Stone fruit can be some of the trickiest fruits to get over the line i.e. in your mouth, without problems such as fungal disease, fruit fly or fruit bats. To ensure that a heavy crop doesn’t spoil requires a little more work than an orange but is well worth the effort. Learn how to correctly... Continue reading »

Dave Winner will be joining us on Tuesday evening 10 April 2018 and will be talking about soil, including soil composition, compost, fertilizers and soil testing Dave Winner has nearly 50 years’ experience in the horticulture industry.  He has been a Horticulture teacher at TAFE  for 38 years.  He has studied Permaculture with David Holmgren in 1992 and taught Permaculture... Continue reading »

At our next meeting Ray Cornish will be continuing on from last month's talk on soils.  After a short re-cap of soil, Ray will discuss the effects of nutrients on plants and how these nutrients are taken up and used .  Also covered will be the value of compost to the soil, what nutrients are... Continue reading »

At our next meeting, Matt Heffernan will discuss the great variety of vegetables we can grow in our mild winter. Picking the best site is crucial. Matt will explain in detail how easy it is to grow garlic and now is the time.  Storing produce over long periods is necessary for mature garlic but storing... Continue reading »

Lucy is a passionate novice beekeeper, with a warre hive in her Marrickville backyard. With a large veggie patch and situated on the edge of the golf club and Cooks River, the bees have an abundance of native and non-native nectar to feed on. Being an avid gardener, and committed environmentalist, bees were just a... Continue reading »

“It is notoriously difficult to create something out of nothing. It’s always easier to turn something into something else. We all have powers of transformation which we underestimate. We’re not as creative as we could be. Yet, when we mix a little imagination with inspiration, we can be resourceful” quote by Bill Mollison In this... Continue reading »

Chickens are an integral part of back yard sustainability.  At our next meeting Julie will talk about her recent experience with backyard chickens. She has 3 ISO Browns in her small yard for her and her husband. The weeding was making her back worse and there is a never ending need for more fertiliser and... Continue reading »

Sam Gatsby Lim wears many hats - design consultant, arborist, mushroom cultivator and forager of wild foods. A qualified arborist and arm-chair mycologist, Sam takes delight in the simple, the beautiful and the natural. Throughout his varied career, he has maintained one curiously common thread - a passion and intelligence for creativity, community, sustainability and... Continue reading »

2019 is here and our first meeting is fast approaching. This meeting will include a very inspirational video from a Permaculturalist by the name of Richard Perkins. The 30 minute video is titled "Make a city wage from your homestead" - small farm.  Something to kickstart us all. We will also have an open discussion... Continue reading »