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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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by suresh,

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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
  • Plant the olive tree out front
  • Get new compost bin going
  • Clear out the tomato plants
  • Get a garden camera working
  • Get irrigator hooked up to home assistant
  • Install the xiaomi miflora in the herbs
  • Growstuff …
tomatoes olives carrot carrots
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how to eat kamo kamo

by shiny,

Chop up the kamo kamo.

Remove seeds. (Save these to grow for next year)

Leave skin on.

Roast with sprigs of rosemary 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 chi…

garlic pūhā pūhā rosemary rosemary kamokamo kamokamos
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Summer broccoli doesn't work

by shiny,

I planted some broccoli 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 pu…

broccoli 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](/cr…

potato potatoes broccoli broccoli tomatoes carrot carrots
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Pūhā for dinner

by shiny,

Pūhā grows wild everywhere in New Zealand. It's a bit like spinach, but is bitter when raw. It's traditional in a bunch of dishes, but I like to use as a substitute for steamed spinach with eggs benedict.

pūhā pūhā
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Shakey SHakey Town

by shiny,

We've been rock and rolling with 7.7 Earthquake at midnight and i lost count of how many 6-pointer aftershocks - and a tsunami evacuation.

Super tired, this morning we went home for about 90 minutes sleep - and then went looking for something normal (instead of our wavy shaken up house). Scho…

chives chives tomatoes perpetual spinach artichoke artichokes
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How to grow kūmara

by shiny,

Kūmara has been part of the staple diet of people in te Motu Kairangi for hundreds of years - so i figure it should grow here. I come from a long long line of potato growers, so maybe the genetic skills are transferrable.

I planted 4 kūma…

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Fermenting Hot Sauce method

by CloCkWeRX,

I came across this post talking about how habanero and similar can be preserved; might have to give that a go.

habanero pepper habanero peppers
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typo

by shiny,

i meant to suggest "mesclun"

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