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Welcome Michael. I'm in NZ also. So elderberries like the wet do they? Not hard to provide that on the west coast.

Hello and welcome! I used to be a kiwi in London and had a great time turning our terraced house back yard into food, much to the bemusement of our lovely neighbours.

Spurred on by yesterday's tomato sauce making success, I'm keen on making more preserved tomato products. Some things I can freeze, and I'll be doing a few more batches of tomato sauce (I have a large pan but it will only take six kilos of tomatoes at a time). But I have the jars from the pasta sauc...

Thank you for all of your kind welcomes. Mrmushypeas, 'TNN' is an abbreviation of 'The Nappy Network', a NZ website and forum devoted to supporting the use of cloth nappies for babies. Lots of parents on there also have strong interests in self-sufficiency. MsWildflower, what is your TNN name? Anoth...

I'm Sandra and I live on the wet West Coast of the South Island, NZ with my husband and two small children. I'm enthusiastically trying out Linda Woodrow's permaculture home garden ideas and aiming to grow most of our veges and eventually fruits as well. I'm now entering year two of our project and ...