Gender

Male

Location

Palmerston North

Birthday:

January 17

Suburb

West End

Post / Zip Code

4410

I am a...

Community Gardener

I can offer

Gardening advice, to be a gardening buddy, Lead a workshop

Food Growing Skill Level

Confident

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, Helping Others, Seed Savers, Gardening on others Land

Tell us about your garden and what you're growing

I currently have an Urban Raised Bed garden space which utilises an area of approx.16sq metres as that's all that we have to use. (At the mo) In that space I have built 7 raised beds and also have 2 black plastic compost bins, an old tub growing comfrey, and an old bath as worm farm. Over the past season I have grown Calendula, French Marigolds, Echinacea, basil, tomatoes, thyme, parsley, beetroot, Brocolli, Red cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Salad Greens, Zucchini, Rainbow Silverbeet, Bok Choy, Capsicum and two varieties of chillis. All Organically. The Chillis and capsicum are just coming to maturity now in this crazy season we have had. I'm cropping brasicas and have just planted another batch of those too. I have just done a compost turn as well. I'm also in the process of initiating a community garden on a local urban marae. About 120 sq metres to make happen. That's a challenge I like. I've been growing organic Kai for about 30 years and in 2009 gained Nat Cert in Organic Horticulture.