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
It was Vegie Pod’s Working Bee last Sunday and a good turnout saw lots of work completed.
New Compost Bins, New Vegie beds, New Asparagus beds and some general work and weeding around the communal vegie area.
Working in the Communal Vegie Area
New Compost bays for the Vegie Pod
Moving and planting out the Asparagus crowns.
New Asparagus planting bed.
Colin planting out the Asparagus
The workers learning about Asparagus planting
Planting Asparagus crowns
Learning by doing – Asparagus
After a successful and rewarding Working Bee, morning tea on the shed verandah had some welcome visitors.
Local Maggies getting some morning tea.
Thanks to all who pitched in.
Next Week:
Gumnuts POD Working Bee – Sunday 21st September
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 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
A sunny and warm morning met the members at the garden for the Plot holder Working Bee this last Sunday.
Jobs including turning the Plot Holder compost, path maintenance and turning the Grass Bay gave the workers lots to do.
The Plot Holder compost bays before the Working Bee
Short work was made of the first Compost bay
Hard work from John cleared the Grass Cuttings bay
Workers enjoying the sun and fresh air.
The first Plot Holders compost bay is now Closed, so please put all new material in the Open compost bay.
Next week: – Sunday 6th June – Orchard and Fruit Fly Working Bee and the Garden Monthly Meeting.
Keep an eye out for an email and if you have agenda items please let the Garden secretary know.
Yoorala St Community Garden
A place we dig
A great turnout on Sunday ensured we had a very successful Construction POD Working Bee.
- Leveling and modifying the ground levels around the Raised Garden beds.
- Weeding, re-edging and cleaning up of the Herb and Flower Area
- Filling and (almost) Completion of the Raised Garden Beds.
- Turning the Grass Cutting pile
- Installing new path/steps in front of the water tanks.
- Planning Meeting for Plot Holders
Beautiful Morning at the Garden
Leveling and modifying the ground levels
Working on the Herb and Flower Area
Working on the Herb and Flower Area
Moving the soil to fill the Raised Garden Beds
The Raised Garden Beds complete..
Rolf shows off his morning harvest
Rolf’s Harvest
The completed Raised Gardens Beds are a great addition to the garden.
Thank you to everyone who came on Sunday, including the new potential members and the members and plot holders. Some great work was completed, and it was great to catch up with friends and new acquaintances over a ‘cup of tea’.
Next week: – Sunday 29th June – ‘5th Sunday’ Plot holders Working Bee. Keep an eye out for an email.
Yoorala St Community Garden
A place we dig
