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A round-up (not the trademarked kind) of SAGE’s activities and progress in 2010 from President Stuart Whitelaw.
Culminating in the wonderful open day in November, 2010 was very kind to SAGE. The start of a new la niña cycle saw some regular rainfall which gave us a helping hand in establishing our new row crops.
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After the November and December rains, the growth has been phenomenal. As always, the weeds are doing well, but the vegies are thriving. Being our last working bee for the year, and the first after the monumental effort of the Open Day, we did a fairly modest morning’s work.
The first 4 rows of the commercial beds were ready for replanting. The first 2 beds of broad beans have produced huge crops. They would be a great mainstay as a storable protein, although the pods we had left on for next year’s seeds had become mouldy due to the high humidity.
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We seem to have a knack of turning on great weather for our days in the garden. Saturday was freezing (8 degrees) raining and windy. Sunday was balmy and mild, the perfect day for a good spring clean.
There were no huge projects on the schedule for today, just consolidation and getting ready for the big Field Day on November 21.
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The education spot during the July Working Bee was conducted by Fraser, who explained and demonstrated the use of lime sulphur and Bordeaux spray mixes. He has kindly put together this comprehensive information for everyone’s reference.
Gathering around for the demonstration
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Our fabulous tools were put to more good use today and a number of commercial beds were prepared and mulched, ready for new crops.
Fraser was responsible for our Education Spot again this month, this time about how to make Lime Sulphur and Bordeaux spray mixes. You can read that full report here.
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