Category Archives: Garden

We’ve been out in the garden

Over Labour weekend we were able to get out into the garden.  Everything is growing now that spring is here! We hadn’t done anything with our raised bed, just left it with the silverbeet and parsley slowly growing over winter. … Continue reading

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Raspberry harvest

We have been getting a small bowl full (large handful) of raspberries every few days!  What a yummy treat! There are still lots of berries on our plants so hopefully they will survive this cold weather snap which is due … Continue reading

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Cauliflower harvest

Here is our first cauliflower!  Doesn’t it look great?  It was honestly one of the best cauliflowers we had seen or eaten!  We were thinking that we were on to a great thing growing cauli’s until we harvested the other … Continue reading

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Extreme(ly foolish) apple picking

We picked a whole lot of apples from our apple tree on Saturday. The upper branches were quite high, and we don’t have a ladder, so we set up the trampoline under the tree and set to work … The … Continue reading

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Update on the vege garden

We have been harvesting lots of veges from our garden.  Lots of celery, silverbeet, lettuce, parsley, basil, spring onions and courgettes (just little ones though).  I think we will pull the courgette out soon and next time will just plant … Continue reading

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Raised Bed Gardening

Inspired after our holiday in Gisborne, and with the unexpected bonus of coming home to a tidy section (thanks to friends who stayed in our house while we were away), we decided to build a raised bed vege garden. Untreated … Continue reading

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