tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018378497783726282024-03-13T21:05:46.157+11:00Northcote Community Gardensncghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04028617581488294706noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901837849778372628.post-46204965695907475552017-02-26T21:52:00.001+11:002017-02-26T21:52:53.275+11:00<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">February 2017 Working Bee - Why do you take photos when the wheelbarrow is empty!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">February 2017 Working Bee - This guy can use a hammer and a shovel!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">February 2017 Working Bee - Hard at work on redesigning the compost</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">February 2017 Working Bee - But I don't have a shovel!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">February 2017 Working Bee - I smell rats!</td></tr>
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<br />ncghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04028617581488294706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901837849778372628.post-13192689368458419422016-09-18T18:04:00.001+10:002016-09-18T18:04:29.154+10:00A year in the new garden extension<br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">When the email I was waiting for finally arrived...'Welcome - you are the first to have a box in the new area of the garden' I was so excited. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Friends donated compost and the soil loved it. Within a few months all the seeds in the compost were sprouting and as a novice garden, I had no idea if they were cucumbers, zucchini's or pumpkin. They turned out to be pumpkin!</span><br />
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It's been ages since our last post, and things with the new extension have moved on at a rapid rate, with our new vege boxes we now have 26 members! The mural is nearly complete, and Sally has acquired bright blue drums as planters that match it perfectly. More photos of the new extension to come, but once again thank-you to the fabulous people at <a href="https://www.thegreencentre.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>The Green Centre</b></span></a> for another donation of vege potting soil for our new garden beds.<br />
<br />ncghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04028617581488294706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901837849778372628.post-78105732240857825862015-10-21T11:50:00.000+11:002015-10-22T11:32:14.542+11:00Open DayWe were super lucky with the weather on Sunday and had a lovely sunny afternoon sharing<i> </i>cake and talking to our visitors. Numbers were pretty good considering we were competing with numerous school fetes <i>and</i> the Salami Festival up the road! Thanks also to Nick for providing music for us to eat our cake to!<br />
There were a few of us involved in setting up in the morning but credit must go to Ros and Marijka who did a great job both setting up and cleaning up at the end of the day, and Ros was official photographer too. <br />
Marijka's display of photographs from the very beginnings of the gardens 20 years ago to the present provided a great topic of conversation, as did our plans for the future in the new extension.<br />
There was much discussion about what we'll do at the next Open Day- bigger and better- at a time yet to be decided, but it was a very pleasant and successful first effort, and opening of our new extension.<br />
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<br />ncghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04028617581488294706noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901837849778372628.post-68671732748236981322015-09-27T15:46:00.000+10:002015-09-30T11:59:47.270+10:00OPEN DAY and Spring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was a perfect Spring day today and our gardens looked incredibly lush and vibrant. The bees were awfully busy too, and were particularly interested in the lavender and borage flowers. While I was there today a little boy came racing along the path beside the gardens and skidded to a halt under the mulberry tree, looking up expectantly. Then he turned to his Mother (following behind) and said with great disappointment , "They're not ripe yet." So clearly we're not the only ones excited by all that potential fruit!<br />
We do need to do a bit of preparation for our OPEN DAY on the 18th October, especially the new extension but it's all looking good. Check out the photos below, including the valiant Trudie's great efforts as the very first planter box in the new extension to actually be planted out!<br />
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<br />ncghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04028617581488294706noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901837849778372628.post-77525862417320065112015-07-26T15:27:00.000+10:002015-07-26T15:28:02.872+10:00Graffiti sadness and recoveryWe've had some graffiti and vandalism at the gardens lately that has made us all feel a bit sad and angry, so today we had a positive session of cleaning up and repainting. Of course there's a good chance that it'll all be tagged again by tomorrow but here are some images of what we did today in case they come back and destroy it all again tonight. We will keep painting over what they do and see who runs out of paint first. (Any sightings of these guys should be reported to the Northcote Police.)<br />
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Hope you like the new lilac table which is in the shed for safe-keeping....also I invented our own pretty daggy tag for NCG on the back of the door- take that!<br />
Also some photos of Ian and Anthony's amazing cauliflowers, broccolis and kohl rabi- growing things is what we all here for after all!<br />
