We Make Stinky ‘Tea’.

Today it was very wet, so once again we were based under cover. We checked on the seeds and there has been lots of germination happening. Luckily Greg our caretaker kept the seedlings out of the rain, or they’d probably have all been washed away by now.

We also got to work making some delicious ‘tea’ for our plants. We put comfrey leaves, sheep and horse manure, and seaweed into buckets, added water, stirred them up and put the lids on. These ingredients will ferment together, creating rich liquid full of nutrients that will be a feast for our seedlings.

Back in Action!

This was Tahatai Kai Growers’ first session this year, and we began by planting seeds to grow a Matariki vegetable garden. Hopefully by Matariki these seeds will have grown into big healthy plants whose produce we can harvest to make a delicious winter soup.

We also had an exciting delivery of pallets and pallets of beautiful compost and garden mix, which have been very kindly donated to us by Tui. As soon as the rain stops we can fill our planter boxes!