Little Pirongia Farms

05/07/2024

This seasons end becomes next seasons beginning.

Managed to get around to mulching some fruit tree prunings, which we'll use as mulch where it lays.

Bonus is the tropical vibes from the smell of the fig on this foggy morning.

01/05/2024

Awesome event to be involved in, with a great group of local food producers.

The doco Six inches of Soil was a great way to have a local conversation about changing food production models.

Thanks for having us and cheers for the support in getting the film to Te Awamutu and

26/04/2024

Spray-free salad and microgreens now at Freshchoice!

We're excited to let everyone know that you can now get our Spray-free Salad Greens and Robyn Wyllie delicious Microgreens now at FreshChoice Te Awamutu

We're stoked that the Freshchoice team are supporting local, and we're proud as punch to be able to provide Te Awamutu locals with fresh, spray-free salad greens grown in soil just down the road.

We work really hard to lighten our footprint, so all our packaging is fully home compostable 🤘

💙We are super excited to have this local supplier available now Te Awamutu! A big warm welcome to Little Pirongia Farms we love your products they are simply awesome but most of all we love supporting a local business.💙 Check them out they are instore now. (Also think they might be on special too!)

24/04/2024

We're stoked to be involved with the showing of the documentary Six Inches of Soil, supported by and on 1st May.

Farmer Dan will be facilitating a panel of local producers and retailers after the doco for a Q&A with the audience.

It's a great opportunity to learn more about the importance of caring for our soil, and get a wider understanding of the challenges with the "modern" food system.

08/04/2024

Daylight savings 2024 update

We're furiously trying to get our final few autumn crops in before temps drop, and pulling out the final summer crops to free up more bed space.

Polycropping working well, especially autumn mix green crop and sunflowers.

03/02/2024

Polycropping - delicious w**d management...

We're trialing a few different living mulches for under our longer-term crops (e.g., tomatoes, cucumbers).

One combo that has worked really well is rock melon under a bed of cherry tomatoes.

Rockmelon are a really good w**d suppressant (& dont tend to want to climb as aggressively as other melons), as well as a delicious treat while harvesting!

The downside is they need to be gently trained as they want to stray into paths, so we push the wannabe escapees back into the bed each time we thin our tomato plants.

The rockmelon aren't a prolific crop, but they went down a treat at the last Pirongia market and into vege boxes for the last few weeks.

And did we mention how delicious they are post harvest? 😁