After a little more rain, the soil was in a good condition for a final cultivation with a rotary hoe. As there is no established infrastructure for watering, it has been decided to plant out the main cropping area to lucerne for a summer crop. this will be harvested for compost and bed mulching material.
Continue readingGraham Lown took the TAFE class to the SAGE site to conduct some simple soil tests.
Continue readingOur plantings have survived the break and the rabbits. We even had a little rain to help things along. Today the main tasks are moving some of the first batch of compost to the site for mulch planting out the tomatoes- many local growers have found that with the recent cold snap, their summer crops […]
Continue readingThe cover crop of vetch and lupins at the SAGE site was slashed on 13th September and allowed to wilt. We collected a ute load of this green manure and used it as the basis for our next compost heap. A small amount of horse manure was added along with 3 bales of straw (for […]
Continue readingOne of the great things about a community project is that things that you need tend to just materialise. Moruya TAFE had a purpose built potting shed that had been made redundant by the construction of new facilities and very kindly donated it to the SAGE project. There is already good co-operation and interaction between […]
Continue readingPartly as a result of the SAGE project starting in earnest, two of the Horticulture teachers at Moruya TAFE decided to commence a course in Organic Food Production. This was no simple matter because, unbelievably, this had not been taught within the TAFE system to date. Graham Lown (head teacher Horticulture) and Chas Reid are […]
Continue readingWe acknowledge the traditions of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, the Djuwin Nation, in particular the local Brinja Djuwin and Walbanga people, on whose land SAGE operates.
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