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Katrina Wolff, Soil Whisperer at Blue Borage

Composting Harakeke

Who ever said you can’t compost Harakekek?

Jan 6

Composting Harakeke

Jan 6

A year of flowers

A sample of home grown blooms from the Blue Borage soil farm, a reminder of the diversity that can be sourced on your own doorstep.

Jan 5

A year of flowers

Jan 5

Tuakau’s Pā Harakeke (Collection of NZ Flax in North Waikato)

One of Tuakau’s special spots is a collection of Harakeke (NZ Flax), planted by Buckley Fyers in 1989.

Dec 16, 2024

Tuakau’s Pā Harakeke (Collection of NZ Flax in North Waikato)

Dec 16, 2024

Food Scraps & Cafes — how much waste is there and could it be composted in a home garden setting?

A couple of years ago I was really curious about just how much food waste was generated in a cafe.

Feb 25, 2024

Food Scraps & Cafes — how much waste is there and could it be composted in a home garden setting?

Feb 25, 2024

Biodynamic composting in a school settting

Composting in schools is a tricky topic — caretakers aren’t teachers, and teachers aren’t caretakers. Managing green waste is not really a…

Jan 9, 2024

Biodynamic composting in a school settting

Jan 9, 2024

Biodynamic Composting in a kindergarten setting

Welcome to Michael Park Kindergarten, in Ellerslie, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

Jan 9, 2024

Jan 9, 2024

64 perspectives on Composting informed by Human Design & Gene Keys

I got this cool idea, to use the 64 Human Design Gates to describe my work from a multitude of perspectives. And being inherently…

Oct 10, 2023

64 perspectives on Composting informed by Human Design & Gene Keys

Oct 10, 2023

Composting onion skins – with & without biodynamic remedies

One of my most enjoyable compost experiments at the moment is using bags and bags of onion crop waste.

Oct 5, 2023

Composting onion skins – with & without biodynamic remedies

Oct 5, 2023

Snail Tales in my Vegetable Garden

I’m normally that laid-back gardener who is able to ignore the snails: live and let live.

Sep 21, 2023

Snail Tales in my Vegetable Garden

Sep 21, 2023

Eco Tourism in Tuakau looks like ‘Compost Tourism’

Want to learn how to make top quality compost?

May 29, 2023

Eco Tourism in Tuakau looks like ‘Compost Tourism’

May 29, 2023

Biodynamics & Social Media

Here are the results from an informal survey I ran this week, to prepare for the podcast episode on biodynamics and social media with Lin…

May 17, 2023

Biodynamics & Social Media

May 17, 2023

(Sample) Blue Borage Email sent 30/4/23

Here’s an example of the promotional emails sent by Blue Borage

Apr 29, 2023

(Sample) Blue Borage Email sent 30/4/23

Apr 29, 2023

The Wormporium at Otago Polytech

On-site Composting at a large workplace really can work — here’s one example:

Feb 19, 2023

The Wormporium at Otago Polytech

Feb 19, 2023

Soilpreneur of the month (February 2023): Sarah Smith

Welcome to a new series of updates, which will probably live on LinkedIn as a monthly newsletter. If you want to follow my work on…

Feb 17, 2023

Soilpreneur of the month (February 2023): Sarah Smith

Feb 17, 2023

Choosing the best worm farm for your workplace

So you want to start a worm farm — great!

Feb 1, 2023

Choosing the best worm farm for your workplace

Feb 1, 2023

Bambooloo & Humanure Composting

Things I love…

Jan 12, 2023

Bambooloo & Humanure Composting

Jan 12, 2023

Family Friendly Biodynamics: intuitive gardening with children

Learning about the theory of biodynamic gardening can sometimes feel a bit like attending Hogwarts, but it doesn’t have to be complicated.

Jan 12, 2023

Family Friendly Biodynamics: intuitive gardening with children

Jan 12, 2023

Gardening by the Moon: How/What/Why

As a biodynamic gardener, I’ve been buying moon calendars for over a decade now. To start with, it was out of curiosity — the description…

Jan 12, 2023

Gardening by the Moon: How/What/Why

Jan 12, 2023

Subpod In-ground worm farms (product review)

Worm castings are fantastic in your garden, your potting mix, your indoor plants, and are what I use to make worm tea.

Jan 12, 2023

Subpod In-ground worm farms (product review)

Jan 12, 2023

Beneficial weeds & companion plants

Weeding my garden is a key part of the composting process — not just because it ends up a bit tidier with space to plant more seedlings…

Jan 10, 2022

Dandelion plant growing at the edge of a walkway.

Jan 10, 2022

Katrina Wolff, Soil Whisperer at Blue Borage

Katrina Wolff, Soil Whisperer at Blue Borage

Compost Consultant based in Tuakau, New Zealand. Using biodynamics to help people make exquisite soil, at work or at home. https://www.blueborage.co.nz/

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