfruit (apples, pears) pruning workshop with Tree Crops Association at 10.30

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Planting Calendar

Folks!  If you have good seasonal or luner planting (or any garden timing related) tips, please go ahead and post them in this thread. (That is, sign in and add a reply, or if you just want to be notified when people post a new tip, click 'follow' on

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Paekakariki--Wgtn carpool?

Hi there,

I've recently started working in Paekakariki (paradise!) for the Hikurangi foundation.
We have a wee office in Tilley Road and are keen to start growing veges etc on the plot of land beside the office, so I'm looking forward to chatting on oo

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Resource list

Here's a list of the websites and books that were mentioned at the gathering. There's all kinds here - lunar calendars, garden calendars, weekly newsletters, freecycling, skills exchanges, fruit tree stockists, seed sellers....

 

Feel free to tell me

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