Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!
Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!
Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.
So, how’s it going?
Which part of the country are you? I’ve got some acorn squash seeds I’m wanting to try this year, but feel it’s still too early to start them.
So far I’ve started fennel, tomatoes, korean peppers, nasturtiums, calendula and manuka. Still waiting on my lettuce and cayenne seeds to germinate. Also planning on doing some okra, basil and pigeon peas once we get further into spring.
Which mushroom kit did you get? I’ve been wanting to try one of the bucket kits from Sporeshift, but no extra money for experiments at the moment.
About as far South and West as you can get. Have a good sized hot house, so can get things started early. The weather says 0C or maybe -1C tonight but day temps get above 18 behind glass/polycarbonate.
Shiitake Mushroom Grow Kit - Splash & Grow Block
I’ll likely buy 1000 dowels when we decide which we prefer.
Many locals shut shop in the garden here over winter, but I manage some reasonable growth with the right plants.
Ah lucky, I wish I had the space for one. Day temps aren’t bad in Hamilton but the cold nights plus the ground being soaked the last few weeks makes it tough. Some of my trees have started new growth but have been damaged by the few nights where the temps dropped to 0C or below.
Where are you getting the logs from? Or is it just from your property? I’d be keen to see how you get on with growing on logs.
About half our property (~2 ha) is native bush - they tell me it has never been harvested, so it is as it was before whoever came here first. Actually, it was Europeans that stripped most of the bush for sheep/beef/dairy and some crops around here. I’ll either limb a couple of Southland Beech and try them, or there is a Gum overhanging our fence line that needs to go. Need to find out which is likely to be best - I’d prefer to use the Southland Beech as it’s native, and I can continually trim a few without any impact.
A slow process, but I’m happy to post in 6-12-24 months, or however long it takes, how things progress. I was considering growing some in bags, but the idea of growing in logs means so much less input in time and $'s. I’ll probably have a play with some wood chip beds in the meantime.
I look forward to your post then!