Month: February 2021
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Getting a pilot system going to flag up what is its name, what it is, and what you can do with it (like eat it)…
QR Codes in place for individual beds, pots and areas, and to keep our insurers aware and happy that our public liability records are systematic and always up to date:
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July 2021: Our perfect precocious pineapple ripe, ready and relished
But don’t worry the lottery of life has passed you by. We’ve more than thirty more planted up and ready to do some fruit-bearing next summer…
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July 2021: The official word on how the Community Garden rolls
Read “How Our Garden Grows” and “Information for Members and Guests” here (click the images):
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August 2021: Winter harvests and plantings in for spring
Our first winter crops included pumpkins, sweet potatoes, parsley, sage, dill, basil, Asian and European salad leaves, spinach and rocket, edible flowers and chillies. And a pineapple! Spring this year will be full of the same herbs plus mint, lemon balm, lemon grass, coriander and thyme, Kipfler potatoes, cherry and Roma tomatoes, french and string…
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Last day for people to become Foundation Members
The close of business today, Wednesday, 30 June, marks the end of our discounted opening Foundation Membership offer of 5 years’ membership of the SLCG for the price of 4. One of those loss-leader ideas I guess, but twelve people took a punt, which brought us a significantly larger lump of start up cash (which…
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Welcome new additions
The Walter Taylor Ward Children’s Fun Day at the 100 Acre Bar last Monday went off extremely well, and volunteers at the SLCG next door spent quite a lot of time answering visitors’ questions, explaining how the Garden works at the moment (while we are still quite small in area), and showing off what we…