From SAGE member and market gardener Fraser Bayley A social media post from a person I respect and admire, forester Rowan Reid really pricked up my eyes. He posted a few pictures with the caption: 31-yr-old eucalypt (E. regnans x E. obliqua) we planted, pruned and thinned around over the years. Reached 93cm diameter. The […]
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Farm forestry workshop at Millpost Farm
From SAGE member and market gardener Fraser Bayley While we at Old Mill Road BioFarm may have a reputation as market gardeners primarily, growing vegetables is just the beginning when it comes to our farm plan. As well as having livestock components to our whole farm enterprise, for some time I have been wanting to […]
Continue readingKamiyama: rebuilding a local food system in rural Japan
From SAGE member and local vegetable grower Fraser Bayley While on a long overdue family holiday, Kirsti and I were fortunate to hang out in a small town called Kamiyama on the island of Shikoku in Japan. It’s a small rural town with rice paddies and veggie patches right to the main street. Small towns […]
Continue readingMy Life as a SAGE Market Garden Intern
SAGE Market Garden Intern Georgie Murray surveys her patch. From 2016/17 Intern, Georgie Murray Having had a life long interest in agriculture, but not knowing where to take it, I was fortunate enough to land the position of intern at SAGE in August 2016. I was in search for a proper taste of market gardening […]
Continue readingDeep Winter Agrarian Gathering, Gerringong 2016
The annual Deep Winter Agrarian Gathering accommodates about 200… the Facebook group of the same name had around 640 members before the unconference… numbers spiked by around another 50 during and immediately after… the local food movement is alive and well. Photo courtesy of Penny Kothe, Caroola Farm From Stuart Whitelaw, photos and captions from […]
Continue readingDeep Winter Agrarian Gathering in Daylesford
Photo above courtesy of Michael Dempsey. From Stuart Whitelaw, photos and captions from Kate Raymond The truth in advertising police would have no issues with this event. It was deep winter and thermals, beanies and polyfleeces were the order of the day even inside the Dean Hall where we gathered. Daylesford (Victoria) is a very […]
Continue readingSAGE goes to the show
by Caroline Power This year the Eurobodalla District Show will be on Friday the 20th and Saturday the 21st of January at the Moruya Show Ground. For the first time SAGE is going to have a booth at the show. Our stall will be called “Love food, hate waste”. We have been able to borrow the […]
Continue readingGardening Eurobodalla — January 2012
by Fraser Bayley It’s time to reap the rewards! Planting Now we are in the full swing of summer, you should be reaping the rewards of your gardening by enjoying some really good food.
Continue readingA vision for the future
SAGE President Stuart Whitelaw shares his vision of what life might be like in the Eurobodalla 20 years from now. Valentine’s Day 2030 The beach looks beautiful this morning as we enjoy our morning walk. Despite the 20cm of sea level rise in the past 20 years, it is hard to tell what has changed. […]
Continue readingEducation Spot — Lime Sulphur & Bordeaux Spray Mixes
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.
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