Simon O’Connor, Economic Adviser with the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) will be the speaker at a public meeting presented by Sustainable Communities on Thursday 27 May at 8pm at the Payneham Community Centre, Payneham Road, Payneham. The topic Sustainable Economics for Sustainable Communities – from the macro to the micro will reflect the work he… Read more
One of the Tour de HomeGrown gardeners spoke about amaranth, a plant that is easy to grow and is especially nutritious because of its protein content. According to Wikipedia, amaranth ‘has potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable landcare’. You might like to try growing some in your garden…. Read more
Many of us are growing vegetables and have fruit trees. We want to be sure we use it all – achieve a NO WASTE GARDEN. At the Friends of the Earth Convergence From Plains to Plate we talked about a number of ways we can reduce waste. We can share by offering our surplus to… Read more
Two of our members have been letting us know what they see as they ride around on their bikes. This week there are apricots ripening on trees in laneways and always there are items put out on the verge useful to backyard gardeners such as washing machine tubs for potato growing. So if you ride… Read more
It has been an exciting week with people contacting me to offer a garden for growing vegetables and people contacting me to be a part of a community group growing food together in a backyard. We have our first detachable water meters installed from our Natural Resources Management Board grant so we can measure the… Read more
Hard rubbish collection has been a great source of things to help with my expanding vegetable growing – pots big and small, trays, a potting table as well as buckets and storage bins for straw. Reusing things others have finished with is a great way of recycling and preventing a little bit being crushed up… Read more