Gender

Male

Location

Lower Hutt

Suburb

Wainuiomata

Post / Zip Code

5014

I am a...

Gardener

I can offer

Gardening advice, Food from my garden

Food Growing Skill Level

Confident

Experience and Qualifications

Lots of years in the garden

I am interested in...

Selling Local Grown Food, Bartering Local Food, Community Gardens, Helping Others

Tell us about your garden and what you're growing

Normal sized quarter acre section, back garden with raised beds built from stone blocks already installed when I moved here in 2012. There were five fruit trees. I removed two, the other three were in poor condition but with pruning and feeding now much better. Yields increase every year. Bit surprised, haven’t done much trees before, but obviously a little care goes a long way. Also planted new trees: 2 hazels, 4 apples/pears, plum, elder, feijoa, grape, grapefruit, lemon. Could do with some help/advice on the citrus as not doing well – climate, too much rain? Vegetables: carrot, garlic, lettuce, lots of herbs, lots of tomatoes, brown onion, Egyptian Walking Onions – please see the Egyptian Walking Onions photograph for more info, thanks. Have been involved on and off in trying (mainly unsuccessfully) to get people growing their own food here in Wainuiomata and Lower Hutt, with various groups, including Hutt council, since I moved here in 2012. I'm too old for manual labour, but can offer help, advice, seedlings, etc. Have various surpluses from time to time.