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Somebody is asking for a jolly good spanking.

My last lot struggled to begin with, but once I put some wind break material around them they went like gangbusters!

I think we will start again and take what we have to the amenity center where they compost everyones organic matter and then give it away once it's done!! Then I know where we are with it. Not fussed about using the compost we'd use a little then give the rest away as we have a basic garden cause w...

Nice to hear from an apologist for survivalist. Dealing in truth is essential when communicating and not in distorted realities. From truthful discussions we can find answers to difficult problems. John. Why do you insist on naming people as apologists, when they were simply pointing out similariti...

Hi mrmushy, glad to read your post, I am down here in Nelson and I have just bought the book of square foot gardening. Are you getting anywhere with it? I'm very keen but can't decide how to convert it to metrics - should it be one square metre (with three, or four squares per side?) or 1.2 metres ...

Gidday, I am disgusted. Your Royal Family that is supposed to also be our Royal Family has given a Right Royal Snub to Kiwis. Sir Edmond Hillary, Knighted by old Liz Herself has died, and not even one member of the Roal Family has the decency to bother to turn up at his funeral. Poor old Sir Ed was...

Unfortunately in NZ, Blackberry is a pest weed, http://weeds.massey.ac.nz/weeds.asp?pid=58 which was found from the page http://www.rnzih.org.nz/pages/rubusfruticosus.htm It sucks that your neighbours dob you in though, although depending on your landlord there is a risk that they will come in and n...

MsWildFlower wrote:Hi Sandra!

You were a TNN gal too eh? I found this site a few weeks ago and am loving the info. Happy reading.

Sue

TnA?

Welcome, from another kiwi who has been here 5 minutes.

I'm hardly qualified to welcome you here, since I'm just new as well, so WELCOME!!!


I'm from NZ too but the other isle.

Lettuces and radishes. The celery hasn't done that well yet. Expecting beans, corn, tomatoes in the next month or so.

I grew up not eating a lot of veggies, we ate spaghetti, macaroni and cheese, and pizza a lot. So here I am trying to learn to grow veggies and I don't know what any of them taste like! I know I like a few, and did grow some last year, but I want some new things to add to our plates this year. Ther...

mrmushypeas wrote:Well, my next door neighbour keeps bees, and has a few swarms over summer. This year he had many more bees than normal.

LOL - I just realised with that post I really do sound like Margo...!!!


LMAO

Well, my next door neighbour keeps bees, and has a few swarms over summer. This year he had many more bees than normal. About a month back I got a call at work from my wife, and one of his swarms had decided to make its new home in my chimney. This in itself wouldn't have been so bad, except a great...

Thanks for the welcome all. I don't live in a city - can't really stand them, but i'm in a small town, by suburbia I mean I'm on a full size residential section and not in an apartment/townhouse etc etc arrangement, nor do we live in a small enough area to be classed as truly rural. I am a little wa...

Hi Everybody, I been lurking for a while, and hopefully if I'm not too silly, you seem like you won't bite my head off, so I decided to post (even if I *am* Margo). Living in a house in suburbia with a small veg plot. Recently decided to give the square foot gardening style a try. Talk to you more a...