Live2Give Pumpkin Selection
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We have delicious Hokkaido, Crown and Buttercup - all straight from our organic farm. And the But...
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Ready for Planting
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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!
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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
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Our transplanter comes with its own irrigation, watering the seedlings right after they have been...
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Mulch and Temperature Regulation
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In our trial we are currently comparing leeks grown with and without organic mulch. Last week we ...
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First Live2Give Leeks!
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We are just harvesting our first organic leeks of the season - tender and mildly sweet, with a de...
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Fighting Weeds
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Root-spreading and perennial weeds are a serious challenge in mulch systems with reduced tillage....
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RotoSeeder in Action
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As you might remember this is our newest 'farm toy'. The MulchTec-RotoSeeder combines a reversing...
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Onions
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Sunny summer weather is perfect time to pull out our onions for field drying ... Once the leaves ...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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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!
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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...
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As spring is in full swing, our trial site is being prepared for new season crops. The preparatio...
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Farm Update
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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
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We've been busy this last week preparing beds for celery planting. The cover crop of Faba Beans, ...
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Planting & Sowing
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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After periods of heavy rainfall we could finally kick the new season off with preparations for ou...
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Sowing Cover Crops
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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
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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
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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
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Harvesting our delicious organic winter lettuce right now. This fresh Exanimo adds great flavour ...
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A New Machine on its Way!
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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?
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We're always excited when our customers order plenty of greens! So satisfying packing freshly har...
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Nitrate Tests
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Tobi and Gosia doing nitrate tests on several soil samples. We're constantly working on reducing ...
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Pumpkin Harvest Time!
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We thoroughly enjoyed the sunshiny pumpkin harvest - cutting and collecting crown, green buttercu...
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A New Celery Bed
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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
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On Thursday 1st of February we hosted a group of vegetable farmers, consultants, scientists and i...
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NZ onions!
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We're super excited about our organic onions! Here we are this morning enjoying the sunshine and ...
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