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New look, new features
by shiny,
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…
sunray tomatoes
eggplants
Te Māori taewa potatoes
radishes
lettuces
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Upload pictures
by ybvb,
I just noticed that you need a Flickr account to post pictures. Would be awesome if there is an option to use pixelfed for the people using that free open source and federated platform. Just leaving here the idea…
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Map not showing properly
by ybvb,
Just wanted to report a bug in the map, as it is not showing up when I open it (tested on android, Linux and Windows using Firefox). Not sure if anyone else noticed the same thing…
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Dinner from the garden
by shiny,
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.
sage
lemons
pears
walnuts
arugula
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Tonight's dinner was..
by shiny,
Corn beef, with whataroa potato mash, mustard sauce, and steamed spinach santana.
mustard
Whataroa taewa potato
spinach Santana
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Pink Fir Apple potato
by shiny,
'Pink Fir Apple potato' is a maincrop potato variety with pink skin and cream, waxy flesh. It has a long, knobbly shape.
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
by shiny,
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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Heirloom potatoes in "The Home Garden" from 1953
by shiny,
"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
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Stewart Island potatoes
by shiny,
Stewart island potato Found by Kay Baxter rowing wild in a clifff face along the shore on Stewart Island around 1990. It is an extremely beautiful variety similar in shape to Whataroa and Chatham Islands however this one has p…
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Karoro potato at Koanga Institute
by shiny,
Note from Koanga institute about huakaroro taewa potato
Sent to Koanga by Rex Mundy of Kerikeri. He said it came from the Banks Peninsula, "growing there as long as the locals can remember at an isolated bay, among the boulders on the foreshore. The runners went lon…
huakaroro taewa potatoes
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Note from Koanga
by shiny,
Growing notes for: huakaroro taewa potato
2012 - Medium height, strong top growth but very very crinkly leaves, and some yellow blotching average weight 1kg
2013 - More even line, but poor yield. …