Sun and Rain and the Garden is Thriving!

December, and it's a cheer to be here! December dates are as follows AGM & party to follow - Friday Dec. 6 @ 5pm

Wednesday Working Bees: @9.30 am     December 4th and 18th

Wednesday meeting: @4.30pm   December  11th

Saturday working bees @ 9am December 7th and 14th and 21st

Guided Bush Tucker walk and Worm tea update

Hello Community Gardeners,

Below is a link to a guided walk on Bush Tucker and Bush Medicine plants. It is at Blackbutt Forest and is guided by Terry Rankmore who helped out with the plant selection on our own Hillside Native Food Forest. This is an opportunity not to be missed.

http://www.landcareillawarra.org.au/2013/10/free-bush-tucker/

We are also happily using our new backpack sprayer to spread our delicious worm tea around the garden. Eddie's work maintaining the worm farms has been wonderful and the resulting worm tea is now a tonic for our fruit and vegies.

 

Tea anyone? - Great work Eddie

Gardening in November

Tomatoes, eggplants, capsicums, zucchini, cucumbers, watermelon, beans and potatoes are just some of the vegetables we have planted recently. Many of our fruit trees are flowering and fruiting - chocolate pudding fruit, mango, fig and many more.

Many of our regulars have been helping with weeding and watering but we would always welcome some new faces. Come and visit us on a Saturday morning and have a look around. We are located between the sporting fields and Blue Haven.

Dates for November

Saturday Working Bees - 2nd, 9th, 16th and 30th,  9am

Wednesday Working Bees - 6th, 20th at 9.30

Wednesday General Meetings - 13th, 27th at 4.30

Governance Meeting - 21st November


The AGM will be held on Friday 6th December at 5pm. This will double as our Christmas gathering with a party to follow at 6pm.

Hot Summer Coming!

All hands will be needed this summer to help water and mulch the garden if the dryness that is forecast eventuates. The bounteous harvest above was from a day in late October 2011. Garden produce is shared by all who help to care for it. Hopefully such a delicious looking photo will encourage new members to the garden. October dates are as follows:  Wednesday working bee: 9.30am on October 16th. Wednesday meetings: 4.30pm, October 9th and 23rd. Saturday working bees 9.30am on October 12th and 19th.  Hope to see you there.

Opportunities in October

Visit the Community Garden in October for the opportunity to make new friends and learn new skills.

We will be planting, propagating, potting up and of course, harvesting.

We had a very successful plant stall near Woolies on 7th September and since we still have many plants to sell we are going to have another stall in the main street. The date and location will be posted on this blog soon. If you missed out on the last stall, visit us at our next one for great bargains.

Dates for October

Saturday Working Bees -  5th, 12th and 19th October, 9am

Wednesday Working Bees - 2nd and 16th October at 9.30 am

Wednesday General Meetings - 9th and 23rd October

Governance Committee Meeting - 17th October, 6.30 at the garden

Spring in Earnest!

Encouraged by NSW's warmest winter on record, growth in the garden is gathering speed again.
There will be casual gardening only on 7th September as the usual working bee gives way to a plant stall fundraiser.  Come and join us at one of these garden gatherings this month:

Wednesday Working Bees, 4th and 18th September, 9.30 am.
Wednesday General Meetings, 11th and 25th September, 4.30 pm
Saturday Working Bees, 14th and 21st September, 9 am

Governance Members meeting 19th September, 6.30pm - venue to be arranged.