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The transformation of a seed to a plant is a true wonder of nature. The fresh food garden course includes more information about sowing seeds or you could try a Spring seed sowing session. Here are some tips if you want to start some seeds of your own in pots. Sowing in pots enables you to sow earlier in the season than outside. Some plants … [Read more...]
You'll see most of these winter salad crops in the demonstration raised bed we'll have set up at the Festival of Flowers and Music 'market day' in Thorndon, Wellington on Saturday. Endive, red mustard, mizuna, mibuna, claytonia (miners' lettuce), misome, red chicory, turnips, radishes. … [Read more...]
Momma duck knows it's spring - here she is out yesterday with her eight new ducklings (one of whom was camera shy). She's a beautiful Cayuga. Dad is, well, who knows? We had a beautiful afternoon on Sunday for the fresh food garden course and a fabulous group of people sharing ideas in the sunshine. If you feel a bit overwhelmed or underinspired … [Read more...]
On the warm days it seems as if I'll never be ready for spring and on the cold days it seems as if spring will never be here. I've started sowing seeds outside - probably still a bit early for some things but with a few warm days they will be away. I found a hen scratching in the vegetable garden today which is always a problem with free-ranging … [Read more...]
