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-spike-

24 years ago

OK, do we have any kiwis around here? ;-)

I hope this proves useful!

Spike

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Annie_qld
24 years ago
Spike, I'm sure they're there. They're just a little shy!
You have to coax them out.
What were the phrase from that old Kevin Costner movie? 'Build it and they will come'? Something like that.
Welcome to all our kiwi friends,
Annie
Kiwi_oz
24 years ago
yep us Kiwis only come out at night to forage. Heather
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Laine_hotmail_com
24 years ago
Good one Heather. Nice to see the other side of the fence :~))
Laine.
alisonoz_gw
24 years ago
Hope you don't mind if we wander across sometimes - (like try to stop us!) And vice versa.
Annie_qld
24 years ago
LOL
Annie
Sparaxis
24 years ago
And I thought it was only the sheep that foraged the heather!
chatterbox_2000_hotmail_com
24 years ago
I hope we get some messages from Doug Bone now that you have your own site.

Welcome Rosemary, Heather and our other Kiwi mates. Don't neglect us though, will you?
Kiwi_oz
24 years ago
There seems to be more Aussies here than kiwis,-me! But didn't the roses look good around the race fences,breed better horses than sports persons don't we. Heather
terry_lister
24 years ago
Nice one Heather i could not have put it better myself
yvonnej
24 years ago
Hi , Nice to see we now have a gardening forum that will cater for our seasons and conditions. I look forward to seeing how it developes. Yvonnej
Tropictype
24 years ago
Hooray, just found you've put NZ on the map! I live in Hawaii, but I just emailed my mother in NZ and suggested that she visit here. Keep up the good work Spike.
Aloha
yvonnej
24 years ago
Welcome tropictype, Hope your mother joins in , What area in N.Z. does she garden? Yvonnej.
Dunwurkin
24 years ago
Thanks Spike - your a darling. Now we have somewhere we can swap plants and seeds without breaking any laws;>) Hope more of us flightless gardeners appear soon.
kiwilad55
24 years ago
Kia Ora friends. This is exciting to have a kiwi forum. I have tried to make contact with Australian gardeners - but have found it a bit tricky. So glad we now have a place to meet, talk, and exchange etc. Gardening is such a passion for so many kiwis and now that the Ellerslie Flower Show is in full swing we are all motivated to get out and get planting. So many wonderful plants grow here - we are very fortunate. I am a gardener leaning towards the sub tropical look - and after coming home from a stint in Cairns,Qld, am so impressed with what grows there! Good luck and happy gardening folks. Kiwilad.
Kiwilass
24 years ago
Heyyyyyyyyy, this is just great, I am thrilled to see that we are at last included in Gardenweb.com!! cool!!

Thank You Spike and Happy Growing to the gardening New Zealanders. :)
After all, gardening is our 2nd most favourite thing after ... sport. So this site should be very, very useful for many of us.

Regards & Happy Christmas

Karen

Here is a link that might be useful: Karen's Seed Exchange

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