SAGE on Facebook
An important consideration for sustainable agriculture is our dependence on energy and fuel. Using man-power negates that dependence and there are some amazing tools — some new, some ancient — that make the manual labour quicker and easier than most people would think possible.
Filed under: 2010, Education spot | Tagged: broadfork, cultivator hoe, hand tools, homi, rake hoe, stirrup hoe, weeds, wheel hoe, wire weeder | Leave a Comment »
Another gloriously sunny winter day greeted our eager bunch of SAGErs for our June working bee.
A great amount of work was completed after a comprehensive demonstration by Fraser of the new cultivation tools recently purchased from Gundaroo Tiller. You can read a report of that demonstration here.
Filed under: 2010, Working bee | Tagged: brassica cover, commercial beds, hand tools | Leave a Comment »
At the first SAGE open day we were fortunate to have a demonstration of the use of hand tools for managing a commercial organic vegetable garden.
The first tool shown was a
SAGE members watch a demonstration of tools lent by the Gundaroo Tiller
Filed under: 2009, Education spot | Tagged: broadfork, early days, hand tools | Leave a Comment »
Sign up and join other subscribers to our monthly newsletter.
note: members are automatically subscribed
If you would like to bring your school or social group to SAGE and be given the grand tour by our enthusiastic members, click here. Everyone is welcome.
