Here it is -- the first "Growing Spaces" dome in the southern hemisphere! WE live on six acres just 20 mionutes north of Christchurch, New Zealand, and we have been increasingly alarmed at what's in our food. We decided we weren't going to dance to that tune any more. So I did the homework and, for me, the dome is the best. So after lots of talk and emails, here it is. This site will tell the story of its growth and its part in our lives. At the time of writing, April '08, there's still a lot to be done, like the water tank and we don't have the floor finished yet. But it's extraordinary. I am watching climbing beans grow up the wall four inches a day. Amazing.
Karen's first little "children". There's beetroot, carrots, couple different kinds of lettuce, ditto tomatoes, cabbage and cauliflower, radishes, lotsa different seeds. Sprouts. Kale. Garlic. Lots of marigolds around the perimter to chase off the beasties. We may put up a sign outside the windows. Arrows pointing to the window with the words "friendly insects this way". Can they read, do you think? More later, as things happen.
Karen's first little "children". There's beetroot, carrots, couple different kinds of lettuce, ditto tomatoes, cabbage and cauliflower, radishes, lotsa different seeds. Sprouts. Kale. Garlic. Lots of marigolds around the perimter to chase off the beasties. We may put up a sign outside the windows. Arrows pointing to the window with the words "friendly insects this way". Can they read, do you think? More later, as things happen.
Original size: 640px x 427px |
Current: 400px x 267px |
