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  • Question 1

    Hi, great web site. I was wondering if you can tell me if i could keep chickens in a dome all year in Dunedin or would it be too cold?


  • Question 2

    Is it too late to plant potatoes. I live in Tauranga?


  • Question 3

    what do you suggest i plant in my new garden. I know it is the middle of winter but I want to get something growing?


  • Question 4

    Hi Janet I love your website. Could you tell me how to organically get rid of the black mould/residue that has shown up on my Pittosporum Golfball leaves?


  • Question 5

    Hi Janet, Do you have any recommendations on where to get 4 chickens and a rooster. I know you’re into that kind of thing. I’m also curious about if you do sell your chicken cages (domes). Or if you can be contracted to do so. Thanks for your advice. Warm Regards, Leona


  • Question 6

    Hi Janet, What do you think about making chicken domes out of bamboo as this is a renewable resource as opposed to plastic framing?


  • Question 7

    Hi Janet, I am thinking of getting some chickens soon. One thing I am nervous about is rats getting into the chook dome. Have you had any problems with them? Maybe not as you are in an urban environment but I am in the country by a river. Regards, Clare


  • Question 8

    Hi Janet, As my garden has just about finished producing for the summer, I would like to boost it up for winter production, as well as leaving some to replenish for next summer by planting lupins or the like. Just wondered what you would recommend for a couple of my gardens where the weeds are starting to show through. I guess this will mean that the coffee sacks/newspaper has broken down enough that the lawn is able to grow up. Would you bother digging up the soil on top of what is left of the sacks, replace the sacks, replace the ‘old’ soil and then replenish on top with fresh layers or brown/green for planting in a few months? Or just forget the sacking and replenish on top of the ‘old’ soil straight away? Also, is it right to do the layering thing again? Thanks Jo