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Due to the pandemic lockdown, I can't go to the hardware store to get things. I've been in semi-isolation since the start of march, and we've been in nationwide lockdown since last week.
I needed to set up the nets to keep out the white butterfly. I've had to be creative and i've had to recycle …
cabbages
broccoli
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this is one way to amuse us while in nationwide pandemic lock down
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7CiGyqLdu8
Recipe for kamokamo fritters
kamokamos
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This plant wants to take over the world. It's that pink ginger you get with sushi. It is pretty magical. It's not the root like regular ginger. Instead, you harvest the pink flower and the pickle it. That why the sushi ginger looks like a pink petal. It is a petal.
I have constrained this [myoga…
myoga ginger
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The Island Bay tomato plants have been finally turning red. I only got 5 seeds last year, and these sprouted into three plants. - which are now giving huge fruit.
I made some tomato sauce out of these. They're great raw but they are definitely good for sauce too. I u…
Island Bay tomatoes
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I left two artichokes, to see how big they'd get. Well, they are enormous. This bumblebee really appreciated them and spent about half an hour feasting on the nectar.
artichokes
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What's better than Brussel sprouts? Home-grown Brussels Sprouts grown by robots.
The automation (aka Robots) I'm using is an open source app called "Home Assistant". It runs nicely on a raspberry pi, but I'm running it on an old laptop, which is very convenient due to t…
brussels sprouts
coriander
lettuces
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This year i grew ELEVEN types of potato over summer..
Waiporoporo Taewa Potato that were [ready early](/plantings/shiny-front-lawn-pots-an…
waiporoporo taewa potatoes
Robyn Adair potatoes
Whataroa taewa potato
Stewart island potatoes
urenika taewa potatoes
huakaroro taewa potatoes
purple heart potatoes
agria potatoes
pink fir apple potatoes
moemoe taewa potatoes
scots potatoes
Te Māori taewa potatoes
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better late than never – i've set up the irrigation to use a raspberry pi, so i can finally adhere to the odds/evens date rules that so much of NZ uses but no automated system sold here can handle. Have to have a whole calendar system in your micro to be able to handle it.
the rules are: * od…
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First time I've successful grown egg plants and the first time I've made moussaka. It took an hour to make it, and another hour of baking.
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I had some Urenika Taewa Potato and Stewart island potato already sprouting at the end of last summer - and instead of leaving these rare potatoes to rot, I put them into the soil They're both known to grow in the cold south, so they shoul…
urenika taewa potatoes
Stewart island potatoes
