Working Bees
News about Garden Working Bees
A beautiful sunny morning for a working bee, and the Orchard Pod had lots of jobs on.
- Weeding and mulching the orchard
- Mowing and Whipper-Snipping
- Pruning and Cleanup
- Orchard edge Cleanup
Thanks to all those workers that came along.
The 5th Sunday in the month brings us to a Plotholder Pod Working Bee.
So it’s time for some Garden, Plot and path maintenance. So bring your muscles, your hat, some water and your inclination
Please contact Rob if you have a plotholder-issue that needs addressing.
See you there
Sunday was the Construction Pod Working Bee, and its was hot early.. and stayed hot.. but lots of work got done as you can see below.
The Jacaranda at the front gate of the garden is now in full bloom and makes a spectacular backdrop for the garden.
Jacaranda in bloom
So the first job of the day was making the new Scarecrows for the garden.. and lead by Michelle and helpers, the kids got heavily involved and the outcome was fantastic.
Take a look at the pictures below.
New Scarecrow thanks to the garden kids
New scarecrow number #2
Keep an eye out for the new guardians of the garden… They are watching :)
Meanwhile, the new shade/seedling house for the garden was also taking shape.
Planning the new shade house
Construction underway
Seedling/Shade house starting to take shape
Construction complete.
Just the finishing touches to go now..
The Seedling/Shade house has two levels, and was constructed to allow wheelchair access.
Shade cloth and the finishing touches will be added over the next month or at the next Construction Pod Working Bee
We did manage to save Petra from the Native Raspberries…
Pruning the Native Raspberries
and Leeanne helped keep the kids and Michelle cool.
Keeping the kids cool
Next Week:
Orchard and Fruit Fly POD Working Bee – Sunday 2nd November – 08:00
Monthly Garden Meeting – Sunday 2nd November – 10:30
Another sunny day was on show for the workers at the Gumnuts/Bushtucker Pod Working Bee this Sunday.
Also enjoying the weather and the produce was this strawberry-eating Magpie family.
Jobs today included, weeding and watering the Bush Tucker area.. and planting out some new Lomandra on the north-eastern border of the garden.
The un-planted border on the north-eastern side
Prepping for the new plantings
Planting, Papering and Mulching the new Lomandra
Planting complete
Watering in the new plantings
So if your passing the garden and looking for a job to do…
…relax and do a bit of watering of the new plantings.
Next Week:
Construction POD Working Bee – Sunday 26th October
It was a busy day at the garden on Sunday, with the BCC Community Conservation Partnership Breakfast event on in the park next to the garden, the Construction POD Working Bee and a stall selling goodies on behalf of the garden to the visitors from across Brisbane.
The BCC event attracted in excess of 100 visitors, many of whom took the time to tour the Yoorala St Community Garden – both officially and unofficially.
BCC Community Conservation Partnership Breakfast
Carolyn works the stall ready for the visitors to the garden
Here are just some of the goodies donated, cooked, made and supplied by garden members and friends.
Stall Goodies
Stall Goodies
Stall Goodies
Meanwhile the Construction POD working bee continued with some tidying up and sorting of the equipment area.
Working on the equipment area
Tidying up and ‘paving’ the equipment area
To add to the excitement of the morning, a Tawny Frogmouth that seemed unwell was also found resting in the Garden. After some investigation he was picked up and taken to the local bird vet. At this point the condition of the the bird is unknown.
Tawny Frogmouth resting at the garden
‘He’ was transported to the local bird vet for a checkup
The raised garden beds were planted out with seedlings from the Vege POD.
Planting in the Raised Garden Beds
Lisa and Petra show of the carrots from their plot.
Organically grown carrots from a members plot
Starfruit and Cumquats from the communal orchard.
Produce from the Orchard.
Colin giving BCC Community event visitors a tour of the Garden.
Touring the Garden
Thanks to all who worked, cooked, sold, toured and talked on a very busy Sunday.
Next Week:
Plot Holders POD Working Bee – Sunday 31st August
Despite a visit from some vandals overnight.. Sunday was another beautiful day at the Yoorala St Community Garden.
