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The butternut squash may be a winner this year, but the Sunburst squash was very disappointing. It never grew with any vigor & we only got perhaps two dozen fruit from 4 hills (20 plants). I used to harvest several hundred pounds of this variety over the course of a season, every year up until last year, and now next to nothing. I am going to research a different source of seed for next year. Anyone else have a bad Sunburst crop the last couple of yrs?
#Gardening
#Allotment
#Squash
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#WellingtonNZ - #KohingaKākano - #Kākano #SeedLibrary
"Improve the self-sustainability of your home by growing your own #kai from seed!
The Kākano Seed Libraries aim to encourage beginners into backyard gardening through the supply of small quantities of free seeds.
Seed saving and seed sharing are important practices that encourage biodiversity and community self-sufficiency. Gardening is a great way to improve your physical and mental well-being, and growing from seed can be a rewarding and fun process that the whole whānau can enjoy.
Where can I find the Kākano Seed Library?
#NgāPunaWaiora | #NewtownLibrary
#Korimako | #CummingsPark (Ngaio) LibraryHow does it work?
- Help yourself to a packet of seeds
- Sow your seeds at home. Basic planting instructions are provided on packets. Don’t forget to label your planting with name and date.
- Enjoy your harvest!
- Save some seeds from your harvest to donate back to the seed library. We gratefully accept donations of any other excess seeds you have, provided they meet the below requirements.How do I donate seeds?
Bring your surplus seeds to Ngā Puna Waiora Newtown Library or Korimako Cummings Park Library for donation to the Kākano seed libraries.
We accept donations of seeds in any quantity that meet the following requirements:
- Viable
- Non-pest/weed
- Clearly labelled with: name/variety, date collected, source/provenance (i.e. commercial or grown in Karori etc)Please note all donations will be repackaged and relabelled."
FMI:
https://www.wcl.govt.nz/services/at-the-library/kakano-seed-library/#SolarPunkSunday #SeedLibraries #SeedExchange #LibariesRule! #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #GrowYourOwnKai #NewZealand
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Spent some time at the #CommunityGarden today. Planted some #BlackBeans and #Potatoes, and pulled up some weeds (the flowers should be popping up after all that rain). Had a cool conversation with my neighbor who is a selectboard member and who helped get the garden going again, and told him what a great job he is doing. I mean, #composters, #rainbarrels, making the #CommunityCenter an #EmergencyShelter, supporting #DatacenterMoratoriums and #SmartGrowth. What more could one ask for in a town rep!
#SolarPunkSunday #BuildingCommunity #CommunityGardens #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO
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So, pro-tip from the local farmstand (where I buy produce and some seedlings from) -- when growing #Tomatoes, plant #Basil and #Marigolds with them -- even if growing container tomatoes (which is what I do). I love my local growers! They rock! 💚 🌿 🍅 🌻
#SolarPunkSunday #HomeGardening #CompanionPlanting #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #BuyLocal #SupportLocalFarms
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#SweetPotato Companions: Best #CompanionPlants For Sweet Potatoes
By Liz Baessler
last updated June 18, 2021Excerpt: "So what are some of the best companion plants for sweet potatoes? As a rule of thumb, root vegetables, such as #parsnips and #beets, are good sweet potato companions. Bush beans are good sweet potato companions, and certain varieties of pole beans can be trained to grow along the ground intermingled with sweet potato vines. Regular potatoes, though not actually closely related at all, are also good sweet potato companions. Also, aromatic herbs, such as thyme, oregano and dill, are good sweet potato companions. Sweet potato weevil, a pest that can wreak havoc on crops in the Southern United States, can be deterred by planting summer savory nearby.
What You Shouldn’t be Planting Next to Sweet Potatoes
The biggest problem with planting next to sweet potatoes is their propensity to spread. Because of this, one plant to avoid, in particular, when planting next to sweet potatoes is squash. Both are strong growers and fierce spreaders, and putting the two next to each other will only result in a fight for space in which both will likely be weakened. Even in the case of companion plants for sweet potatoes, be aware that your sweet potato vine will grow to cover a very large area, and take care that it doesn’t crowd out its beneficial neighbors."
