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Farm Update

Farm Update

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It's a busy time of the year at the farm. We love the high season vibe where everything needs to ...
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Cover Crop Update

Cover Crop Update

8 days ago
Look how much our buckwheat cover crop has grown. We sowed it on 16 Dec and will be able to plant...
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Farm Update

Farm Update

We're in the swing of the season. Yay! Really happy we can use the Mulch-tec Rotoseeder and a hir...
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The Trial

The Trial

Last week we planted leeks. Some of these 15,000 seedlings were planted in our trial area. We re...
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Celery Update

Celery Update

You might remember we planted these in the beginning of October. A lot of rain at the beginning o...
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Pumpkins & Zucchini are in the Ground! Yay!

Pumpkins & Zucchini are in the Ground! Yay!

Last week's email we shared how we had used the sunny days to the fullest spreading transfer mulc...
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Lettuce Review

Lettuce Review

We were busy hoeing our lettuces this past week. The secret is to watch for weed cotyledons (the ...
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Cucumbers are in the Ground!

Cucumbers are in the Ground!

We're super happy that our first lot of cucumbers are in the ground. The photos above show the wh...
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Soil Testing Continued...

Soil Testing Continued...

As spring is in full swing, our trial site is being prepared for new season crops. The preparatio...
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Farm Update

Farm Update

Busy, busy at the farm. On Friday we planted the first of our summer cover crops using the MulchT...
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Preparing for Planting Celery

Preparing for Planting Celery

We've been busy this last week preparing beds for celery planting. The cover crop of Faba Beans, ...
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Planting & Sowing

Planting & Sowing

The season has taken off everyone! We're busy sowing and planting any days that are dry enough to...
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The MulchTec-Rotoseeder is Here!

The MulchTec-Rotoseeder is Here!

This innovative machine has just landed from our workshop in Germany where it was built by farmer...
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Add Flavour to Your Dishes using Live2Give Culinary Herbs!

Add Flavour to Your Dishes using Live2Give Culinary Herbs!

You might remember these two photos of Rob planting herbs last December. We've given them a decen...
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Live2Give Broccoli is Back!

Live2Give Broccoli is Back!

Our Live2Give broccoli planted back in Autumn is maturing! This week we'll have our first harvest...
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Preparations for New Season Planting!

Preparations for New Season Planting!

After periods of heavy rainfall we could finally kick the new season off with preparations for ou...
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Sowing Cover Crops

Sowing Cover Crops

Bottom right pic - our autumn cover crop looking good and almost ready to plant into. 🤩 We are so...
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Annual Live2Give Cabbage Harvest

Annual Live2Give Cabbage Harvest

We had great two days of coming together as a team and harvesting all of our organic cabbage. We ...
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Cover Crop Update

Cover Crop Update

Our cover crops are coming along. We'll be planting leeks here in October. In the meantime you ca...
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Amazing Exanimo

Amazing Exanimo

Harvesting our delicious organic winter lettuce right now. This fresh Exanimo adds great flavour ...
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A New Machine on its Way!

A New Machine on its Way!

We're super excited about this machine that's been shipped to us from our sister company in Germa...
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Any more Greens?

Any more Greens?

We're always excited when our customers order plenty of greens! So satisfying packing freshly har...
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Nitrate Tests

Nitrate Tests

Tobi and Gosia doing nitrate tests on several soil samples. We're constantly working on reducing ...
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Pumpkin Harvest Time!

Pumpkin Harvest Time!

We thoroughly enjoyed the sunshiny pumpkin harvest - cutting and collecting crown, green buttercu...
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A New Celery Bed

A New Celery Bed

Here is our buckwheat and phacelia cover crop being crimped. We will top it up with grass mulch b...
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Mulch Direct Growing in Commercial Vegetable Production - 2nd Annual Field Day here @ Live2Give Farm

Mulch Direct Growing in Commercial Vegetable Production - 2nd Annual Field Day here @ Live2Give Farm

On Thursday 1st of February we hosted a group of vegetable farmers, consultants, scientists and i...
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NZ onions!

NZ onions!

We're super excited about our organic onions! Here we are this morning enjoying the sunshine and ...
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Japanese Students at our Farm

Japanese Students at our Farm

A Special VisitJapanese students who study agriculture and the environment are on a brief, three-...
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Evening Broccoli Harvest!

Evening Broccoli Harvest!

A peaceful harvest evening at the farm 🥦 picking our nutrient-dense, top quality organic broccoli...
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Live2Give Celery is in/ Cover Crop Update

Live2Give Celery is in/ Cover Crop Update

Live2Give Celery is in! We planted the first 1000 organic celery seedlings last week! We're expe...
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Brussel Sprouts Time!

Brussel Sprouts Time!

Brussel Sprouts Time!All the brussel sprouts lovers - you can order live2give organic brussel sp...
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Ground for Spring Broccoli is prepared!

Ground for Spring Broccoli is prepared!

These faba beans have been growing vigorously throughout the winter, fixing nitrogen in the groun...
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Our live2give Farm Winter Veg 🤩

Our live2give Farm Winter Veg 🤩

Our live2give Farm Winter Veg 🤩 We're just harvesting organic veg that will be going into your ve...
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Miner's Lettuce

Miner's Lettuce

Have you ever tasted Miner's Lettuce? Miner's Lettuce, also known as Winter Purslane is a nutriti...
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Autumn Goodness

Autumn Goodness

live2give Fresh Silverbeet   Autumn is definitely here, but packed with flavour and vitamins si...
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Beautiful Lettuce

Beautiful Lettuce

 Lettuce, Lettuce, Lettuce Days are getting shorter and a little colder, but we still have very ...
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