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 …
A garden of Eden
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 …
A whanau that was really dependent on food parcels, now finding joy and success in gardening
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 …
Her enthusiasm was contagious
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 …
It always helps when the weather is great!
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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10th March 2023
First visit was Monique who firstly apologised for not cleaning her house yet but thought I would be there in the afternoon. I laughed like anything and said I hoped she'd never come to inspect our place which most often looked like a bomb had gone off, but secondly I didn't care at all what …
14th March 2023
First visit was cancelled today with a sick child needing picking up and Marsha also wasn't able to meet today, so I went straight to the next appointment to *Sally. She is lovely and has a large grassy space in her backyard. We chose a space handy to her kitchen so it doesn't get forgotten …
23rd February 2023
Had a big day planned today and prepared for 1 chicken delivery, 4 gardens, a couple of 2nd visits and a couple of pre-visits. Chicken delivery was postponed as Chloe had to work and the back up, Candace wasn't ready. So I delivered to Carissa first. She wasn't home but said she'd be home soon …
6th February 2023
Today I previsited Anna, who is very excited at the prospect of learning more and has made many attempts at growing. In pic 1 you'll see she has made some planter boxes from old pallets, lined with rubbish bags and filled with whatever she can find. She had planted 20+ toms in a tiny space, …
27th January 2023
I had a nice easy day of pre-visits after two garden installs were not able to be done. Unfortunately I had purchased the seedlings ready so fingers crossed they will still be OK for next visit. First call was Carissa. She is delightful as well as a tad overly ambitious. After watching something on-line from …
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