Read more:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/sweet-potato/sweet-potato-companions.htm#SolarPunkSunday #GardeningKnowHow #CompanionPlanting #GrowingSweetPotatoes #Gardening #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO
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#ClimateResilient #Gardening: Stories and Examples
Growing food #locally is a #ClimateChange solution
Updated: April 1, 2026
"How are #Maryland gardeners adapting their #gardens and #GreenSpaces to climate change? We posed this question to our colleagues in the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and they shared examples of everything from #composting and food gardening to #PlantingTrees and #NativePlants, installing #RainGardens, and more!
"Action on climate change is needed on a large scale, and our individual daily actions add up also. Check out these stories and take our quick poll at the end. Tell us how you're doing climate-resilient gardening!"
Learn more:
https://extension.umd.edu/resource/climate-resilient-gardening-stories-and-examples/#SolarPunkSunday #LocalFood #BuyLocal #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #Gardening #GardeningChallenges #ClimateChangeGardening
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#diy #gyo #growYourOwn #garden #gardening #planting #insect #insects #bee #bees #wildbee #stickInsect
Okay, today photo session ^.^
See Alt-Text for stories
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That's the solenacea (tomato, chilli, capsicum, eggplant, tomatillo, and cape gooseberry) germination run pretty much complete now.
Far too many seedlings. 😅
Some of the little pots have 2 or 3 in them, at a quick count there are 204 seedlings here.
We can fit in maybe 30 tomatoes max, and similar for chillies, plus a dozen each of capsicums and eggplants. And that's really quite a bit optimistic.
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Ooops, it has somehow been a whole week since I last posted about my chillies! Germination of the chillies in the previous post is now well underway, with nine pots moved to the #GrowShelf from the #HotFridge.
The varieties germinated so far are:
- 2x Biquinho Red
- 2x Biquinho Yellow
- 1x CC Jalapeño
- 2x KhangStarr StarrLing
- 2x Trepaderia Werner
Note that I count "per pot" rather than per-seed, so some of these I have more of and an option to grow-on extras, for example there are actually 3x seedlings of each of the 2x above.
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About half my chillies have germinated already - some time in the last 36 hours anyway. Chamomile soaked from 25th Jan, planted in pairs in mini pots on 28th Jan and popped into the #HotFridge, germinated circa 3rd/4th Feb.
If there is a race to be won here I guess the prize goes to the Chilli Chump "Kimchi Pepper" seeds — all 4 seeds strongly germinated!
Currently our no-shows are Chilli Chump Naga Morich, and also both Rocoto varieties (Marlene and Costa Rica, also both Chilli Chump, from last year.)
On the superhot germination front we have have a single Naga Morich from Fatalii and a single 7 Pot Brainstrain Yellow from Chilli Chump. That's pretty speedy for superhots really.
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#HotFridge LIVES! Had to replace a dodgy power board that was making disconcerting sizzling noises...
Fridge is set to high-20s for chilli germination.
Chilli seeds are in dirt after ~48h in chamomile.
That's the first seeds of 2026 in: 7Pot Brainstrain Yellow, Aji Habanero, Aji Mango, CC Piri Piri, Chupetinho White, Goronong, Habenero Hot Lemon, Kashmiri Mirch, Kimchi Pepper, Naga Morich from Chilli Chump, Naga Morich from Fatalii, Rawit, Rocoto Costa Rica, Rocoto Marlene.
Two seeds per mini-pot, four of each variety total, fiftysix seeds in. (There are a few more to come.)
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Allotment postcard 47 — end-December 2025 — solstice and fire 🌅🔥
Winter solstice root veg harvest, more garlic planting, harvesting chillies in December (?!), clearing the back of the new plot, burning old pallets, toasting marshmallows & roasting chestnuts over the coals.
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Protect your winter veg! 🛡️ Placing cloches over your tender crops like spring cabbages, bok choy, and winter lettuce now will help insulate them from severe frost and cold winds. This mini-greenhouse effect keeps them warmer and ready for an earlier, healthier harvest! 🥬 #WinterGardening #GYO
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I got lazy and this year it is just going to be all my bets placed on a single ferment.... I'm calling it "all the red ones"... well, almost all, kept a few back for other purposes - and also in went some yellow Trinidad Perfume. I don't really do rules. I am chaos. (You should see the state of my kitchen, or pigsty as some may consider it. I just don't know how people do things and also have tidy and clean spaces, there isn't enough time to even just do the things as it is.)
Anyway... the chillies in the mash are, in approx order of volume: thunder mountain long horn, unknown red chilli, naga morich, trinidad perfume, cc piri piri... probably some others snooked in too.
