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If you have a location set for the garden, the plantings will show historical rain and temperature data

a bug in the sending of plantings reminders has been fixed, so some users will be getting their first reminder email after a long pause

I have so many grains growing in the garden, it's time to learn the old recipes on how to cook these. This book was published in 1960 and i found it in a second hand store

I just spent about an hour reviving this bed, and once the enthusiasm wore off about 20 minutes in began to feel every shovel full.

Remember, IT workers of the world, *stretch before exertion or you'll regret it as I do now…

Glorious reward for gardening chores.

Found this old book in a back country second hand store. It was published in 1960, it was part of a series of "know how" books.

inside is every kind of wine. I think the author was in the UK, and many of the plants are the same ones introduced here and thrive in our New Zealand climate.

these i…

Last year I got a chainsaw for Christmas, and it was the best gadget - I cut back trees; I cut down trees. I let the light into the garden. I found my own firewood for use in the pizza oven, the smoker, the outdoor bathtub heater, and the fire pit.

But all those branches had to go somewhere. So …

Pl@ntNet is part of the GBIF network and creates a data commons for citizen scientists to document and collate their world.

They could use a few dollars, if you appreciate the imagery on Growstuff, consider donating to keep the wider …

beautiful black rich compost.

ingredients

• 1/2 Grass clipping
• 1/4 pony poo
• 1/4 mulched trees and shrubs
• any kitchen scraps you have

method

• mix daily
• soak with water
• mixture will begin to ferment within 24 hours.
• measure temperature, it should be about 60C
• keep once a…

New feed of user's garden actions is now live as "My friends and neighbours". Please let us know how it's working out for you.

• rhubarb smashed
• lime dropped all leaves

Last year, before i bought a still, i tried freeze-distilling. This is an old method of turning apple cider into apple sprit, that does not need a still. Traditionally the apple cider still in the fermenting barrel is taken outside to the snow. There the water will freeze over night. In the morni…