Hey @kats-garden.nz .i saw u use the perfit jars. Do you happen to know if the agee jars are interchangeable? Do the seals all fit each other?

I think the phrase "first world" also means nations that don't produce their own basic needs anymore and would crumble if world trade and shipping was stopped.

Today I learned that Fanta was invented in nazi Germany because they couldn't get coca cola en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta

Made a thing. Homemade vapour rub. Recipe: www.gonative.co.nz/blogs/recipe...

Strawberries for dessert. Plus flowers to dry to make soap, and one gherkin.

I accidentally planted FIVE cucumber plants so that's what we are gonna be eating until winter. Cucumber dill salad. Pork dumplings. Also then I made up some sweet vinegar soy chilli dipping sauce to drench not dip.

I'm starting my first nz based job in years and years, soon. And I'm desperately curious if they'll do a proper mihi or not.. If that's widespread now.

Solstice garden tasks... In a few weeks the tomatoes will finally turn red. Insect populations will boom. If your plants have good nutrition they'll cope with the coming ages of disease and insects. Stink bugs will be hatching soon.

This is how the www dies as a source of info. Not only do the books not exist, if you Google search for them AI summary tells you a summary of the non-existent book. Soon someone will stand up a service to sell you the non-existent book.

Happy doggo #goodwooddogpark

Happy doggo

The banks are terrified of a world where people don't need loans for basic things like housing and transport.

The best thing about bicycles is most people don't need a loan to buy one

We're coming into the cheap food phase of the year. Even if you didn't grow a garden you can still look out for suddenly abundance at the supermarket. If you spot something for $2/kg etc at the supermarket, buy a years worth and bottle or dehydrate it.

@misswhanau.bsky.social Kei whea tō noho nei? Narm? Ika a Māui?

Potato chips is a good way to preserve the potato harvest.

i wish businesses would say on their website if they're a "just turn up" place or a "call us before hand" or something else. there's some un-written list of what kind of services need a booking and what don't and it's un-guessable to me. like hair dressers need bookings but barbers don't? abritrary

Looks like the cross of crucifixion is gonna be the next decades symbol of white supremacy.

Walking, cycling, and public transport means people connecting, talking, passing everyday... Building community. And that terrifies the billionaires. They want us all to be individuals, ideally one missing pay day from starvation and willing to look away to stay there.

This rain is pretty good for the land. And the seedlings i planted yesterday.

I vaguely recall a historian (actually an archeologist, but close enough) telling me about a tale of mass kidnapped children from Norsewood in nz but I can't remember the details. Hey @vomalley.bsky.social doea this ring any bells.

If you're looking for a new year's resolution, may I suggest my wierd hippie religion. We are locovores. Which means we try, as much as is practical, to eat food produced locally. Not just packaged or cooked nearby, but also grown nearby.

Is rugby still nz's biggest religion?

Christmas nap. Bring slowly covered in pohutakawa bits.

Why is everyone in this house still sleeping. I want to open presents.

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In 2026 we need to knock over the tables of money lenders and rent seekers and war mongers.

The best thing about bicycles is most people don't need a loan to buy one

Watched a documentary on kitchens. They interviewed women who were adults in the 1950s. It became a status symbol for middle class men to "provide for his wife". Hence the washing machines, toasters, mixers Automation of labour allowed women to read, meet, and then the feminist revolution began.

I think I'll make sausages, and maybe salami. Never made salami before.

✅Bottle the cider.

Please can top hats come back into fashion

Is it summer or is it menopause? This is my new game.

If you begin Star Trek: Voyager episode Spirit Folk at exactly 11:49:35 on New Year's Eve, Ensign Harry Kim will kiss a cow as the clock strikes midnight. Join in a very dumb annual tradition and start 2026 off on the right hoof.

Is there an etymologist out there who can tell me why I, a native English speaker, know the word "dreamed" and "dreamt". "Learned" and "learnt". Are there more in this pattern? Where did this emerge from?

My favourite shop is the Wellington tip shop

What happened to the unarmed men who were rammed by aussie police in full military sim kit?

OH MY GOD THEY DID

Bottles washed, sterilised, and filled with cider.

Lauki flower.

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When I was a kid we had Father Christmas. Aparently origins in England, and turned into a gift giver in the 19th century. Now days, nz English seems to be entirely "santa" instead. It's not a Christmas parade anymore, it's a santa parade..

I used to think grass and lawns were pointless. Now the lawns are a key part of my compost system, and why my vege garden is doing so well.

Sometimes I think about moving to a nicer climate. So my vege garden isn't smashed by wind and salt. But then my friends in the places tell me about their 30° heat... Or even the 40° heat in their lands a d i look at Wellington with our 18° summer and think nah, stay here

One of the best things you can do to save the planet is stop buying things from big companies owned by billionaires. If you need a thing, get it from a small company. That's your tech. Your clothing. Your food. Your transport. Your electricity. Your banking. Your internet, phone plan Pick small.

The sunflowers are finally in bloom. This huge bed of them, we're grown from seeds I saved last year. Only two are open, the rest can't be far away

wellingon... Strong Wind Watch, Northwest winds may approach severe gale in exposed places. Moderate chance of upgrading to a Warning., 6hrs from 6am - noon Tue, 23 Dec

My next door neighbour is th Wellington Airport. Airbus is lovely. It's the same volume as the cars... Boeing, can you gtfo and not land here. Thanks.

It's pretty normal for me to use the bench top to knead flour, roll dough. My mother is absolutely horrified at this. Worried it will damage the bench. But isn't that what kitchen benches are for? Is this a nz white boomer thing? Or just my mum and her benches?