Slightly under 1kg of mash, 2.5% salt by weight.
Now it just needs to sit for a few weeks/months/until-i-can-be-arsed-with-it.
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Roughly hand crushed dried red seedless chilli flakes... a selection including piri piri, thunder mountain longhorn, kashmiri mirch, bishops crown, and a bunch of an unknown variety (bought as Scotch bonnet, definite wasn't!) The result is so much richer and tastier than any store bought flakes I have ever tried... though pretty much a whole dehydrator load of chillies results in just this ~90g of flakes in one small jar.
Now to remember to be careful where I am putting my hands for the next day or so. 😅
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Here's a couple of samples of this year's superhot #chilli varieties from the #allotment greenhouse, the big one is a Naga Morich which is our core "superhot" - it is a classic, hard to beat for balance of heat/flavour/aroma.
The evil little pointy bastard is a 7 Pot Primo and... wow... this is our first year successfully growing some (we tried and failed last year) and I thought the Naga has a "presence" when I cut it, but the 7PP hit me in the face with its aroma by comparison. There's a lot going on in this little chilli.
I am conservative in my superhot growing, basically I have a slot for the Naga as our core sauce-maker, and I have a slot for one "other" - this year it is the 7 Pot, next year maybe something different. I am tempted to make it 2x "other" superhots next year. (For context: things like scotch bonnets and habaneros do not count as superhots as nowhere near the million scoville mark, they're merely the "hot" chillies.)
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Don't say goodbye to sorrel yet! 🌿 It's one of the last plants to die down in autumn.
To get that zesty flavour all winter:
1️⃣ Cover a few outdoor plants with cloches.
2️⃣ Move roots into a cold greenhouse.
3️⃣ Sow seeds in pots in summer for indoor pickings.
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#Allotment Postcard #39 is up… this just being some waffle from after the weekend away for PyCon. There is a bit of a #chilli fruit round-up at about 6:09 — though not a comprehensive one.
Slowly catching up!
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#ShortBreak #shorts #diy #gyo #growYourOwn #garden #gardening #Weedy #TheWeedyGarden #sustainability #selfsufficience #selfsufficient #medicinalherbs #plantmedicine #phytomedicine
Lemon balm to calm the nerves: Uses + how to grow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85lhnNAPCxc
Melissa officinalis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_balm
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#ShortBreak #shorts #diy #gyo #growYourOwn #garden #gardening #Weedy #TheWeedyGarden #sustainability #selfsufficience #selfsufficient
How to grow and harvest tulsi (Omicum tenuiflorum)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-vTabED-tI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocimum_tenuiflorum
#garden #garden #permaculture #tulsi #holybasil #medicinalherbs
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Pear, Parsnip & Ginger Soup
https://glamorosicooks.com/recipe/pear-parsnip-ginger-soup
#SoupRecipe #Recipes #PearSoup #ParsnipSoup #HomemadeSoup #Soup #Potager #FruitSoup #Pears #Parsnips #Ginger #KitchenGarden #GardenToTable #UrbanGardening #UrbanFarming #GrowYourOwn #GYO #VegetarianRecipes #Homemade #HomeCooked #Cooking #CookingFromScratch #Food #GlamorosiCooks
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Check out my article on how to grow, harvest and cook with chives and chive blossoms, the light purple, onion-flavored flowers that bloom every spring.
https://glamorosicooks.com/how-to-grow-harvest-divide-chives/
Scroll through the piece to see Chive Blossom Pasta, Radish Toast with Chive Blossom Butter, and Chive Blossom Vinegar.
#AlliumSchoenoprasum #ChiveBlossoms #ChiveFlowers #ChiveBlossomButter #ChiveFlowerButter #CompoundButter #ChiveBlossomVinegar #ChiveFlowerVinegar #ChiveBlossomPasta #ChiveFlowerPasta #RadishToast #VegetarianRecipes #Potager #MyGarden #KitchenGarden #Gardening #UrbanGardening #UrbanFarming #EdibleFlowers #EdibleGardening #OrganicGardening #GardenToTable #Homegrown #GrowYourOwn #GYO #GardenersOfMastodon #GardeningMastodon #GlamorosiCooks
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I’m getting a reputation in the village and love it! Random strangers are bringing me sacks of leaves from their garden for my compost. 🤗🤗🤗 #itstartswiththesoil #gardenersgold #leafmould #leafmold #soil #gyo #organicgrowing #theedibleflowergarden