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burst of growstuff features

by shiny,

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 ov…

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Taewa (Pre-european potato)

by shiny,

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 …

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Followed member timelines are live

by shiny,

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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New website features (release 55)

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-…

Te Māori taewa potato Te Māori taewa potatoes eggplant eggplants lettuce lettuces sunray tomato sunray tomatoes radish radishes
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Forum spam?

by bigblen,

I'm very new here - the second thing I notice is some spam in these forums, promoting pest exterminators. Is there any way to flag these. I know that moderating the forum would be a PITA for little reward…

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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-…

lettuce lettuces eggplant eggplants radish radishes Te Māori taewa potato Te Māori taewa potatoes sunray tomato sunray tomatoes
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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.

lemons sage sage arugula arugula pear pears walnuts
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Tonight's dinner was..

by shiny,

Corn beef, with whataroa potato mash, mustard sauce, and steamed spinach santana.

Whataroa taewa potato Whataroa taewa potato mustard spinach Santana 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.
T...
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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…

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