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Why Grow Your Own Pumpkins?

June 20, 2011 by Darren

Why would you bother to grow your own pumpkins when they’re so cheap from the supermarket?

Posted in: Frugality, Growing Food Tagged: compost, herbs, potatoes, pumpkin, rhubarb, squash, tomato, vegies

Dapto Markets

July 13, 2010 by Darren

We went to the Dapto Markets on Sunday morning to try to buy a few things we need around the yard. What an awesome place! The markets are a great place to buy second hand clothes, toys, tools, etc for very good prices. Or if you’ve accumulated a whole bunch of that sort of stuff … [Read more…]

Posted in: Frugality, Illawarra Businesses Tagged: dapto, markets, meat chickens, second hand, seedlings, vegies

Backyard Veggie Patch Workshop in Jamberoo

June 15, 2010 by Darren

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 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food, Permaculture Tagged: chicken manure, chooks, compost, ducks, garden beds, gardening, home gardening, jamberoo, lucerne, organic gardening, Permaculture, seedlings, Sustainable Illawarra, vegetable garden, vegies, workshops

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

Dinner From The Backyard

December 12, 2008 by Darren

We had a great dinner tonight, with almost all of it coming from the backyard! Megan made an awesome baked pumpkin quiche (store-bought pumpkin, and 4 eggs from Molly). The egg yolks made the quiche really yellow, much more than store-bought free range eggs do. The only down side is that now we’ve got none … [Read more…]

Posted in: Growing Food Tagged: baked pumpkin, beetroot, bok choy, broccoli, free range eggs, ginger beer, kale, potato plants, potatoes, purple carrots, raw beans, sugar snap peas, vegies

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