Building engagement and empowerment
My first call today was Evelyn who is a grandmother to 12, 5 of whom she raised herself. She showed me her gardening efforts from years ago which was now a mess of overgrown grass and noxious weeds. She also showed me poroporo and explained they add the young leaves to boil up, but once …
Another busy day. I visited Roxy for a seedlings install and let her know I'd heard from a good source that she was a smooth mover at a dance party! She laughed and said she'd had a good time. We got her seedlings in and she said hubby was very interested to see this development. …
Big day today so we started out early with Lorenzo waiting for me and the fenced area was mostly made from old pallets as we had discussed. Some he had sideways (which are shorter) and some end on end (which are taller). I explained the shorter ones will need replacing/turning as it's a little too …
First up today I went to *Tanya. Her garden is looking great but she said the silverbeet just doesn't stop!!! We talked about sharing the harvest and at worst pulling off older eaten leaves and laying them down as mulch. I explained a couple of ways to use it up, like quiche and she shared …
Warning - contains a detailed description of an injured chicken. Wet day but I was lucky enough to have the rain easing each time I visited a whanau. I visited Max & Candace who have chickens. Candace had texted me as they have had a problem with 'Chrissie' the chicken who has had a 'weeping …
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I managed to catch up with Jackie Pihama. I had felt she might have few resources to organise fencing and at my visit yesterday she showed me bits of chicken wire, some scrunched, rusty and broken she had scavenged and was trying to make work. I told her we had received a little extra funding …
Had a great day and no cancellations, so pretty full on day.Started off today with a second visit to Sai. Sai purchased a further 4 chickens along with another coop to house them and provide extra run and shade. Obviously these guys can afford this and it was lovely to see 6 fat, healthy and …
Day started with a follow up visit to Nic. Her Dad, who is also keen to grow, met with us too. Both are lovely and they have extended from the one bed we put in, finding soil from somewhere and adding in bought bags of compost to enrich it. I've sent Nic some info on making …
Today I had a second visit with Kimiwai and her 6 week old baby. She came out smiling and keen to show me the garden and told me they had eaten out of it just last night! She was bouncy and happy when I produced the last of the lettuce seedlings from the school workshop …
Had an awesome day Friday. It always helps when the weather is great! First delivery was Chickens to Chloe. She homeschools and had just the two girls at home. She has fenced off a largish area behind the garage which is filled with piles of soil and weeds and remnants of vege gardens. The chickens …
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