Very good. I'm surprised they are still open, as a lot have closed for the year. Do they have a garden, or are they thinking of creating one? The native tree grove is pretty.
It was their last day. They have an orchard, with hen house. Tunnel house and raised bed gardens. A wetland is proposed where the land is already sodden and an extensive food-forest garden has been pegged-out, plans drawn up and plants ordered, so there are big changes ahead. I presented them with 3 trees I'd grown from nut, pit and stone: peach, plum and hazel, and the senior boys high-fived me as I returned to my seat. They did a very convincing powhiri and though I was prepared with an amusing and poetic reply, in te reo Maori, I was gazzumped by the mayor of Gore, who chose to do the response in his native tongue, English. I was a little disappointed, but there you go - when you're a lowly councillor, you take a back seat at such important occasions. Their native tree grove contains some quite rare trees and they are seeding profusely into the gravel. I'm suggesting they pot-up and sell those as an earner to support their other projects. The whole school has visited and roamed through my garden and so we have common ground.
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Very good. I'm surprised they are still open, as a lot have closed for the year. Do they have a garden, or are they thinking of creating one? The native tree grove is pretty.
It was their last day. They have an orchard, with hen house. Tunnel house and raised bed gardens. A wetland is proposed where the land is already sodden and an extensive food-forest garden has been pegged-out, plans drawn up and plants ordered, so there are big changes ahead. I presented them with 3 trees I'd grown from nut, pit and stone: peach, plum and hazel, and the senior boys high-fived me as I returned to my seat. They did a very convincing powhiri and though I was prepared with an amusing and poetic reply, in te reo Maori, I was gazzumped by the mayor of Gore, who chose to do the response in his native tongue, English. I was a little disappointed, but there you go - when you're a lowly councillor, you take a back seat at such important occasions.
Their native tree grove contains some quite rare trees and they are seeding profusely into the gravel. I'm suggesting they pot-up and sell those as an earner to support their other projects. The whole school has visited and roamed through my garden and so we have common ground.
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