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Some of our crops

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marshmallow

Althaea officinalis
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waiporoporo taewa potato

Solanum tuberosum
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bean

Phaseolus vulgaris
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rosemary

Rosemarinus officinalis
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plum

Prunus spp.
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brussels sprouts

Brassica oleracea
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strawberry

Fragaria ananassa
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green bean

Phaseolus vulgaris
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manzano pepper

Capsicum pubescens
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yarrow

Achillea millefolium
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shishito pepper

Capsicum annuum
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snap pea

Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon
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mashua

Tropaeolum tuberosum
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ruby saltbush

Enchylaena tomentosa
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borage

Borago officinalis
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Ethiopian mustard

Brassica carinata
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miro

prumnopitys ferruginea
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cape gooseberry

Physalis peruviana
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alfalfa

Medicago sativa
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Recently Harvested

spring onion harvest
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Seeds available to trade

giant pumpkin

seeds saved by shiny
  • will trade locally
  • Wellington, NZ

fava bean

seeds saved by shiny
  • sow before 2026-06-30
  • will trade locally
  • Wellington, NZ

cantaloupe

seeds saved by dewanto
  • will trade locally
  • Yogyakarta
tomato saved 2024

tomato

seeds saved by why
  • approx. 1 seed
  • sow before 2024-09-05
  • certified organic
  • heirloom
  • will trade nationally
habanero pepper saved 2024

habanero pepper

seeds saved by CloCkWeRX
  • approx. 20 seeds
  • sow before 2024-12-01
  • will trade locally
  • Rosewater,...

cucumber

seeds saved by peterstoops
  • will trade locally
  • Brooseinde...
sunflower saved 2021

sunflower

seeds saved by lejun
  • approx. 50 seeds
  • non-certified organic
  • hybrid
  • will trade locally
  • Besançon

coriander

seeds saved by Storm
  • non-certified organic
  • non-certified GMO-free
  • heirloom
  • will trade locally
  • Portland,...

pumpkin

seeds saved by Storm
  • non-certified organic
  • non-certified GMO-free
  • heirloom
  • will trade nationally
  • Portland,...

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Recent posts

What's in the larder

by shiny,

A whole year of growing, digging, fermenting, and canning eventually comes down to a shelf. Here's what was actually on it, as of early July:

Pantry - 2× pasta sauce - 14× tomato sauce - 4× tomato paste - 3× (huge) jars of pears with cardamom - 4× beef bone broth - 2× rendered lard - About 1…

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Pumpkins, kumara, and pressing this year's cider

by shiny,

Autumn is when the garden hands over the last of what it's got, and the cider press comes back out.

The last of the harvest

  • Mar 26 — still harvesting.
  • Apr 6 — some whataroa harvested.
  • Apr 19 — risotto for dinner, made with pumpkin that grew straight out of the compost, p…
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The tomato glut

by shiny,

If this year's harvest had a main character, it was tomatoes. Here's how it went, roughly day by day.

Waiting

Early January was all impatience. The tomatoes just needed consistent days over 22°C to actually ripen, and Wellington — as Wellington does — wasn't cooperating. "Come on #Wellingt…

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Strawberries, barley, and the first Christmas spud

by shiny,

By November the garden stopped being a promise and started being an actual source of food again.

Strawberry wine ambitions

I saw a strawberry wine idea online somewhere and decided it was now a mission. It went straight onto the to-do list alongside dress rehearsals and concerts: harvest b…

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Video guides for your favourite crops

by CloCkWeRX,

In a recent release, we've added links to youtube videos covering the core aspects of growing a number of crops; as well as displaying the parent attributes of a variety when no more specific information is known.

If you are a creator or know someone who provides clear, useful content; submit a …

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Spring Prep

by shiny,

Spring prep and last season's ferments

It's spring again, which means it's time to look back at what an entire year of "grow it, ferment it, preserve it" actually looked like — starting last August, when none of this year's harvest existed yet, just seedlings, hail, and a lot of hope.

Hail…

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release96

2026-10-11

What's Changed

  • Only geocode garden when location changes by @CloCkWeRX in #4855
  • Fix add planting form rendering behind layout editor by @Br3nda in #4889
  • Tidy up plantings#show by @Br3nda in #4848
  • tidy up harvests#show, and DRY display by @Br3nda in #4885
  • Fix garden breadcrumb links that 406 by @Br3nda in #4898
  • Lower the default in-process cache size to 8 MB by @Br3nda in #4897
  • Run Puma in single mode so the dyno stays under its memory limit by @Br3nda in #4894
  • Remove ruby-units gem and implement weight unit by @Br3nda in #4895
Dependencies

Full Changelog: release95...release96

release95

2026-09-27

Features

Garden Layout

Add a garden layout page for mapping where plants sit in a bed by @Br3nda in #4835

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What's Changed

Full Changelog: release94...release95

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