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by Doveoscar,

Have been looking for a decent "vegetable garden diary" for a while and have recently discovered this site, Am using it in parallel with another whilst I decide whether either is usable or whether the only alternative is to spend time building my own. Critical issues for me which may lead me away…

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Growing well and germinations

by Doveoscar,

Upper greenhouse Radishes growing well, coriander, basil, spring onions and mixed lettuce/salad leaves all germinated and growing.

Patio greenhouse Tigerella tomatoes many germinated, small plants still…

coriander coriander basils spring onion spring onions lettuce lettuces tomatoes
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The nets are up

by shiny,

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 recycl…

cabbage cabbages broccoli broccoli
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Selfies with the harvest.

by shiny,

this is one way to amuse us while in nationwide pandemic lock down image

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new logo concept

by shiny,

Miss 10 made this artwork, as a concept our new logo.

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Wanted: Nanaimo peach budwood (Canada)

by corvi,

As far as I can tell, no nurseries in British Columbia (or the rest of Canada) currently sell the peach variety actually developed and adapted for this area. Local nurseries all seem to import peach trees from big American distributors, who don't offer it. Smaller American nurseri…

peach peaches
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Recipe for kamokamo fritters

by shiny,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7CiGyqLdu8

Recipe for kamokamo fritters

kamokamo kamokamos
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Japanese ginger.

by shiny,

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 [myo…

myoga ginger myoga ginger
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Tomato relish from local heirlooms

by shiny,

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…

Island Bay tomato Island Bay tomatoes
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the bumble bee appreciates this artichoke

by shiny,

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.

Bumblebee in artichoke flower

[artichoke](/crops/artich…

artichoke artichokes
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Automating the seedlings

by shiny,

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…

brussels sprouts brussels sprouts lettuce lettuces coriander coriander
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The year of the potatoes

by shiny,

Potatoes and taewa

Potatoes and taewa

This year i grew ELEVEN types of potato over summer..

Waiporoporo Taewa Potato that were [ready early](/plantings/shiny-front-lawn-p…

purple heart potato purple heart potatoes huakaroro taewa potato huakaroro taewa potatoes Te Māori taewa potato Te Māori taewa potatoes scots potato scots potatoes moemoe taewa potato moemoe taewa potatoes pink fir apple heirloom potato pink fir apple heirloom potatoes Robyn Adair potato Robyn Adair potatoes Whataroa taewa potato Whataroa taewa potato Stewart island potato Stewart island potatoes urenika taewa potato urenika taewa potatoes waiporoporo taewa potato waiporoporo taewa potatoes agria potato agria potatoes
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