Building engagement and empowerment
Today was a seed raising workshop at Faith Family Church hall, we had 13 adults and 5 children attend and it all went very well. I had a list of things I wanted to get through in this workshop but as always like to be guided by the participants' questions and interests. Thrown in today …
Continue reading "Seed Raising Workshop with Tricia from The Patchwork Gardens"
First was Sirikit, she is keen to get growing. Siri picked a place that is a shared space between herself and her neighbour but is also central to the other apartment dwellers and is happy to share. Next I visited Jordan. She has been trying to grow things in tiny pots and felt a failure. …
Continue reading "Rachel’s in raptures over how much kai has come out of her garden"
Today started with two chicken deliveries. We set up at Marie's first who was out of her tree excited at finally getting her own hens. Area was set up and ready and the hens immediately looked comfortable. Their wings had been clipped already and I showed her & Rick how to do this if it's needed. …
Today's workshop was a little bit different, we had a group of our beautiful whānau come together that have been on our garden and chicken mentoring programmes. We shared challenges and aspirations, problem solved together and celebrated our achievements so far on this journey. These whānau have now completed their mentoring time and will continue on …
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 …
Continue reading "Overcoming challenges and learning along the way."
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 …
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