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Posted by Rebecca.ncghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04028617581488294706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901837849778372628.post-37268196981821515262015-05-28T16:42:00.002+10:002015-05-28T16:44:19.992+10:00Vege boxes!<br />
Another great day on Sunday with more work being done to get our new extension happening.<br />
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crack team of vege box wranglers (see below) worked hard repairing and
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soil that was delivered by <a href="http://www.thegreencentre.com.au/">The Green Centre</a> last week.<br />
By the way, that spade did not connect with Alistair's head- not while I was watching anyway! <br />
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Posted by Rebeccancghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04028617581488294706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901837849778372628.post-21300525122811118022015-05-20T16:30:00.003+10:002015-05-20T16:30:46.904+10:00Meeting on Sunday and Seed Saving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We had a great meeting on Sunday with Christine taking lots of notes and performing the role of Chairperson to keep us all moving. There were a lot of issues discussed so check out the Meetings book in the shed to get up to date with what was decided.<br />
After the meeting Marijka held a Seed Saving workshop and brought along an awesome supply of the seed she has collected. We will be starting a Seed saving Group at the gardens to keep this going- it's a wonderful thing to do, and makes so much sense!<br />
I will put up a permanent link to our Membership rules as well for anyone who may be considering joining the gardens.<br />
Getting much colder, but time for lots of kale, broccoli, leafy greens and peas!<br />
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We have just found out that the wonderful people at <a href="http://www.thegreencentre.com.au/">The Green Centre</a> have offered to donate their Vege Mix soil to fill our vege boxes in the new extension! Woo hoo! So it'll be all hands on deck to receive and transport the soil to the boxes sometime in the next few weeks. Then of course we'll be able to welcome some new members to take ownership of the boxes.<br />
We have a permanent link to <a href="http://www.thegreencentre.com.au/" target="_blank">The Green Centre</a> in our links list to the left, so check out their website to find out more about them.ncghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04028617581488294706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901837849778372628.post-44465166741198867842015-05-05T17:36:00.001+10:002015-05-05T17:36:38.451+10:00April/May Working Bees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The last couple of working bees have seen plenty of movement on the new extension with some planting of lavender and olives outside the fence and some new taps put in as well. On Sunday I only managed to get a couple of photos before one of our bees decided to hurry me along by stinging me on the eye- needless to say I left a bit early. But before then I was able to catch some of the weeding and cleaning up action, and Chris holding aloft the most beautiful apple from the Pink Lady Apple tree he planted. All reports tell me it was a great day and more plans are afoot to fill the boxes in the new extension.(By the way my eye is fine, but I was a pretty hideous sight there for a while)<br />
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They appear very busy and happy, the dark coloured comb is old brood comb and now that the babies have left the comb they will be starting to fill that up with nectar to make honey. When the comb is filled with honey it will appear to be capped with white. It's a bit difficult to see if the lovely new comb is capped but at least part of it is I think, which means more food for them to survive Winter, and means a head start on honey production in Spring (and maybe some for us to share too!).</div>
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Posted by Rebecca D.ncghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04028617581488294706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901837849778372628.post-65077085996941756912015-03-01T14:49:00.003+11:002015-03-01T14:55:19.768+11:00March Working BeeIronically our new Working Bee starting time today of 11am saw all the people who voted for keeping the time as 1pm turn up, and only one of the ones who voted for 11am turn up! <br />
We may need to take another vote?<br />
We had a lovely sunny day after all the rain last night and set about workshopping the new extension- inspecting the lovely new raised bed boxes collected by Alistair, Christine and Liz, and dismantling part of the old fence near the tank to allow access from the old part into the new part.<br />
Chris and Liz were the first over the threshold!<br />
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And in true NCG style we also had a lovely food treat bought along by Dianne- homemade blackberry jam made from our own blackberries, and cream on pikelets. Delicious, thanks Dianne.<br />
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For quite a while I have thought I would like to make a
living from farming. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After constantly
hearing my dreams of farming, my wife Christine who has a real understanding of
the hard realities of farming <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>suggested
I go to a farm to get real experience (reality) before I jump in to something I
know very little about. And she suggested I apply to do an internship with the
co-founder of Permaculture, David Holmgren. So I applied at Melliodora, in
Hepburn Springs.</div>
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When I got accepted to do a three week internship I read a
book called Fields of Farmers by Joel Salatin, which is about mentoring and interning.
