Author: Darren
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Jamberoo Community Growers Launch
Megan just got back tonight from the final planning meeting for the launch of the Jamberoo Community Growers gardening club. Everything is ready! Here’s our handout: > **Jamberoo Community Growers Launch** > Sunday September 20, 2009 > 2 pm at the Jamberoo Youth Hall > > Everyone welcome! > Free entry > Guest speakers >…
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Our House Is For Sale!
We’ll be putting our house here in Kiama on the market very soon Our house is now on the market! If you know someone looking for a house in Kiama, please let them know! We’ll be listing with [Dougmal Kiama](http://www.dougmal.com.au/search/profileagent.aspx?agtid=4183). Our house has 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 living areas, double garage, rear entertaining area…
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A Humourous Look At Food Additives
I made this video some time ago, as you can probably tell if you know our kids. Have a read of the labels on the products you’re feeding your children – if it sounds anything like what the girls are cooking up here then please stop!
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We’ve Got Ducks!
We had been planning to get a couple more chickens once we got our chook run finished. Molly is a bit of a sporadic layer, and the silkies are even less reliable. We figured a couple of good layers would shore up our egg supply so we’d never need to buy any more. Sarah had…
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Jamberoo Community Growers Garden Club Launch – Jamberoo
A new gardening club, the Jamberoo Community Growers, is launching this month! The club will have a focus on helping people to grow fruit and vegetables at home, using healthy natural methods and tapping into local knowledge and experience. Talks and/or workshops will be held monthly throughout the year, with guest speakers covering topics such…
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Solar Hot Water Expo – Kiama
Come along and find out about state and federal rebates for solar hot water, and talk to local suppliers of solar hot water and heat pump systems. An information session will be held between 5:30-6:00pm by local action group Jamberoo FutureCare and then there is the opportunity to talk to the suppliers, seek quotes and…
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Costa’s Garden Odyssey – Tonight 8:00 on SBS
If you’re in Australia, make sure you catch Costa’s Garden Odyssey on SBS tonight at 8:00 pm. You can catch a preview at [the show’s page on sbs.com.au](http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/costa/episodes/detail/episode/872). Costa is a landscape architect with a passion for sustainable living. In SBS’s words: >Costa’s Garden Odyssey is a groundbreaking magazine style series that allows this unique…
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Soup And Film Night – Thirroul
The **Flame Tree Community Food Co-op** is hosting a spectacular **Soup and Film night** in Thirroul on Sunday August 30. The event aims to raise funds, which will go directly towards launching the much-anticipated local food co-op. The steering committee intend on opening the co-op as soon as possible, providing bulk, organic and local whole…
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Square Foot Gardening Interview – Illawarra Mercury
I was recently interviewed for another gardening article in the [Illawarra Mercury](http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/). My [last interview](http://green-change.com/2009/03/19/my-interview-in-the-illawarra-mercury/) was back in March, on the subject of lunar planting. Unfortunately they don’t put these articles online, so you’ll have to make do with this dodgy scan – click on the image to make it bigger (be warned, it’s a…
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Seed Saving Workshop – Wollongong
##Seed Saving Workshop 10am – 3pm Saturday 19 September If you’re keen on growing food in your backyard, community garden, school or farm you’ll love this practical, hands-on workshop led by Jude and Michel Fanton of the Seed Savers Network. The workshop covers techniques in the selection, processing, drying, storage and conservation of useful plant…