Comments for Blue Mountains Organic Community Gardens

Comment on sunday 12 feb session & local foraging by Jed

Jed — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:54:07 +0000

Yes you’re right about the fantastic gardening day – much to do in the home paddock. Chooks needed de-lousing, and a good planting day.

Comment on friday by nano_entity

nano_entity — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:22:22 +0000

hi – hard to pick what is going to work this year due to the crazy weather, sporadic sun and endless rain. Good place to start is the link below to http://www.Gardenate.com and select the cool mountains climate or temperate if you think you are lucky
Although we may get some results on the tomatoes etc I’m kinda assuming we can skip all the usual mid summer crops this year and sadly move right on into the Autumn planting.
Also with all the water the slug fest continues…
The next few weeks we will be putting in all the tasty stuff like: Kales, beetroots, parsley, silver beet, collards, spinach, carrots, and continue with all the greens like rocket, mizuna, mibuna, coriander and starting a bunch of the onion family off if from seed.
Lettuce just seems to be waterlogged but if in a pot or raised garden will probably be ok.
Potatoes are starting to sprout again right now too.
We might even get enough time if the weather settles to try again with all our quick summer crops…

Comment on friday by JENNIFER

JENNIFER — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:47:54 +0000

thanks for the news – the kiwi fruits sound like a virtual fruit love fest…
Also Nano, could you tell me what i may plant as seeds at this time of the year? I would appreciate it…

ciao,
jennifer

Comment on sunday volunteers by Jed

Jed — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:24:00 +0000

Nice post Lloyd, this blog will form a high-resolution history of the gardens.

Comment on North Katoomba – our sustainable future: meeting this Sunday by Kat Szuminska

Kat Szuminska — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:31:30 +0000

thanks to everyone who rocked up, 16 grown ups, a motion blurred handful of children and especially the visiting sheep, next meeting is open to all next Sunday, and from then we’ll be meeting first Sunday of the month 12 noon

Comment on Winnifred Lane ‘Transformation Team’ by Kat Szuminska

Kat Szuminska — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:34:00 +0000

if you’re in the co-op, pick up a copy of their latest newsletter which features a cute little story about this project and the Vale Street verge gardens. I hear we’ve already inspired a spot of verge gardening action in Blackheath too

Comment on Winnifred Lane ‘Transformation Team’ by Livvie

Livvie — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:54:47 +0000

This is so exciting.. Thankyou to all involved, I would be happy to come and give a hand any time.

Comment on Regional Sydney community garden gathering – December 11 by nano_entity

nano_entity — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:30:27 +0000

There was a good turnout at this meet up at Whites Creek in Lilyfield in Sydney on Sunday. Two of us went from the Katoomba gardens, and there were about 4 people from the Lawson gardens in attendance. The dark weather closed in about 12:30 and then rain pelted down. But there were some good points raised for discussion and it was interesting to see that most people really had the same central issues they wanted to discuss.
How do you attract regular participants and keep them actively involved?
How do you label plants in the public setting?
How do you operate as a community group and keep relevance in the local community?
How do you get money to fund the gardens?
How do you fairly allocate space for people to grow plants?
etc
Hopefully they will publish the results of the dissuasions on the website soon. http://communitygarden.org.au/

Kat video’d the main introduction of people from all the gardens so hopefully we can get to see that soon. Although there was terrible overhead noise from aircraft every minute or so… ah yes I remember now that’s part of why i moved to the mountains…

also for photo see tweet from @AusComGardens
Great photo of the Sydney regional CG gathering at Whites Creek CG http://t.co/O3poofZq

http://www.facebook.com/australian.communitygarden/posts/314741315217754

Comment on a future physic garden by Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:26:37 +0000

Yes i saw that I wish to get involved in helping with it.my pumpkin seedlings are going wellbut still too little to go in the ground

Comment on Magical Medicinal Garden by Simon leo

Simon leo — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:15:26 +0000

Rosa canina would be seen as a weed threat by many but if the garden wanted some I could propagate some. I raised mine from seed wild collected in Armidale area. I have other species that are also good for hips like R. rubiginosa (also ‘weed’, I got mine from out near Mudgee), R. rugosa and R. laevigata.