I attempted to heed his advice for the intern: from first accepting everything
and forgetting judgment up front to not being a prima donna about the jobs that
need to be done. “Chances are there is more to any procedure than you know.
Devote yourself to accepting the protocols and techniques of the master you’re
with. Every task is a valuable component of the entire process. Jump in, it’s
all about immersion” (Salatin).</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Salatin states that
he has learned something from every farm he has visited. Sometimes it‘s simply
a slick new gate latch. He goes on to explain that interns must not be casual
observers. “When you’re out working with a mentor get up where you can see.
What really is the technique? How does he hold the hoe? Foot placement? Body placement?
Eyes in relation to hands? Every single thing, every single thing has a host of
nuances”. </div>
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I have just completed the internship. Melliodora is a 1
hectare garden farm and sustainable home which is a model of small scale
intensive permaculture. David Holmgren and Su Dennett designed and built the
sustainable home and farm (with many helping hands) and they maintain mixed
food gardens, orchards, dams and livestock (chooks, geese and goats), as well
as do ecosynthesis (use of introduced species to fill niches in a disrupted
environment, with the aim of increasing the speed of ecological restoration) creek
revegetation.</div>
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David and Su openly shared their knowledge and experiences
with me and the other interns. To be able to spend three weeks working at one
of the best examples of permaculture under the guidance of such experienced
mentors was a real privilege. I learned by observing David and Su and by doing
the daily garden farm chores. Perhaps I learned most through osmosis, just
being there.</div>
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I had many stimulating chats with David and Su. There was
much time for dialogue and explanations about why things are done in such ways
at the garden farm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On one occasion in
the garden I asked David about his method of gardening and he explained the importance
of intuition and listening to his emotions. For example on this summer day it
was cooler and it had been raining earlier which provided extra moisture in the
soil. David described how this ‘autumn-like’ weather made him feel like
planting, and so that is what he did today: sowed carrots, daikons and butter
lettuce.</div>
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Melliodora has been designed to mimic the patterns and relationships
in nature. After 30 years it continues to work productively and sustainably due
its systems management. Many applications such as chooks and orchards have been
adopted (rather than single use farming) which require interconnected
knowledge. Human physical labour rather than complex machines are used to
organise and maintain the permaculture garden farm. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Human labour with simple machines is
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The amount of embedded knowledge that David and Su have can
be overwhelming at times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To try to cram
into three weeks a lifetime’s knowledge and experience couldn’t be done on my
notepad which I kept with me at all times. However through the stories I was
told and the context of doing , the internship became a means of developing
habits –not just procedural how-to’s but the way I think and behave. The
effectiveness of the internship was that it put me, the student, next to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>masters who have earned their status through
time and trial. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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My confidence gained as David explained some of the mistakes
and changes in thinking they had made in their thirty years at Melliodora.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And what he has learned from his mistakes and
observations. For example David described to me, while we were picking
hazelnuts, how he had originally placed too much lime in the soil for hazelnut
trees. Also he described how his original thinking at Melliodora had a large
focus on fruit trees but now his focus has increased on nut producing trees.</div>
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Some highlights of the three weeks included walking around
the property in the rain with David observing and maintaining water flows. This
was very exciting and educational for me as we walked around in our raincoats
seeing water fall from the sky and flow along the contours of the land. David
has designed the landscape of Melliodora to catch and store water from a large
catchment of 40 hectares. On this day I observed the two dams (0.8 Megalitre
and 0.3 Megalitre capacity) fill up with water to capacity – much needed to
maintain a healthy intensive vegetable garden and orchard at this time of year.