Sunday Morning at the Garden
It was Vege POD Working Bee time, and after a little cleaning up we got on with Harvesting, re-Planting and Mulching the main communal vegetable garden area.
Working in the communal Vegetable Garden
Working in the communal Vegetable Garden
As most people will tell you, there is nothing like fresh potatoes just out of the ground
Freshly harvested potatoes
All tidied up, mulched and looking healthy. – Thanks everyone.
Communal Vegetable area re-planted and mulched
Cleaned and Mulched communal vegetable area
See you next week :)
Next Week:
Gumnuts POD Working Bee – Sunday 17th August
Another glorious morning at the Yoorala St Community Garden – Brisbane, for the Orchard and Fruit Fly POD Working Bee. We were missing our facilitator, as Stewart has stepped done, but we got organised with the help of all who came along.
Working Bee Jobs:
- Watering of all trees
- Weeding and Mulching of the western end of the communal Orchard.
Another glorious morning at the Yoorala St Community Garden
Workers weeding and mulching the Orchard
Workers weeding and mulching the Orchard
Mulched and looking good
Thanks to all who came along and put in the hard work.
See you next week :)
Next Week:
Vegie, Flower and Herb POD Working Bee – Sunday 10th August
Another spectacular morning met the workers and friends at the garden this morning.
Another spectacular morning at the Yoorala St Community Garden
Yoorala St Community Garden
It was Construction POD Working Bee this morning, and jobs included:
- Building/Repairing path into Gumnuts area
- Installing new Seats in the area near the Water Tanks
Completing the new path to Gumnuts
Mulching the new path to Gumnuts
Mulching the new path to Gumnuts
New seats in the Gumnuts area
New seats in the Gumnuts area
The seat-building team were happy with their work:)
During Morning Tea, Steve showed off his amazing Romanesco broccoli
It is well known for its’ logarithmic spiral shape, forming a natural fractal. The number of spirals is also a Fibonacci Number
Steve’s Romanesco Broccoli
Special thanks to the new people that came along this morning and putting some good hours of work. Hope we see you next week :)
Visitors and workers are welcome to come along on any Sunday.
Next Week:
Orchard and Fruit Fly POD Working Bee – Sunday 3rd August
Yoorala St Community Garden – Annual General Meeting – Sunday 3rd August – 10:30 am
It was a clear cold and sunny morning for the Gumnuts POD Working Bee.
Jobs included:
- Watering
- Weeding
- Cleaning up behind the stone wall
- Planting the new Red Limes
Watering the Gumnuts Bush Tucker area
Cleaning up behind the Stone Wall
Cleaning up behind the Stone Wall – Done
Planting the New Red Lime trees.
Cleaning up the Gumnuts/Vege border
Working Bee Workers :)
As always a bit of harvesting gave us some great produce including Cabbage, Chillis, Carrots, Beetroots, Coriander, Spring Onions and Broccoli
Fresh Garden Produce
Next Week:
Construction POD Working Bee – Sunday 27th July
Another sunny and dry morning at the Yoorala St Community Garden made for a pleasant and constructive Orchard and Fruit Fly POD working Bee.
Welcome to the Garden
Working Bee Jobs
The big job was weeding and mulching the Eastern corner of the Orchard
Eastern Corner of the Garden/Orchard
Garden members Weeding and Mulching the Orchard
Garden members Weeding and Mulching the Orchard
The finishing touches on the days work.
Weeded and Mulched
The Magpies enjoying our hard work
Keep an eye out for the new ‘watering flags‘ made by Stewart in the Orchard. Two small white flags on a stick will indicate the area most recently watered area. When watering in the Orchard please move the flags to the area just watered.
Winter produce continues to flourish in the garden despite, frosts, cold temperatures and lack of rain.
Here is Deb’s super-size Broccoli !
Deb’s super-sized broccoli
The Yoorala St Community Garden Monthly Meeting was also held on Sunday. Minutes and details will be forwarded by email shortly, and will be available on the website for all members
Next Week: Sunday 13th July – Vegie, Flower and Herb POD Working Bee
Yoorala St Community Garden
A place we dig