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Jamberoo Community Growers

Swales For Water Harvesting

September 5, 2011 by Darren

The notes from my recent presentation to Jamberoo Community Growers on swales.

Posted in: Growing Food, Permaculture, Water Tagged: dam, flood, greywater, Jamberoo Community Growers, mulch, ponds, swales, trees

Kiama Sustainability Expo 2011

June 7, 2011 by Darren

Lots of photos from the Kiama Sustainability Expo and Kiama Community Garden Open Day, held on Sunday. There were lots of local organisations and businesses present, as well as celebrity gardener Costa from SBS. What a top day!

Posted in: Events, Growing Food, Illawarra Businesses, Illawarra Councils, Illawarra Organisations, Permaculture Tagged: backyard aquaponics, community gardens, Costa's Garden Odyssey, electric motorbike, Fresh By Nature, gardening, Green Box, hydroponic, jamberoo, Jamberoo Community Growers, Jamberoo FutureCare, john burgess, Kiama, Kiama Council, Kiama FutureCare, local food, solar hot water, solar power, sustainability, transition towns, workshops, world environment day

Podcast Interview With Gavin From “The Greening of Gavin”

May 25, 2011 by Darren

I was interviewed by Gavin Webber from The Greening Of Gavin as part of a series of podcasts he’s done with sustainable bloggers from around Australia. Let me know what you think!

Posted in: Growing Food, Keeping Animals, Media Coverage, Super Challenge Tagged: Australia, chicken tractor, chooks, David Holmgren, fox, garden beds, illawarra, interview, jamberoo, Jamberoo Community Growers, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, land, meat, pigs, podcast, pork, Shellharbour, sustainability, Sustainable Illawarra, wollongong

Duck Egg Yolk Pasta With Pesto

May 4, 2011 by Darren

It sounds really fancy, but it’s actually just a practical way to use up duck egg yolks after making lots of meringues with the whites! Home made pesto is quick and delicious accompaniment that does the pasta justice.

Posted in: Frugality, Growing Food, Preparing Food, Recipes Tagged: duck eggs, egg yolk, egg yolks, eggs, fettucine, herbs, home made, Jamberoo Community Growers, meringue, pasta machine, pasta maker, pavlova, recipe

Jamberoo Community Growers Bulb Order Fundraiser

March 22, 2011 by Darren

Jamberoo Community Growers, a local gardening club affiliated with the Garden Clubs Of Australia, is selling flower bulbs as a fundraiser. We’re hoping to raise enough money to cover our insurance for the year, and maybe some running costs as well.

Posted in: Illawarra Organisations Tagged: flowers, Jamberoo Community Growers

Herbs, Herbs, Wonderful Herbs

March 20, 2011 by Darren

A guest post from Monique Dare-Ward, giving a roundup of some of her favourite herbs that we can all grow in the backyard.

Posted in: Growing Food, Household, Preparing Food Tagged: diet, flowers, garden plan, health, herbs, Jamberoo Community Growers, seeds, tomato

Weekly Roundup – Amazing Chicken Coop, Backyard Aquaponics

January 28, 2011 by Darren

How to build an automatic chicken coop door opener, the world’s fanciest chicken coop, Kiama Community Garden’s new blog, backyard aquaponics, and Fresh the movie.

Posted in: Weekly Roundup Tagged: backyard aquaponics, chicken coops, chickens, Fresh By Nature, Jamberoo Community Growers, sustainability, weekly roundup

Organic Fruit Fly Control and Hatching Chicks

August 1, 2010 by Darren

We had a fantastic presentation today at the Jamberoo Community Growers meeting, by the people from Organic Crop Protectants. A big part of the talk was on organic fruit fly control, using their “eco-naturalure” male fruit fly trap and attractant/insecticide products. It looks like a great system to keep these frustrating pests down. You simply … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food, Illawarra Organisations, Keeping Animals Tagged: chicken tractor, chickens, chicks, chooks, fruit fly, incubator, Jamberoo Community Growers, pests

Jamberoo Community Growers – Don Cairns Talk

June 7, 2010 by Darren

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 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Events, Growing Food, Illawarra Organisations Tagged: broccoli, compost, gardening, jamberoo, Jamberoo Community Growers, lettuces, mulch, seedlings, tomato, vegies

Sustaining The Library

May 5, 2010 by Darren

I attended an event at the Kiama Library last night, “Sustaining The Library”, put on by the Kiama Greens. Ten years ago, The Greens donated about $1200 worth of books and CDs about the environment and sustainability to the Kiama Library. Last night they did it again. There are some great books in the collection … [Read more…]

Posted in: Events, Illawarra Organisations Tagged: community farm, Green Box, Jamberoo Community Growers, Jamberoo FutureCare, Kiama, Kiama Council, Kiama FutureCare, sustainability
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