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Rural vegetable garden

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Rural vegetable garden

Up until the 1960s most rural households had large vegetable gardens and kept 10–20 laying hens for their domestic needs. This chicken run and extensive vegetable garden are probably in the Stratford area, Taranaki, in 1911.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, James McAllister Collection (PAColl-3054)

Reference: 1/1-005870; G

by James McAllister

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Maggy Wassilieff, Gardens – Backyard gardens, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18875/rural-vegetable-garden (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.