NEW ZEALAND GARDENER MAGAZINE READERS NO LONGER HALF-BAKED OVER HOME-GROWN
January 1st 2008 05:20
The spirit of the ‘60s lives on in New Zealand. Or perhaps New Zealand is still living in the ‘70s. Whichever, Lynda Halliman, editor of Gardener magazine is urging readers to follow her 2007 example and embark on the home grown path, becoming self-sufficient veggie-patch-wise.
Scoop.co.nz reports that she’s issued a challenge to Kiwis to get growing in 2008, and will help by providing weekly free advice for home growers and interactive mentoring via the magazine’s email service.
At the beginning of 2007, Hallinan made a public New Year's resolution to her readers to only eat homegrown fruit and vegetables, to cut her food miles to metres, and to spend no more than $10 a week on basics at the supermarket.
"I've sown, grown and gloated my way through the seasons. And I've baked, boiled, brewed and bottled as if my life depended on it," she said
"I've done it – and now I want to help other New Zealanders learn how to give the 'good life' a go too."
Hallinan's self-sufficiency project featured on TV One's Sunday program and is the subject of a collector's edition of New Zealand Gardener called Homegrown.
Plus, starting on New Year's Day, New Zealand Gardener is launching a free weekly vegetable gardening email newsletter packed with advice for homegrown harvests.
The interactive Get Growing email will be sent out each Friday during 2008 and will focus on practical tips and tasks for the weekend, along with special offers, recipes and the opportunity to ask New Zealand Gardener's experts for advice.
- From MediaBlab
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