WORKING BEE 12TH SEPTEMBER

Not sure what is happening here.. but Chris has his wallet open and I think I heard something about a Community Garden I LOVE T shirt.. or was he buying some green stuff of Ros... you know Mizuna something our Chris has a definite hankering for.

Just some pics from the day . You work out the story..but it's all about a raised bed or two..cutting timber with the help of Peter's generator, the girls clearing the area and a helping hand or two in Old Chris's plot.

And of course another one of our gardeners has become a Senior Citizen. She kept on chirping about it... and the fact that she is going to start traveling on trams on Sunday.. it's for free...but we wished her a Happy Birthday with Cupcakes made by Rebecca with gorgeous crystallized violets, and an orange cake made by Victoria market and some GREEN nettle soup made by Christine.. Recipe for the soup is on the side of the Blog..We all recommend it..

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New Colours in our tshirts!

Check out our Red Bubble site for new colours and styles in our tshirts- plus stickers!

Sunny Almost Spring Afternoon..

Sunday was a lovely sunny afternoon and Spring was in the air...it's been such a wonderful wet Winter that our gardens are all looking very lush and even the strawbales are growing.

2010 Very Moist Annual General Meeting

Well, despite some rather dramatic weather we had a good turn out at the AGM on Sunday,(including our newest and youngest member in a very stylish sleeping bag type ensemble)and we managed to cover a fair bit of business in between tea and cakes.
Office bearers were elected and issues of plot maintenance and membership obligations were raised. There will be un updated version of the rules coming shortly and we will email everyone to let them know what's what.

Compost Day- working bee for May

Last Sunday, Ros (and Kai), Chris, Pauline, Alistair and Rebecca worked on turning over the compost heaps and rebuilding them. We called ourselves the "Compost Club" after Pauline made a comment about wanting to be in the Qantas Club and we all misheard it as "Compost Club". Well really- which would you rather be a part of...? Don't answer that.
We actually had a great day and managed to distribute quite a lot of premium compost around the fruit trees.

Working bee 11th April

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WEll forgot to take photos...but nevermind a lot of work was done... Rebecca worked on pruning trees, Roz weeded the strawberry area and had the mulch brigade topping up mulch for her, Chris kept Liz entertained while she weeded, Justin powered the mulch brigade and I heard one of the gardeners say,"It's good having Justin around". and then Edain brought our latest member Eddie all beautifully dressed in a jumpsuit. The weather was kind.. and a decision was made regarding our latest venture powered by Roz two raised garden beds. We have enough timber in the Gardens to actually make them without having to seek a grant for them.. HOORAY we all heard Roz say... It was nice to have Vince back on the job as well..Pauline and myself kept the fish entertained with our witticisms as we weeded around the pond.....

But due to form have to have a photo..
It's coming up Seed Saving time Workshop again and I'm hunting up stuff.. this is a photo from an American website..and what are they doing... tasting CUCUMBERS...don't you just love it...



http://www.seedsavers.org/

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WORKING BEE 7th March 2010

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Well one garden member did bring his wellies. On ya Chris.

All three of us managed to accomplish a huge amount.. The weather was pleasant, the birds and butterflies were winging about, we tried to call out to Freddy that we were not going to destroy his home altogether.. We hoped he heard us..We weeded and weeded huge clumps of Cumbangi bulrushes, as these would take over the whole pond if allowed to continue. Also a large area of the indigenous waterplants which would also take over the whole pond if allowed to continue to grow..

We also discussed and discussed and Roz and myself, some of the time, politely listened to Chris explaining to us his ideas about strengthening the back wall of the pond..

Roz and myself of course had our own ideas hmmm... and Roz was fairly convinced by the end that it is possible to do.. To which end she valiantly hammered in two stakes and watered in the clay.. This is one idea we hope will work to stabalize the wall.. which has fallen in, we reckon due to the drought drying out the clay and the consequence of this has been that it has crumbled..in.



Chris and Marijka.

Ros.
The crumbled clay wall after being staked and watered in.

Photos marijka, ros.
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