Kate - hiding in the garden NZ
@katem.bsky.social
Knitter, gardener, museum geek and database wrangler
Aotearoa/New Zealand
She/her
Aotearoa/New Zealand
She/her
I think he accidentally(?) chose the 'Make me Trumpy' filter instead
December 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I think he accidentally(?) chose the 'Make me Trumpy' filter instead
Can't have disorderly thieving - only orderly thieving allowed!
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Can't have disorderly thieving - only orderly thieving allowed!
Try David Copperfield - left over characters get shipped to Australia
November 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Try David Copperfield - left over characters get shipped to Australia
If I was her I'd be lying low too
November 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
If I was her I'd be lying low too
I remember encountering fairy bread at a birthday party when I was about four - I was disgusted, came home and told my mother "Anne's mum doesn't know how to make cake so she puts hundreds and thousands on bread"
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I remember encountering fairy bread at a birthday party when I was about four - I was disgusted, came home and told my mother "Anne's mum doesn't know how to make cake so she puts hundreds and thousands on bread"
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We often think of problems as separate buckets: disease, malnutrition, affordability or economic development. But “Climate change is not a separate bucket,” Hayhoe says. “The reason we care about climate change is that it’s the hole in every bucket.”
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We often think of problems as separate buckets: disease, malnutrition, affordability or economic development. But “Climate change is not a separate bucket,” Hayhoe says. “The reason we care about climate change is that it’s the hole in every bucket.”
Now do 'National's biggest ass'
November 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Now do 'National's biggest ass'
The rubbishy tat has been heavily promoted by The Warehouse since the 90's because they were worried about losing the right to sell fireworks. Before that it wasn't widely celebrated here.
October 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The rubbishy tat has been heavily promoted by The Warehouse since the 90's because they were worried about losing the right to sell fireworks. Before that it wasn't widely celebrated here.
Cookbooks carry family history - recipes you've recorded from family and friends, and those you have made for memorable occasions. Also the stains that mark favourite pages. My mother's handwritten recipes were photographed for the grandchildren.
October 28, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Cookbooks carry family history - recipes you've recorded from family and friends, and those you have made for memorable occasions. Also the stains that mark favourite pages. My mother's handwritten recipes were photographed for the grandchildren.
I had to read that twice - I thought you were putting tomatoes in the Christmas cake!
October 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I had to read that twice - I thought you were putting tomatoes in the Christmas cake!
Must be time I read it again - sounds like teenage me over 50 years ago missed a LOT!
October 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Must be time I read it again - sounds like teenage me over 50 years ago missed a LOT!
In New Zealand, we call Phormium tenax flax. Māori traditionally used the fibre from the long leaves for weaving, and it is still used for that purpose today.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flax_in_New_Zealand?wprov=sfti1#
October 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
In New Zealand, we call Phormium tenax flax. Māori traditionally used the fibre from the long leaves for weaving, and it is still used for that purpose today.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flax_in_New_Zealand?wprov=sfti1#
Absolutely! I have my own home end enjoy gardening. I grow quite a lot of fruit and vegetables, but it takes several years to get any quantity of fruit, and battling weeds and pests takes knowledge and time and/or money. And then bad weather can wipe out a crop overnight.
gardening.do
October 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Absolutely! I have my own home end enjoy gardening. I grow quite a lot of fruit and vegetables, but it takes several years to get any quantity of fruit, and battling weeds and pests takes knowledge and time and/or money. And then bad weather can wipe out a crop overnight.
There's a filter???
October 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
There's a filter???
What a Chrisis!
October 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
What a Chrisis!
That happened to me, on my bare leg, while driving with nowhere to safely stop! Flicked it off and never saw it again, but I drove the rest of the way with my toes on just the pedals and my heels in the air. When I got home I filled the car with flyspray and left it locked for the weekend!
October 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
That happened to me, on my bare leg, while driving with nowhere to safely stop! Flicked it off and never saw it again, but I drove the rest of the way with my toes on just the pedals and my heels in the air. When I got home I filled the car with flyspray and left it locked for the weekend!
Yes, my GP's office called me a week before my 66th birthday - if you get the first one before your 66th birthday, you can get the second one free too
October 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Yes, my GP's office called me a week before my 66th birthday - if you get the first one before your 66th birthday, you can get the second one free too
Agree, but ouch, "unearned wealth those in 60s/70s are now sitting on" hits hard when I'm almost 69 and still working, trying to save for a retirement after years of struggle following a divorce!
September 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Agree, but ouch, "unearned wealth those in 60s/70s are now sitting on" hits hard when I'm almost 69 and still working, trying to save for a retirement after years of struggle following a divorce!
Taipari Strand in Te Atatu? Google had a fit and told me lies about Mount Taupiri!
September 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Taipari Strand in Te Atatu? Google had a fit and told me lies about Mount Taupiri!
He obviously thinks proud means 'disgusted'
September 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
He obviously thinks proud means 'disgusted'
"Luxon said there were "extremists" on both sides" - now where have I heard that phrasing before?
September 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"Luxon said there were "extremists" on both sides" - now where have I heard that phrasing before?
Arsenate of lead was a common pesticide and rat poison rather than a weedkiller. Imagine using it in your home garden! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_hy...
Lead hydrogen arsenate - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
September 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Arsenate of lead was a common pesticide and rat poison rather than a weedkiller. Imagine using it in your home garden! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_hy...
I'd sign up for that!
September 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I'd sign up for that!