There are moments when
everything flows in a community garden. Today was one of those magic days.
With the tropical weather
pattern of February in full swing, the plant systems at the Garden have bloomed
in response. The food forest is just amazing, the White Sapote in particular, has had over a hundred mature fruit around 10 - 12cm in diameter. The place is
absolutely pumping with goodness, a fabulous space to both work and relax.
The ‘Garden’ is often
referred as an incubator for emerging talented gardeners, who take with them
the Permaculture practices to develop their own version of Eden.
Today, many of these
capable folk came back to hook in to the autumn tasks at hand, whilst having a great
time in the process.
In a record work output
for a monthly garden gathering, 10 of the long beds in the four season
vegetable beds were weeded and built up using the ‘no dig’ gardening method.
Another 4 were also weeded and mulched lightly with straw ready for autumn
legumes of snow peas and broad beans.
Our three metre square
compost heap, built from the prior garden gathering was turned by a couple of
enthusiastic and energetic young fire brands from Kiama.
The Madeira vine
colonising the space behind the water tank was weeded and fed to the chooks.
(The Madeira vine egg conversion is our preferred management method to
herbicide application.)
Nugyen, harvested around
20 old hamii bamboo shoots for a tasty Thai soup, whilst generating plenty of
good discussion amongst the foodies.
Other effective pottering buzzed around the mandala garden too.
Other effective pottering buzzed around the mandala garden too.
The famous 1pm lunch was
not disappointing for the 20 folk who sat down to an amazing home cooked and
largely home grown table of organic goodness.
To the fantastic mob of
Permaculture practioners and community gardeners, thank you for cranking the
goodness and celebrating a wonderful start to autumn.
Looking forward to seeing
you all next month, where we will be planting up the beds and building more
bamboo trellis.
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| "Crankin' the goodness" with building 'no dig' gardens on the north facing long beds |
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| The famous 1pm lunch |
