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Team Road Trips

Team Road Trips

6 days ago
We love visiting other vegetable growers, and whenever the opportunity arises, we seize it! Two w...
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Good Morning from Live2Give Farm! ☀️🌻☀️

Good Morning from Live2Give Farm! ☀️🌻☀️

13 days ago
It’s a beautiful sunny morning here at our farm, and we’re excited to be out in the fields, harve...
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Live2Give Farm Autumn Update

Live2Give Farm Autumn Update

As we head into winter, we're busy planting the last of the broccoli for early spring harvest and...
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Field Day for Professional Farmers

Field Day for Professional Farmers

Last Thursday we enjoyed a lively exchange with like-minded farmers and researchers during our an...
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Collaborative Research with Massey

Collaborative Research with Massey

We’re excited to be working with a PhD student, mentored by Massey University, who has been award...
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Cavolo Nero is back!

Cavolo Nero is back!

☀️ We love sunny, autumn mornings on the farm! We’re super happy that this beautiful organic Cavo...
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Pumpkin Harvest 2025

Pumpkin Harvest 2025

We wrapped up our pumpkin harvest last week, and the storeroom’s looking full and beautiful. All ...
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Organic Live2Give Wong Bok is Back!

Organic Live2Give Wong Bok is Back!

Super fresh, dense, organic Wong Bok is back! Perfect for stir-fries, dumplings, spring rolls or ...
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Live2Give Pumpkin Selection

Live2Give Pumpkin Selection

We have delicious Hokkaido, Crown and Buttercup - all straight from our organic farm. And the But...
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Ready for Planting

Ready for Planting

Enjoying a special evening light at the farm. All the mulch spreading is done and the ground is r...
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More Plants are in the Ground!

More Plants are in the Ground!

We’re making the most of the last warm days by getting as many plants in the ground as possible! ...
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Planting & Irrigating

Planting & Irrigating

Our transplanter comes with its own irrigation, watering the seedlings right after they have been...
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Mulch and Temperature Regulation

Mulch and Temperature Regulation

In our trial we are currently comparing leeks grown with and without organic mulch. Last week we ...
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First Live2Give Leeks!

First Live2Give Leeks!

We are just harvesting our first organic leeks of the season - tender and mildly sweet, with a de...
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Fighting Weeds

Fighting Weeds

Root-spreading and perennial weeds are a serious challenge in mulch systems with reduced tillage....
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RotoSeeder in Action

RotoSeeder in Action

As you might remember this is our newest 'farm toy'. The MulchTec-RotoSeeder combines a reversing...
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Onions

Onions

Sunny summer weather is perfect time to pull out our onions for field drying ... Once the leaves ...
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Farm Update

Farm Update

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

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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