Category Archives: events and workshops

It’s our Birthday!

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

  This Sunday 27th we’ll be celebrating another year of gardening. It’s now two years since we launched the garden and time again to celebrate four seasons of growing, harvesting and eating, as well as making art, holding workshops, and … Continue reading →

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Compost Creators

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

International Compost Week has been a good one in the Mount Alexander Shire, with five well attended events and plenty of activity on the composting front. I attended The Hub’s workshop on worm farming and compost systems and came away … Continue reading →

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Composting tomorrow….

Posted on May 11, 2012 by

Well we’ve spent the best part of the week collecting biodynamic sheep manure (from under a local shearing shed), mowing grass, raking autumn leaves, collecting vege scraps from greengrocers, pulling weeds and collecting spelt hulls. Added to this our rolls … Continue reading →

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May in the Garden – time to weed, plant & compost

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

The autumn has been quite kind so far. A good rainfall wouldn’t go astray, but we’ve been able to keep picking late summer crops. And weeds. But this is sure to end with chilly nights and frosts and decreasing daylength. But … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to Us ….. and here’s to Compost

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

This month the garden turns two. On Sunday May 27th we’ll be marking it and the annual renewal of plots with a lazy Sunday shared lunch, courtesy of the pizza oven, for existing and potential members, artists involved in the … Continue reading →

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Time for some gardening

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

We’ve been busy with visits and events, so it’ll be good to actually get digging and planting this week. The garden is looking good after recent timely rains - though many of the tomatoes have suffered blossom end rot from uneven … Continue reading →

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