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Comment on Community gardens in Queensland by Anne, Green Journey

Anne, Green Journey — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:08:34 +0000

Just to let you know we have an updated listing of Community Gardens on the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane that we add to regularly that may be of interest to those in our region. You can find this list at http://www.greenjourney.com.au/community-gardens. We also link back to this site for our readers to share the wonderful resources here.

Also, the address for Gympie Community Garden is incorrect above – that’s the Veggie Village address. It’s actually 2 Cooinda Street, Cooinda Grounds, Gympie.

Hope this helps.
Anne

Comment on Fast fruits by Martin Miranda

Martin Miranda — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:47:54 +0000

Hello, I used to own a fruit and vegetables business since I was 14 years old and planted some trees too. The picture that you showed here for paw paw is that of a papaya. There is a misconception that the two fruits are one and the same when not even the trees look alike or grow in the same planting zones. The two fruits are not even related and when you cut both in half, the papaya flesh is orange with small and round seeds (like 3/16″), while the paw paw has white flesh with big, long black seeds. The papaya fruit grows ONLY from the trunk from female seeds extracted from the middle of the fruit, while the paw paw grows from the branches. You can see the papaya in this website: http://dailyfitnessmagz.com/2011/11/papaya-health-benefit/ and the paw paw in this other: http://www.tcpermaculture.com/2011/08/permaculture-plants-pawpaw.html. Could you please make the correction so school children doing research do no get the wrong information?

Comment on New Community Garden Directory for SA by Cecile Storrie

Cecile Storrie — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:35:33 +0000

Please note errors in Ferns Ave entry re contacts and working bee times – contact me for further info.

Comment on Find a community garden in Brisbane by Elisa

Elisa — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:57:11 +0000

Hi Rosie,
I work in child care and am starting a gardening project with children 0-6. I am wondering whether you could visit? I do not have a ‘project’ as such however this term I have written plans for setting up an edible garden. Unfortunately it would be on a voluntary basis as there are not funds available. I am interested in your opinion on the program and plans. If you would like to visit, if you are still here, that would be wonderful. We are in the west of Brisbane.

Comment on Farmers of the urban footpath – design guidelines for street verge gardens by Bill and Eva Johnstone

Bill and Eva Johnstone — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:14:02 +0000

We have been growing and eating our vegies, herbs and flowers on a seasonal basis since November 2006 here in Marrickville. Our garden is nourished by castings and worm tea from three worm farms and compost from our two compost bins which are kept in our small terrace backyard. We create no food waste. The garden is watered from our rainwater tank, until the tank runs dry. Of course we consulted our neighbours before planting and also checked carefully for services. Our garden is a true community galvaniser. There are many people from all around the area who come past our garden seeking herbs and advice and our circle of friends has extended beyond all expectations. This year 2011 we won 3rd prize for a front garden in the Marrickville Garden competition – for the first time Marrickville Council has recognised the importance of verge gardening edible plants, although it still has not developed a policy on this. We would dearly love to extend the verge garden but our immediate neighbours are reluctant (one is very elderly), however, others in our street and in the streets adjacent have begun to follow suit. Our dream is to see our whole street planted out with edible gardens, as well as an edible rain garden down the centre of our unnecessarily wide road. In January 2012 we are taking a group of 20 interested Marrickville residents through our low eco footprint home and also giving a talk on how to grow your own vegies from your own compost and worm castings. If you want to see pics of our garden, watch our Facebook page under the name Eva Johnstone.

Comment on Food swap comes to Newtown NSW by Kate Leslie

Kate Leslie — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:56:04 +0000

Foodswaps are the best! Will this be on regularly?
Local Harvest is a new national initiative aiming to help people find local sources of food and grow their own.
Thanks,
Kate
Co-organiser of the Newport Fruit and Vegie Swap

Comment on Sydney gathering—Sun 11 Dec ’11 by Delcie

Delcie — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:51:50 +0000

We have 3 people (maybe more) planning to come on Sunday from Mid Mountains Community Gardens. Looking forward to meeting other community gardeners.

Comment on Network fact sheets by our square-foot (or so) no-dig garden | frugalandthriving.com.au

our square-foot (or so) no-dig garden | frugalandthriving.com.au — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:02:35 +0000

[...] description of how to create a no-dig garden, the Community Garden website has a comprehensive pdf fact sheet. Jackie French also has some great Australian gardening books that describe a low maintenance [...]

Comment on Time for a community garden in Blackwood? by Susan Westgarth

Susan Westgarth — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:20:01 +0000

My daughter in law, Lauren Westgarth told me about your quest for community garden. I am supportive of your goal. Can you develop a garden on maybe church grounds/local school and then apply for funding through other means? Just a thought, don’t have any knowledge!
Yours sincerely

Susan Westgarth
Belair SA

Comment on Management Plan template by Ian

Ian — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:38:56 +0000

Thanks for this head start. We are a long running garden that pre-dates any requirement for a management plan. Recent changes (for the better!) mean we need to put a plan in place. I had no idea where to start. Thanks again.