Tuesday, February 24, 2009

2009 Meetings




Our First meeting will be held this Sunday: It will be a seed saving Workshop on saving seeds of Solanacea family which includes
Tomatoes, Capsicums, Chili and Eggplant, and the Fabaceae or Bean family.

It will also be a chance to set our yearly calendar, so if you cant get along and would like to hold a meeting at your own place or have a request or idea for a meeting please send me a email with details.

So see you around 1:30pm at my patch 658 Wyndham st Shepparton. Bring along Afternoon tea and any plants you have to share and gold coin donation for bushfire appeal.

Roughly – Feb - Summer veg seed harvesting
March Seedy Sunday – seed collection storage & recording workshop
April / May –
June - Seedy Sunday sorting collection seed bank distribution
July/August –
September – Seedy Sunday seed saving seed harvesting
October/November –
December – Xmas Break up

Some other ideas consider
Visiting other seed networks,
Guest speakers
Fruit tree pruning grafting
Propagation day
Have a compost making and/or worm farm demonstration
Water saving techniques
Public or open garden visits,
Working bee at someone’s patch
Volunteering at a community space/garden
Backyard poultry
Permaculture, biodynamics, lunar planting, no dig gardening
Seed saving harvesting workshop
Kitchen Garden Day (Aug)

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