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
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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
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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
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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 reading »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 reading »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 reading »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 reading »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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