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Another highlight was working in the garden with David and
two other interns from France , Karl and Aline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Being in the garden for several hours each day allows one to observe and
become attuned to changes and progressions in plants and animals. </div>
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The meals together were great. The food was brilliant,
healthy and delicious. There is something about eating, preparing and cooking
your own food immediately from your garden and animals that cannot be matched. </div>
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Working with David and Su, their immediate family and other
interns, and interacting with the local community allowed me access to a potential vocation without the full responsibilities of running a business. At
Melliodora, I got to test the waters of permaculture garden farming and see if
it is something I want to seriously pursue. </div>
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ncghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04028617581488294706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901837849778372628.post-14085783653807082292015-02-08T14:28:00.004+11:002015-02-08T14:43:12.234+11:00New Extension fence now up!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Now the planning and plotting (no pun intended, but that too) begins! Very exciting.<br />
Posted by Rebecca.ncghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04028617581488294706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901837849778372628.post-12830805757613707252014-12-14T16:32:00.000+11:002014-12-14T16:48:17.363+11:00Christmas Lunch 2014 and our first HONEY!We had a lovely day today for our Christmas lunch, and in a momentous occasion for all of us, especially all who were involved in building the hive and tending the bees over the past year and a half. (Remember this Marijka, Vince, Pia, Ros, Chris and Alistair? <a href="http://northcotecommunitygardens.blogspot.com.au/p/blog-page.html">http://northcotecommunitygardens.blogspot.com.au/p/blog-page.html</a>) <br />
the first harvest of our own honey was collected by Valeria this morning!<br />
Needless to say we all agreed it was delicious...thank- you bees!<br />
In other momentous news Telstra will begin building a fence for our new extension within weeks!<br />
Tania Lucas from Telstra attended our lunch, as was met with a round of applause, and it was lovely to show her our community and gardens, and how well we all cook!<br />
After Christmas and New Year our first Working Bee for 2015 will be on the 4th January so it would be lovely to see whoever is not on holidays there. <br />
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.<br />
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Posted by Rebecca D.ncghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04028617581488294706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901837849778372628.post-64498706722928882922014-10-07T11:15:00.001+11:002014-10-07T11:15:16.401+11:00October Working Bee and Poppodums<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, we had a rather small turn out for the Working Bee on Sunday as you can see, but a very cheery one! Unfortunately the Indian feast turned out to be an Indian snack (thank goodness for Georgina's poppadums!) but we did manage to get some weeding and mulching done around the orchard, and Chris and Biggles worked diligently on the outside of the fence and mulching the new plantings.<br />
It was lovely to have Heather back too, after several months adventuring overseas.<br />
Georgina and I were able to do our official handover, so your new Treasurer is now fully in charge of our finances. (Phew, I hear you say.)<br />
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While we were gorging ourselves on all those poppadoms, Ian took the opportunity to give us a Garden Safety workshop as the beginning of a series of workshops we'll be having over the next 12 months in association with our garden extension plans and grant. There are some safety leaflets pinned to the notice board in the shed for all those who missed it, and here is a <a href="http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Gardening_safety" target="_blank">link </a>to garden safety on the <a href="http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Gardening_safety" target="_blank">Vic Govt Better Heath </a>site as well. <br />
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It was a beautiful sunny day and everything is bursting with life, so a great time to be in the gardens!<br />
