It's been a couple of months again so I decided an update on the community garden was well overdue! What started as a tiny strip of cultivated land has become a significant project now and more importantly, the group of dedicated community garden volunteers keeps growing and growing!
Over the last few weeks we have been meeting at least every fortnight to plan the work for the next few months and as soon as we received all the seeds we ordered, we organised a gathering to start doing some serious planting. The conditions were pretty chilly out there but Heidi, George, Frank, Chan, Stan, Kevin and Abshir did a fantastic job. Apart from some pictures of our fantastic volunteers, I am also including a diagram of our garden and a list of all that has been planted so far.
Garden beds:
1. Nothing yet
2. Nothing yet
3. Nothing yet
4. Cauliflowers
5. Climbing beans
6. Nothing yet
7. Fenugreeks, Red Cabbages
8. Parsnips, chamomile
9. Beetroot
9. Nothing yet
10. Kidney beans, garlic chives
11. Nothing yet
12. Aloe Vera, red onions
13. Just finished preparation works
14. Starting from top to bottom: herbs (basil, thyme, rosemary, parsley, coriander), several types of lettuce, silver beat, beetroot, chilli, cabbage, broccoli.
In addition to this, we are working with a group of people from Workforce Plus who are designing a mural for one of the walls. Once this mural is complete they will plant a range of edible indigenous plants and several fruit trees along the fence.
We will keep you posted!
