Our garden volunteers are excited to have been accepted into Landcare’s new “Greening Gympie” program, which came about thanks to generous local donors who would like to see spaces greened with trees and plants appropriate to our region. Members and volunteers from the community garden were able to select 50 trees, which will help protect […]
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Agent W did a heap of work for us. Helping create pathways towards, and on, our plan. The work was neat, accurate and their service was excellent. They also did a fantastic job making a pad for our soon-to-be propagation shed. Home schoolers and preschoolers will be able to use this for exploring all kinds
We would like to thank Ross Creek Tropicals for their very generous donation of fruit trees to our garden. These trees will not only add to the abundance of the garden; they will also enable us to share more produce with our local community. Now all we need to do is get ready for planting!
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Today we made the mud bricks and constructed the pizza oven. First the clay mix was watered, and mixed to a plasticine consistency, in barrows. The base had been prepared yesterday, by some dedicated volunteers… Then came the fun part, mixing the clay with straw – do you wear boots or go barefoot? Then the
Not long till we share mouth-watering pizzas – update! Read More »
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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Today, after we had de-capped bottles, we worked on our raised beds, adding mushroom compost, minerals and worm juice. The worm juice was very kindly donated by Paul, a local, who manages to get hold of an abundance of the liquid gold! Thanks Paul. We watered the plants on the herb wall. And guess what?
Our herbs are there for the picking! Read More »
