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

Members of Altona Community Gardens are lucky to live in a seaside town with an abundance of a special substance for gardeners: seaweed! Greg Seaman, Eartheasy.com, talks about the benefits of seaweed and its uses. "Seaweed is among the best gifts nature makes available for the gardener. Seaweed will benefit your garden any time of year, but it is especially useful as a mulch to protect plants during hot, dry weather. In our garden, we’ve come to rely on seaweed as a valua

February is my favourite month because its crazy harvest time. We have been busy picking and eating tomatoes eggplants capsicums zucchinis and cucumbers and today I am picking the basil which is starting to go to seed as the weather cools to make some pesto. It will be stored in jars in the fridge with a little olive oil on top to keep it fresh (I can use some and top up with oil). Our melons are ripening up nicely and the pears are ready, the quinces are next. The strawberr