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Posted by Rebecca.ncghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04028617581488294706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901837849778372628.post-85048629558503157582014-09-24T14:48:00.000+10:002014-09-24T14:48:21.995+10:00September Working Bee and Good-bye Luke!It was another lovely Spring day for our September Working Bee but sadly it was also Luke's last. We will miss him and his lovely calm energy in our gardens but we wish him happy gardening in Canberra.<br />
Now that we have some money for our extension thanks to the grant that Ian managed to get, we spent time clearing part of the space and working out what to do about fencing, as well as clearing the other side of the fence near the tracks to facilitate council mowing.<br />
We recently had our AGM as well, with Georgina becoming our new Treasurer and Liz our new Membership Coordinator, so with new members coming and old members going changes are afoot.<br />
One of our new members, Rushida, is inspiring everyone to new heights of gourmet delights with an Indian Feast planned for our next working bee in October ...stay tuned for some luscious photos and no doubt some additions to our recipe page as well!<br />
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Posted by Rebecca.ncghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04028617581488294706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901837849778372628.post-70505271265435595382014-06-24T13:50:00.002+10:002014-06-24T13:54:11.115+10:00Beautiful video on our local food growersI spotted this today while browsing the <a href="http://www.morelandfoodgardensnetwork.org/" target="_blank">Moreland Food Gardens network</a> site.<br />
It's worth watching if you have 10 minutes. Beautifully shot and put together and so inspiring!<br />
Just down the road from us all!<br />
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You can now choose your favourite photos (or upload new ones) to put on tote bags on our <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/ncgardens" target="_blank">Red Bubble </a>site! Still working on transferring the tshirt designs to totes, the files aren't big enough yet.<br />
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Our day dawned, a beautiful rainy day..and it kept raining till we were actually planting. Thanks to Alistair using his 'scary' hole digging machine, prior to the day, we had 50 or so holes, so the initial planting went very smoothly and quickly. We still had loads more plants and as enthusuiasm was high, small mattocks came to the fore and a lot of digging was done, more plants nestled into potting mix and watered and mulched.<br />
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The beautiful persimmon tree.</div>
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It's all over, time for a a cup of tea, a Lebanese custard slice and a chin wag. Star Wars the first movie, Harry Potter and 'who I will be when I grow up' comes to mind.</div>
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Kye, Marijka and Mali.</div>
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We received a Darebin Council Grant to continue our revegetation of the Northcote Community Gardens Park area. We have on order 150 indigenous plants from the Victorian Indigenous Nursery Cooperative.<br />
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This poster will be in the Northcote Library, there will be an add in the Northcote Leader as well as the Darebin Food Harvest Network.<br />
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We had a great working bee yesterday, Sunday 2nd March. The weather was beautiful. The afternoon meal was amazing. Excellent.</div>
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Thinning plants in the lower pond, March 2014 Working Bee</div>
ncghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04028617581488294706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901837849778372628.post-56772620951716422942014-01-14T11:03:00.001+11:002014-06-03T16:29:40.579+10:00Bees and beesWell despite being a hideous day for it (forecasted to get to 43), Alistair, Christine, Ben and I went to the gardens this morning while it was still and relatively cool to tackle the bee hive for the first time. Our bees have been so industrious that they had used up all the bars that were in there from when we got them from Martin, and they needed the false back moved and more bars put in. Also the hive was on a bit of a lean and needed straightening up so that the combs will be nice and straight.<br />
