The first Sunday of every month has become exciting in Altona! We are now hosting a social gardening event at the Louis Joel centre from 2 to 4 pm as well as a food swap. Come along and join the fun by sticking your hands in the soil, doing some chatty gardening, learning or sharing knowledge. We encourage people to bring a plate to share. Anyone can bring any surplus fresh produce, seeds, jams, eggs or anything garden related to trade. There is always worm juice too. In Octo

On Sunday it was all hands on deck as we set off to prepare and plant the garden beds at the Louis Joel Centre. We split up into teams to pull up the eggplants, tomatoes, capsicums and basil and collected some seeds in the process( thai basil and marigold) The beds were then replenished with some mushroom compost and the kids enjoyed sprinkling in some rock minerals and put in a bit of worm poo too for some good nutrients. The shadier bed under the tree was planted out with o