Vera Street Community Garden

Interesting article in today's Courier Mail...

"THE Lord Mayor is calling on Brisbane ratepayers to grow their own fruit and vegetables, claiming food for an average family barbecue travels a distance tantamount to five times around the world."
Read the full article here: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23473703-952,00.html

Hi Everyone,

Let's meet this Sunday, 30th March for a working bee at 3pm. This date will also need to be a meeting day as we are due to hold one to fit in with our incorporation rules.

The garden is looking good at present after all the consistent rain we've
had. Ruth and the CAS students have made a new circle garden and the lettuceand Asian greens are growing so well. (No doubt due to the wonderful compost from the biodynamic workshop last year.)

The mosaic sign is making progress too and we should finish that shortly.

We should be thinking about planting now for the cooler months. Perhaps someof the vegetables which will only grow in our winter months such as broccoli and cauliflower. What do you think? Let us know your ideas at the meeting and we can get going with the consensus on what to put in.

Also, some of us need to renew our membership; I'm one of them! So if you
haven't already paid your $10 membership then bring your money along and
Cathy will sign you up for another year. It's great value when you consider
picking a bunch of herbs four times a year would save you that alone and
that's only a mercenary angle; there's the great camaraderie and information
which you get as a bonus!

I'll look forward to seeing you on Sunday 30th from 3pm.

Cheers,
Jane

PS Remember, if you can't make the meeting please give your proxy to one of
the members or me as we need the numbers for our quorum to run the meeting legally. Thanks, Jane.

Brisbane City Council is holding a "Green Day" on Sunday 9 March 2008 from 9am to midday at Gregory Park, Milton and has invited us to have a stall there.

The purpose of "Green Day" is to promote environmental awareness,
sustainable living, recycling, saving energy, etc.

They hope to have organisations and "green" businesses to set up a stand on
the day, on a volunteer basis.

There will also be a sausage sizzle and entertainment for the children.

Can you help out on the VSCG stall? If so, contact Jane.

Happy New Year and welcome back to gardening at Vera Street in 2008! I hope you all had a good break and feel refreshed and ready to tackle the year
ahead.

Usually we have our working bee on the fourth Sunday of the month, but as
this falls on the Australia Day long weekend, we thought it would be better
to postpone it until the first Sunday in February. Our reasoning was that
some would be away for that weekend and others could be getting kids ready
for the start of the school year.

If you are keen to start at the garden anyway that's not a problem. I know
Lynn intends to be down there on Sunday to begin the mulching of the grass
near the compost bays. I'm sure she would greatly appreciate a hand or two.
Thanks also to Lynn for keeping the garden mowen over the Christmas break;
it would be sooooo overgrown if not for her regular workouts on the mower!!

There is plenty of weeding that needs doing following the magnificent rain
over the past 6 weeks.

Looking forward to seeing everyone again.
Jane