shiny posts
Growstuff helps you track what you're harvesting from your home garden and see how productive it is.
puppy
by shiny,
we have a puppy. She's gorgeous but she's also destroying my garden. This year I think i won't be planting out a garden, because i know she'll dig it up.
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How to save seeds
by shiny,
[Bean](crop)s, [pea](crop)s and [corn](crop): remove husks and allow seeds to dry out – this may take a couple of weeks, then remove casings and store. [Pumpkin](crop)s and [melon](crop)s: seeds need to be washed and set aside to dry for a week or so before storage. [Lettuce](crop), [celery...
leeks
carrots
parsnips
celery
lettuces
melons
pumpkins
beans
peas
corn
capsica
zucchini
tomatoes
cucumbers
onions
radicchio
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Indigenous plants
by shiny,
I've been growing several indigenous plants recently. Theres a [miro](crop) tree that will eventually have berries. I've added [karaka](crop) [tawa](crop), and [hīnau](crop) to the growstuff database too, as these were (and are) food sources for the people living here for centuries. Also [kūmara...
tawa
New Zealand spinach
kawakawa
flax
harakekes
kūmara
hīnau
miro
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Preparing for winter
by shiny,
I'm going to attempt to grow [potato](crop) over winter. To prepare I'm going to do a full garden bed of [mustard](crop) and then dig the greens into the soil. Add compost and blood and bone. I've never attempted potato over winter. It can get very wet here, and in August it drops below 0C for a ...
carrots
parsnips
potatoes
mustard
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There's a storm coming..
by shiny,
Cyclone Gita is due here on Tuesday. I'm gonna need to bring in the tomato stakes and other items that might turn into projectiles.
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Lifespan and harvest predictions
by shiny,
Something i've been working on is the predictions on GrowStuff.org. If you go to you gardens page there's now a progress bar for each annual planting. That's plantings that are expected to complete there lifespan in 2 years or less . the progress bar is % until the plant is finished and can be re...
coriander
strawberries
basils
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Planning for summer
by shiny,
I intend to remove the raised beds, and just dig the lawn up to be garden. It'll give more area. The current wooden raised beds might end up. On the front lawn.
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Good Friday
by shiny,
Today is good friday and i have: * Set up xiaomi plant sensors with homeassistant * shoveled the compost from the old bin over the gardens, and set up a new bin in new location * harvest the first feijoa. They were so heavy they broke a branch on the tree.
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todo list
by shiny,
* Plant more [carrot](crop) * Plant the [olive](crop) tree out front * Get new compost bin going * Clear out the [tomato](crop) plants * Get a garden camera working * Get irrigator hooked up to home assistant * Install the xiaomi miflora in the herbs * Growstuff api!
carrots
tomatoes
olives
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how to eat kamo kamo
by shiny,
Chop up the [kamo kamo](crop). Remove seeds. (Save these to grow for next year) Leave skin on. Roast with sprigs of [rosemary](crop) at 180C for about 40 minutes (until soft) It's okay to do this the day before Remove skins (easier if the kamo kamo is cool). place in pot with chicke...
garlic
pūhā
rosemary
kamokamos
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Summer broccoli doesn't work
by shiny,
I planted some [broccoli](crop) at the start of spring.. I grew fast, made long stems and quickly turned into yellow flowers. I conclude the first spring summer months aren't good for brocoli. So I've got some new seedlings in now, in the heat of summer, hoping that by the time i put them in t...
broccoli
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Some of features id like
by shiny,
I like to automate the calculations, analysis, and plain old remembering what has happened in the garden. Some of the challenges in my garden is knowing when it's too late to planting something, if it will cope with the weather conditions here, and working out what is killing the [tomato](cro...