What a productive time we had at Bunnings! Willing, friendly helpers every two hours…. Onion chopping in the car…. No complaints about price rise…. Several donations…. Conversations that led to learning…. And a fantastic $1,200 profit…. MANY THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO GAVE THEIR TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY GARDEN!
It was the first real sunny, and cloudless, day for weeks! And quite a few keen (and strong!) people turned up for our wicked bed workshop yesterday. Many were interested in the small wicked beds, but everyone mucked in and helped create the large wicked bed. The bed itself had been in storage from when …
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This morning our lovely team got together to raise money for the gardens by recycling bottles. Then we cleaned up the garden and got working on other odd jobs. One of the jobs was to clear rocks so we can easily mow, and create a swale to slow the water coming into our shed. Check …
The gardens are located on a block that is in a one in a hundred year flood zone. And Gympie had its worst rain bomb event for almost 130 years. We have always been a little concerned about what flooding might look like on our block. Well, thanks to Gerard who went down and had …
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We have our first rainwater tank in place, thanks to the wonderful people who offer their time, skills and knowledge for the benefit of our community. The tank situation was a sad look for quite a while… We called it the ‘paddling pool’… and attempts to drain the water were set back by the rain, …
