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but did you even plant it?

by shiny,

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I have bigger dreams than time or garden space. I buy interesting heritage seeds, then their seasonal window flies by, and I don't plant them.

This week I added "Not Planted Yet" to the seed library filters. This mean i can find the seeds i never did record that i h…

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Gardening still illegal in NZ

by shiny,

"Gardening is illegal in New Zealand, so why on earth are you doing it?”

Fair question. I’m not the first to ask, and I still have no good answer.

Enforc…

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gosh it's warm......

by shiny,

El Niño has already arrived. Earth Sciences NZ (formerly NIWA) declared it on 2 July, and it has strengthened fast since. By mid-August the central Pacific reading was 2.48°C above average, and the event has a good chance of becoming the strongest on record. Earth Sciences NZ puts the chance of i…

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Dead Hedges: breaking wellington's wind

by shiny,

Wellington wind doesn’t care about your seedlings. After the last few storms, I had a pile of branches scavenged from the street and neighbourhood, dropped by gales, and a garden that needed protection. The answer turned out to be very old: the [dead hedge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_hedg…

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An overview of my home and garden automation setup

by CloCkWeRX,

I have:

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Hello from Stuttgart, Germany

by BulkSeedsIntl,

Hello everyone,

I'm Steffen from Stuttgart in southern Germany. I work with seeds every day and I'm also a beekeeper, so I'm always interested in plants that are good for both the vegetable patch and the bees.

I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone is growing. One question to start: which …

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new feature: rain and temperature data on your plantings

by shiny,

If you have a location set for the garden, the plantings will show historical rain and temperature data

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plantings emails fixed

by shiny,

a bug in the sending of plantings reminders has been fixed, so some users will be getting their first reminder email after a long pause

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Today's book from the garden reading chair - The oats, pears, beans, & barley cookbook

by shiny,

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I have so many grains growing in the garden, it's time to learn the old recipes on how to cook these. This book was published in 1960 and i found it in a second hand store

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Stretch before digging, because your lazy bones are too old for sudden physical labour

by CloCkWeRX,

I just spent about an hour reviving this bed, and once the enthusiasm wore off about 20 minutes in began to feel every shovel full.

Remember, IT workers of the world, *stretch before exertion or you'll regret it as I do now…

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Ode to the bunnings sausage

by shiny,

Glorious reward for gardening chores.

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Tonic wines - reading in the garden.

by shiny,

Found this old book in a back country second hand store. It was published in 1960, it was part of a series of "know how" books.

inside is every kind of wine. I think the author was in the UK, and many of the plants are the same ones introduced here and thrive in our New Zealand climate.

these i…

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