Zucchini growers, show us your wares. Apply the fertilizer now, fend off competitors, keep the slugs at bay…. for there is to be a giant zucchini competition at the fair.

Town councillor and community member Philip Cocker will be there with his scales and measuring tape.

(Photo is a modest example, but rest easy – Chris is not growing zucchini this year.)

Glenda @ 136

3 – 4.30 pm
14th March
131 Waterworks – up the little side road
Feel free to bring a plate
All welcome

Jonah is going to show us how to dig large (-ish) areas of ground; we have an area up the back, about to be netted in, where two beds are planned. He suggests that we all bring shovels and take a turn: dig the host’s garden, a trick we can perhaps repeat elsewhere!

Then we thought we’d move on to worm farms and…

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End of March is right time of year to plant out a range of vegetables and herb seedlings for growing over Winter.

I am sowing plenty of seeds for winter lettuce, broccoli, beetroot, spinach, leeks, cabbage, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, parsley + other herbs. Punnets of these can be sold at Fair or even given away. We can’t have enough of these, so if anybody wants to help please do.

How about somebody doing some herbs?

Email Chris @ 195. Ph 6223 4653

This rare opportunity to poke our noses into other people’s back yards and learn starts on Saturday at 3pm at Jonah and Michelle’s place (46).

We’ll look at how Jonah raises seedlings and at their container plants, then roam Dave and Jo’s garden at 152, as well as visiting the site they’ve offered for a community garden. We’ll finish up at Chris and Carol’s (195) to see what can be done in a quite small space. We hope to finish by 5.30.

Everyone is welcome to stay on optional BBQ – BBQ provided, BYO everything else!

If you have seedlings, seeds or produce to swap/sell/give away let Trish know in advance: if there’s enough interest we’ll have a trade table at some point.