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The vege garden in the back yard has fed us for four years but now the pōhutukawa tree in the street to the North has grown huge and now we have no sun.
This weekend i set up three raised beds in the front lawn, and carted about eight wheel barrow loads of soil.
I've planted some of our potato…
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I've broken my ankle. Spectacular. I'm on holiday, house sitting, in a town without much public transport.
one result of this is, I've tackled some of the bigger growstuff feature requests.
One big feature, that would be useful to me, is getting trades working better. I asked for ideas over on…
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Generally, "Taewa" is the term used for potatoes that have been in New Zealand since before 1800, and cultivated by Maori people - but the word can be used for all potatoes.
The kūmara is a distant cousin of the potato. Both the taewa and th…
urenika taewa potatoes
Te Māori taewa potatoes
waiporoporo taewa potatoes
Whataroa taewa potato
kūmara
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I've just released the member time line functionality. You can find it here: https://www.growstuff.org/timeline It's also in the top right buttons, looks like a calendar.
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If you notice any bugs or think of new features please let us know on our github or comment here.
We've got new crop cards on browsing crops or a [planting](https://www.growstuff.org/plantings/shiny-indoors-tomato-75b2e492-9f71-42f6-bf2…
Te Māori taewa potatoes
sunray tomatoes
radishes
eggplants
lettuces
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If you notice any bugs or think of new features please let us know on our github or comment here.
We've got new crop cards on browsing crops or a [planting](https://www.growstuff.org/plantings/shiny-indoors-tomato-75b2e492-9f71-42f6-bf2…
eggplants
lettuces
sunray tomatoes
Te Māori taewa potatoes
radishes
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Chicken simmered in broth and white wine,with lemon, crispy sage leaves, polenta chips with parmesan, and a salad of arugula , pear and candied walnuts.
pears
arugula
sage
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Corn beef, with whataroa potato mash, mustard sauce, and steamed spinach santana.
spinach Santana
Whataroa taewa potato
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'Pink Fir Apple potato' is a maincrop potato variety with pink skin and cream, waxy flesh. It has a long, knobbly shape.
lemons
Blooming colours are blue-violet, mauve taupe and light pastel purple.
Blooms are about 2.5cm in diameter at full maturity.
The f...
pink fir apple potatoes
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Tales of the Robyn Adair potato
"Another potato favourite is Robin Adair, It was popular in New Zealand during the 20s-40s, and was all but lost, really, and I can't remember where I got the seed from but someone gave it to me and they have taken off here. They are b…
Robyn Adair potatoes
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"The Home Garden" from 1953 mentions the following Riwai/taewa
In the home garden potatoes for early planting should first be set to sprout in a light, frost free airy position. Well-sprouted tubers can be planted shallowl…
Robyn Adair potatoes
Te Māori taewa potatoes
