Eddie Welsh is generously sharing his knowledge and experience to mentor our Kai Gardens volunteers. Here, he’s demonstrating a few ways to sow seeds, which is what we’ll be doing once we’re out of Alert Level 3. If you, too, are feeling that spring-time urge to germinate some seeds and get planting but need a […]
Plastic Free July 2020 aka Craft-fest
Mending, making, cooking and music! Our workshops turned up a great crowd of excited participants who were eager to learn some new tricks. We had heaps of interest from the community with pretty much all our events being filled up on the day- a sign that people were really keen to connect after our time […]
Morning Glory Muffins
Morning Glory Muffins Recipe Ingredients 1 and half cups of self raising flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon or a mix of allspice and nutmeg 1 cup of brown sugar 1 cup of Rice bran or sunflower oil (not olive) 2 cups of grated carrots 1 grated apple Half a cup of chopped walnuts Half a cup […]
Kai Gardens Ploughing on Through Alert Level 3
While the seed-raising workshop for our new Kai Gardens volunteers had to be postponed due to Auckland being in Alert Level 3, work has been continuing behind the scenes! Al Reeve has been making floats for our new Kai Gardens greenhouse. These floats are used to level the seed raising mix in seedling trays, which […]
Kai Gardens Greenhouse Getting its Legs
Thanks to a generous donation from HomeGrown Waiheke, WRT was able to purchase a greenhouse for seedling raising. This past week, community members answered the call for volunteers to help set up and run the WRT kai gardens, which will be used to grow produce and natives. The floor has been straightened and weed matting […]