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[15 Jun 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Backyard Veggie Patch Workshop in Jamberoo

A few weeks ago I attended another Sustainable Illawarra workshop – “Starting a Backyard Veggie Patch” at Jamberoo Primary School. Megan then attended the repeat of the workshop a week later. It was great that we were both able to do effectively the same workshop without need to organise child care!

The workshop was delivered by [...]

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[7 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]

What a great turnout we had at yesterday’s Jamberoo Community Growers meeting!

Don Cairns, former resident of Kiama and Kangaroo Valley and now living in Nowra, gave an excellent talk about growing food through the season.

Don has been gardening for many years, and understands our climate and weather patterns very well. His tips and local knowledge [...]

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[17 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

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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[27 Aug 2009 | 18 Comments | ]

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.

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 Greek [...]

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[5 May 2009 | 23 Comments | ]

I always wanted one of those fancy tumbling compost bins, but they cost a fortune – well over $300. Making compost shouldn’t cost that sort of money! There had to be a DIY option.

Quite a while ago (like, 8 years ago!), I was buying some lucerne for the garden at the feed store at Albion [...]