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    • Mahi māra Māehe
      • The summer abundance is still upon us - our zucchinis and cucumbers have had a truly bumper season, tomatoes are ripe, and we look forward to harvesting sweetcorn and blue corn soon! Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that the sun is setting earlier in the evening and we’re starting to transition our garden beds to their autumn and winter crops, or a nitrogen fixing cover crop where heavy feeders had been. We’re pleased to say that we’ve had more volunteers than ever generously sharing their time and skills with us, and we’re stoked to have composting back on the menu at our Thursday evening volunteer sessions. Recently volunteers have helped us to upgrade the seedling hardening-off area, harvest oats and make a raised bed for asparagus. If you’ve been to the farm recently, you might have noticed that many of the plants are going to seed. Fear not, this is not neglect but intentional. Seeding plants make a great talking point for school and education visitors and we can do seed saving activities with them and volunteers. We are saving and reusing more of our own seeds, to increase our self reliance on the farm. We enjoy everyone’s company and time so are pleased to offer them some of the tasty produce from the māra. It also feels wonderful to donate masses of produce to the Newtown Community Centre’s meals and the Home of Compassion Soup Kitchen - sharing the aroha and nutritious fresh kai with those in need in our community.
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        • Kaicycle, Hospital Road, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)


    • HotRot composting trials: Three months in, our first update!
      • Liam and Kate looking happy before tackling dozens of tubs of food scraps to go into the HotRot (green machine in background) Been just dying to hear how composting with our HotRot has been going? It’s still a work in progress, but here’s what we’ve learnt so far! We’ve been composting with our HotRot machine at Cairns St for three months now, since our auspicious beginning in Matariki 2024.
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        • Kaicycle, Hospital Road, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)


    • Compost, our superhero: Part One
      • At Kaicycle, we are mad keen on compost. We celebrate International Compost Awareness Week, and sigh with delight as we rake our fingers through a pile of fluffy vermicompost (i.e. worm poop—some of the best fertiliser known to humans). Not so typical of your average Wellingtonian, but we are working on getting more urbanites to celebrate compost with us!
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