First stop was Carla's chickens which are doing great and she's excited to be receiving the veg beds now. Showed me her bokashi bin which is working perfectly and she's singing its praises. I had a second one to give her but had forgotten lids, duh....so I am dropping it off next week. Then *Naida. …
7th September 2022
Weather was beautiful and Haare met me at our first stop, Maxine, for a garden pre visit. Haare knew Max from somewhere else and they chatted easily. She has a huge back lawn with a massive feijoa tree. She talked about getting a few more fruit trees in. She had missed the compost collective meeting …
31st August 2022
Haare and I met at Debora's. She'd opted for tubs which was sensible as her road frontage is very steep and it would have been a mission to get a wheelbarrow down there. She also had a bokashi bin, but had never used it so I took mine away and I will follow up with …
25th August 2022 and 26th August 2022
I was met by Bashir as Tabbusum was at study. He was lovely and said he would relay everything to Tabussum. When we first visited Tabussum she had shown me the front door area which was about 4 sq metres. It was the south side and with a higher hedge, looked like it gets no …
21st July 2022
I had fun and games in the morning. With just one cat cage that would only fit 2 hens in, I had prepped a cardboard box for the second pair, but after struggling for 20 mins plus to get one into the box, and then the second one, without one or both escaping, I woke …
14th July 2022
With Covid and the wet weather, all gardens are delayed now till mid August. Nothing much grows through these mid winter wet months so growing time is not really lost. This week I visited Tewai who is in an amazingly large beautiful section across the road from the reserve and water. It is very tidy …
7th July 2022
I had just three pre visits today with the afternoon bookings being postponed. Tabbusam is from India and is lovely. She first showed me a tiny 1 x 3m space at her front door on the damp and shady side. I didn't feel it was a great space for chickens, so she then took me …
30th June 2022
Today I visited Shannon first who is very easy to work with. She has gardened before by just digging up some of her lawn, but never had any tools, a raised garden or really good soil. Her dog had been a pain pooing wherever she gardened, so we are exploring options to keep him out. …
23rd June 2022
My first visit of the day was Rose's planting. Her garden was set up a few weeks ago but with whanau commitments and covid out of the way I could finally come in to plant. She had a 9 and 10 year old there whom she had whangaied when they were babies and she is …
15th May 2022
Seven visits planned for today but already had one postponed first thing. First up *Ailana and *Makamae, who came through Kesi and live almost opposite each other. Both have quite a bit growing wild and untended, which is a great way to garden in my opinion. At this point mostly taro and kūmara, from which …
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