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We lasted 2 weeks in Auckland city before deciding on a rural lifestyle ... I used to live in London .... cant see the point in moving from London to Auckland ... may as well stay in London ... the great thing about NZ is the countryside .. there is massis of it, its cheap to buy, and its not too fa...

6 years !!!!! ... blimey !!!! ..... gonna have to dig up some more of the garden then !!!

Can brocoli get blight - the brocoli row is right next to the spuds !

6 years ... that is mad - this veggie growing thing is more complicated than you think hey !

an 'expert' popped around last night so we showed him the spuds ... blight he cried !!! ... seems blight is very common in NZ due to the wet humid climate .... we dug a couple of plants up and the tatties are ok though ... just need to eat them quickly he said .. :-)

Hope the tomtoms are ok then

yikes ... that does not sound good ... I think I'll dig some up tonight and see what they look like ... I will report back tomorrow

Hi Guys

We planted some potato plants some time ago ... they grew and looked very well, but now the tops look all dead and manky ....

When are you supposed to dig them up ?

p.s. we live in NZ so its now early summer ...

Hello People We moved to NZ from the UK about 2 years ago and are now lucky enough to live on a little 4.5 acre block in the NZ countryside just south of Auckland. We have a few cows, sheep, chickens, and a little veggie patch ... plan is we eat a couple of sheep each year and remaining sheep produc...