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Last year I got my tomatoes in the ground far too late, this year there's gonna be no chance of that! Starting some heritage pumpkin (Red Kuri & Butternut) alongside some heritage toms (Alma & Beefsteak Mix) from #KoangaGardens inside the house... Nice and warm + well lit for these yummies before they hit the yard. (at Pukekohe North)

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Then #autumn morning feels 💘

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Grape & rosemary jelly on the go tonight, hopefully a great way to use all our seeded black grapes. Fingers crossed it's a winner, great excuse to load it up on cheese and crackers 😉 🍷 #organic #homegrown #homemade #selfsufficient #indulgent #masterchef #inmygarden #creating

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Lunchtimes #basil haul feat. my toes and Enzo. Time to make #pesto 👌 #notcomplaining #flatlay #inmygarden #homegrown #summer #selfsustainable #plantbased #green #boxersofinstagram #saturdays

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Seven years of weeds for every year of seeds! 😲 😲 😲 Or so they say... Love the rain when it comes to help out in the #summer but boy oh boy does it bring the weeds with it or what!? My morning mission has been to get rid of 's one of those seeds' and get some order back in this garden! #weeds #chores #inmygarden #byhand #weekend #backtowork

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Bazinga! Sweetcorn - better late than never. Will enjoy this for lunch, those sweet fat and juicy kernels look good 👍 Came home to from a weekend of work to a mass of ripe grapes, tomatos, passionfruit, zucchini and spinach.... Growing your own food rules but man the garden needs a tidy up! Lucky I have today off to get things back in order 😢 Its awesome seeing just how much food and diversity a quarter acre can produce! #growyouown #sustainability #plantbased #organic #inmygarden

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A crazy rain storm yesterday turned the back yard into a temporary swimming pool! 140mm of rain over two hours, such a fun impromptu gift from the weather gods = lovely tepid water to play in all afternoon!

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Future #hubby and all-round good guy Mike is hard at work building another planter bed for us today! 🙌 I liken my garden addiction a shoe acciction - the more you have the more you want! 💐 And here's to being a little bit more self-sustainable than last year 👍 #homemade #upcycle #recycled #inmygarden #handyman #progress #gardengains

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It's safe to say our grape game is off the hook this year, we have 1000's of these suckers coming in hard and fast. There red and have seeds, that's about as much as I know about them variety wise. ✔HELP: Grape growers - what are your favourite way to preserve these? I'm all about convenience so wine is off the list and anything that requires hours of peeling or de-seeding is out. Go! ...Please! #help #homegrown #recipe #share #preserve #fruit #natural #plantbased #organic #heirloom #grape #red #juicy

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When you make something awesome, enjoy it! In this case, two things... Home grown tangy zucchini relish (recipe from an old #nzgardener issue) and totally addictive seeded crackers from @donnahay Life in Balance. Great end to a rad weekend. #rested #restored #ready 👌

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What a crock of.... Relish! Zucchini relish stage 1 complete, leaving this to ferment with salt for a day then stage two tomorrow. Heading into the garden for some weed maintainace and Vitamin D 👌 Peace out ✌ #relish #homecooking #giftstoshare #fermenting #diy #trysomethingnew

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Cool pepperdews at the farmers market today! These babies are heading into my first batch of zucchini relish. Here goes! #local #homemade #testkitchen

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Had such an awesome day celebrating our engagement at home with friends and family on Saturday. Loved having everyone in the garden, made even more awesome by the perfect weather 💘💎🍸 #engaged #longhaul #besties

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Epic Saagwaala time with some of the NZ native spinach (heirloom) I've grown this Summer. As far as trial and error goes, this ones definitely a keeper 👌 #greenery #spinach #newzealand #native #homegrown #koanga #natural #inmygarden

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A belated Xmas pressie was well received today! I'm going to get fat off this awesome keepsake @chelseawinter

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2 weeks of holiday bliss means gardening up a storm and the odd bit of arts and crafts in between! I've been meaning to replace 2 ugly lampshades and picked up these geometric numbers in The Warehouse on sale yesterday. A lick of Matt black paint and some fancy lightbulbs will ensure a stylish bargain has been had! #bargain #artsandcrafts #spraypaintfixeseverything #modern #mattblack #punchy

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Yesterday's baking triumph #glutenfree #chocolate #fudge cake with #saltedcaramel sauce and poached #pears thanks @nadialim for the awesome recipe and the decrotive #inspo 🐵