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It was with more than a little trepidation that we approached the hive kitted out in our new hats and some painting overalls and gloves, and when we first took the roof off- the bees did take quite an interest in us, but after a few calming breaths and some explanations to them about what we were doing they settled down quite nicely. Then they very politely let us fiddle around in their hive adding bars and spacers.<br />
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So now they have quite a bit more room to expand and a nice level hive- so lets hope they don't suddenly decide to pick up and leave after our interference... we really are just winging it right now!<br />
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In other bee news there is a huge wild hive built in a tree down Hartington St towards Westgarth on the railway side. Hopefully the hot windy weather won't cause them any trouble.<br />
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Posted by Rebecca.ncghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04028617581488294706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901837849778372628.post-12553637781867221522013-11-09T11:20:00.003+11:002014-06-03T16:29:40.533+10:00Northcote Community Garden Orchard Map This is a map of our Orchard (November 2013). (Sorry you may need a magnifying glass to read the names of the trees - I will put a bigger version of the map in the Orchard folder shortly) All trees planted seem to be thriving. The beehive will be placed in the orchard shortly - as soon as the bees have settled into their/our new hive.<br />
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of the great food included pikelets and NCG tree-ripened mulberry jam made by Dianne, cous cous
by Christine, a broad bean salad by Heather, a broad bean salad by Elizabeth, (Tanya's) olives by Heather and olives by Rebecca.<br />
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Lots of much-needed mulching and weeding was accomplished
around the perimeter of the gardens. We managed to neatly put back to the
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We also discussed and walked around the proposed area for an
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Here are some photos taken today:</div>
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<dl style="text-align: center;"><dd>À CASSANDRE</dd></dl>
<dl style="text-align: center;"><dd>Mignonne, allons voir si la rose</dd><dd>Qui ce matin avoit desclose</dd><dd>Sa robe de pourpre au Soleil,</dd><dd>A point perdu, ceste vesprée,</dd><dd>Les plis de sa robe pourprée,</dd><dd>Et son teint au votre pareil.</dd></dl>
<dl style="text-align: center;"><dd>Las ! voyez comme en peu d’espace,</dd><dd>Mignonne, elle a dessus la place</dd><dd>Las, las, ses beautés laissé choir !</dd><dd>O vraiment marâtre Nature,</dd><dd>Puis qu’une telle fleur ne dure</dd><dd>Que du matin jusques au soir !</dd></dl>
<dl style="text-align: center;"><dd>Donc, si vous me croyez, mignonne,</dd><dd>Tandis que votre âge fleuronne</dd><dd>En sa plus verte nouveauté,</dd><dd>Cueillez, cueillez votre jeunesse :</dd><dd>Comme à cette fleur la vieillesse</dd><dd>Fera ternir votre beauté.</dd><dd></dd><dd>and in English:</dd><dd></dd><dd><span class="notranslate">TO CASSANDRE</span> </dd><dd><span class="notranslate"> Darling, let's see if the rose</span> </dd><dd><span class="notranslate"> Who this morning had desclose</span> </dd><dd><span class="notranslate"> His purple robe Sun,</span> </dd><dd><span class="notranslate"> A lost point, cestus vespers,</span> </dd><dd><span class="notranslate"> The folds of her purple dress,</span> </dd><dd><span class="notranslate"> And your complexion like.</span> </dd><dd><span class="notranslate"> Alas!</span> <span class="notranslate"> see as little space</span> </dd><dd><span class="notranslate"> Cute, she has over the place</span> </dd><dd><span class="notranslate"> Weary, weary, let fall its beauties!</span> </dd><dd><span class="notranslate"> O really stepmother Nature</span> </dd><dd><span class="notranslate"> Can such a flower lasts</span> </dd><dd><span class="notranslate"> That the morning even to the evening!</span> </dd><dd><span class="notranslate"> So if you believe me, cute,</span> </dd><dd><span class="notranslate"> While your age blossomed</span> </dd><dd><span class="notranslate"> As greener novelty,</span> </dd><dd><span class="notranslate"> Pick, pick your youth:</span> </dd><dd><span class="notranslate"> As this flower old age</span> </dd><dd><span class="notranslate"> Will tarnish your beauty.</span></dd><dd></dd><dd style="text-align: left;"><span class="notranslate">Alistair </span> </dd><dd></dd></dl>
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