Our 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 perfect Spring day saw a great roll up, and we made a big dent in the jobs list. Since the last working bee, the slashed cover crop has been turned in, and the first of our main crop beds have been formed by Fraser with his special bed former.
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 readingA warm day with the promise of rain, and storm clouds beginning to form over the mountains. The main tasks for this working bee were to start erecting the cyclone fencing on the front boundary, tidy up around the potting shed, spread the slashed green manure crop and do garden maintenance.
Continue readingWe had an ambitious schedule on this spectacular Sunday. As well as our newly arrived shed, we had the steel posts for the front security fence to erect, the garden maintenance, planting new orchard trees, setting out new garden beds for the TAFE students, and our first Annual General Meeting.
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 readingAt 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 Broadfork
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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