About

Gender

Female


Location

Waikato


Birthday:

August 7


Suburb

Te Aroha


Post / Zip Code

3393


I am a...

Home Farmer


I can offer

to be a gardening buddy, Food from my garden, Preserving, Nothing yet.


Food Growing Skill Level

Moderate


Experience and Qualifications

Lots of years in the garden


I am interested in...

Buying Local Food, Selling Local Grown Food, Bartering Local Food, Community Gardens, Learning, Preserving, Seed Savers


Tell us about your garden and what you're growing

moved 3 weeks ago to a place that needs to be cleared of everything before it can be gardened...so the demo has begun. cant wait to start growing again, but really enjoying the time to dream and then plan.


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  • Megan January 2, 2013 at 10:52am
    hello Cyndi, have sent u a friend request & when you reply, let me know your address & I can send you some bulbils when they're ready, they will take a few seasons to grow into decent sized bulbs so you need to be patient:)
    hopefully, the wet weather won't have ruined my crop - the majority is still in the ground:(
    Softnecks garlics have a pliable stem that you can plait, the hardnecks grow a stalk (scape) with a seed pod(spathe) at the top which contain anywhere between 10-100 bulbils that can be grown like Egyptian onions.
    Hardnecks are exceedingly difficult to plait, if not impossible, when they've dried - the stalks will break. This is a great video on how to plait hardneck garlic before the stems have dried
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2R8McOxz9E4
    this is a great one on how to tie them
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Nea-t4Fi4
  • Megan December 31, 2012 at 11:03pm
    that's a good crop of garlic! do post some photos:)
  • Megan December 31, 2012 at 5:30am
    non organic nz grown new season's garlic in new world is $21 per kg at the moment, no organic garlic for sale.
  • Roxy Hart September 25, 2012 at 2:04am

    That would be wonderful :) We meet wednesday avos 3-5. but anybody can call in at any day/time before dark

  • Roxy Hart September 20, 2012 at 9:59am

    Hi Cindy, yes the photos are from the community garden. Its in town next to the police station, feel free to pop in for a look round :)

  • Roxy Hart August 27, 2012 at 8:12am

    Hi Cyndi, welcome too ooooby :)

    I like pea straw better than hay because it doesnt have grass seeds in it that will grow everywhere! also when the pea straw breaks down it dosent seem to smother the soil so much. When it breaks down it creates a more hummus soil that holds moisture better and feeds the soil life (keepin both plants and worms happy) also it releases nitrogen into the soil as a slow release fertilizer:)

    If you have some space to spare you can grow your own, sow in spring, grow till the end of season, cut, dry and place down on the garden come autumn :) 

    You can buy it in a bag from mitre 10- i dont like the idea of creating rubbish so i buy it buy the bale from any place that sells grain for stock feed OR Kaimai garden centre-matamata.

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