Pizza

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Ha!!! So good to fire up the oven for a pizza feast. Bring on the longer evenings
 

From little things big things grow

Our seed trays are filling up. We had to make some more today so that we had  room for the next round.  We are going to have so much kai in the next few weeks. Big shout out to all of our workers today -was it work?
 

Kumara wicking bed

This year I am trying something a little different for my kumara tipu. I have an old bath in my hot house which I have turned into a wicking bed. 

By putting a short piece of pipe snugly into the plug hole the bath will now hold water up the the top of the pipe. 

I then covered the pipe with a small plant pot to stop the pummice from blocking the pipe.

I have filled the bath up with pummice to warm up. In a few weeks when the weather warms a little more I will put my seed kumara about 15 centimeters under the pumice.

Warm, regular moisture, pumice for setting roots -we will see how it goes.

 

Crop Swap

 And the swap begins. It is so good to be out of lockdown

Project days begin

These days are informal working bees where we share. 

People come and help me on my projects and go home with seeds, seedlings, plants, hopefully some ideas and a full belly from our shared lunch.

To kick start we made this potting bench and seed trays out of some old pellets. Then we planted seeds.... Who knows what will grow from here.
 

Sustainable lens

Today I found an  old interview I did with Samual Mann for  Sustainable Lens. Was great to be able to listen to me about a year ago. Some things have changed but a lot is still the same.

Interviews are not really my strong point but this was a fun chance to share some ideas. Thank you Samuel.

Prunings to mulch

It is so good to be able to give back. After pruning all of the wood is mulched. I usually let it sit for a while and feed the (mostly ramial wood chips) with a bit of fish hydrolysate and any compost tea I am using before spreading it around.