Growing local
Food gardens in public and private spaces. Services, products and communities based on locally produced food and food gardening.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME - EXPERTS, BEGINNERS, DABBLERS, THE CURIOUS.
You can browse, post photos, discussions and events, blog, create and join groups, use the search engine - whatever you like.
Please link to us from your website :)
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Hello. New members are approved by the site administrator (Farina) - just to keep out the spammers.
Apologies for any delays this might cause (usually 48 hours max).
Occasionally a spammer gets through - if you get any spam messages (suspect job offers, click here requests, contact me for a private msg etc) please write on my wall or send me an inbox message and I will delete the offender and all their content and ban them from the network.
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December 9, 2013 from 6pm to 9pm – The Red Place METRO ARCADE
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December 12, 2013 from 9:30am to 11:30am – Pomona
1 Comment 0 LikesDecember 12, 2013 from 5pm to 8:30pm – Ecobotanica
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Saturday
December 14, 2013 from 10am to 12:30pm – Nina's at Eatons Hill
8 Comments 0 LikesDecember 14, 2013 from 10:30am to 12:30pm – Mitchelton Library
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December 21, 2013 from 9am to 12pm – Northey St City Farm
0 Comments 0 LikesPOSTING PHOTOS
We love your garden pics! Just be sure to remove the location information from your picture if you're sharing photos from your IPhone to avoid sending your details out to the world wide web. To find out how to do this, click here.
USING THE FORUM
Note that on the main page only the most recent discussion activity is displayed.
If you want to explore all of the forum, go to http://brisbanelocalfood.ning.com/forum or select Forum in the red menu bar which runs across the top of the home page.
Choose to view by category (e.g. Plant and Seed Varieties, Books and Movies) or by most recent/ popular etc - use view drop down at top right of page.
If you wish to follow a discussion (you'll be notified of replies) select <Follow> at the extreme bottom right of the relevant discussion.
Some good discussions/ answers have been moved over into the FAQ forum topic for ease of reference.
SEARCHING FOR CONTENT
Ning provides a search engine for the entire BLF site (extreme top right in the dark green bar).
Each part of the website can also be searched separately. Navigate to the particular area (was it a photo, a discussion, a blog?) using the red menu on the top of the home page. Then search within that section, using the search bar at top left in the white part of the page. This will narrow your search results markedly.
BLOGS
The blog (web-log) section is best for diary-style posts covering multiple topics - like what you've been up to in your own garden. The discussion forum is better for single topics and where other people can build on what you've said.
Please use the discussion forum or message function where you can. People are less likely to find your topic in future when browsing if it's in the blog section.
Please try to post blogs once a week or less (save it up and post all at once!), to maximise the air time on the main page for other blog posters. Love it, but we have to share the space :)
TAGS
When you start a discussion or a blog, adding some key words in the "add tags" field will help other people to find the content they're looking for later on (using the search engine).
If in doubt just ask or post anyway! :)
Started by Valerie-Anne in PLANT and SEED VARIETIES. Last reply by Ania Nerowski 4 hours ago. 11 Replies 0 Likes
Started by Andrew Cumberland in PRODUCTS & SERVICES. Last reply by Andrew Cumberland 5 hours ago. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Started by Neil C in BUY, SELL, SWAP & FREEBIES 5 hours ago. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Started by Penny Felton in PRODUCTS & SERVICES. Last reply by Valerie-Anne 12 hours ago. 10 Replies 0 Likes
Started by marcus beech in EXPLORING the FIELD TOGETHER - Q&A. Last reply by Elaine coolowl yesterday. 2 Replies 2 Likes
Started by Jake in EXPLORING the FIELD TOGETHER - Q&A. Last reply by Jake yesterday. 9 Replies 1 Like
Started by Jake in EXPLORING the FIELD TOGETHER - Q&A. Last reply by Jake yesterday. 5 Replies 1 Like
Started by Andrew Connolly in EXPLORING the FIELD TOGETHER - Q&A. Last reply by Lissa yesterday. 11 Replies 1 Like
Started by Lissa in EXPLORING the FIELD TOGETHER - Q&A. Last reply by Valerie-Anne on Friday. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Posted by Ania Nerowski on December 5, 2013 at 7:41 4 Comments 1 Like
Posted by Susan Hayward on December 1, 2013 at 16:30 16 Comments 3 Likes
Posted by Elaine coolowl on November 26, 2013 at 22:03 0 Comments 1 Like
Posted by Andrew Cumberland on November 25, 2013 at 1:30 12 Comments 0 Likes
Posted by Deborah on November 22, 2013 at 20:36 1 Comment 0 Likes
Posted by Sophie Munns on November 21, 2013 at 10:52 1 Comment 0 Likes
Posted by scott on November 19, 2013 at 22:31 1 Comment 2 Likes
Posted by Michael Hoff on November 14, 2013 at 16:58 7 Comments 0 Likes
Posted by Dave Riley on November 11, 2013 at 12:21 2 Comments 3 Likes
Posted by Elaine coolowl on November 10, 2013 at 15:45 7 Comments 0 Likes
Elaine coolowl commented on Ania Nerowski's photo
Ania Nerowski commented on Ania Nerowski's photoElaine coolowl commented on Ania Nerowski's photoAnia Nerowski replied to Valerie-Anne's discussion Help me identify these plants.Ania Nerowski joined Lissa's group
Andrew Cumberland replied to Andrew Cumberland's discussion A simple van camper conversion...
This site was created to build capacity in the Brisbane community for growing, buying, producing, selling and sharing local food, products, services and information, because these things are improbably yet reverberatingly important.
Please use this site to promote, discuss, share and learn about local food growing, production, gardens, services and activities.
Please respect the activities and opinions of others and keep postings relevant to local food.
This site is not being used in any way to generate information by the network creator/ administrator. Your sign-in email, visible to the administrator (Farina), will not be passed on or sold - ever, to anyone (nor will any other info). NB: your profile page is visible to the whole internet. Only you and your correspondents can see the content of your inbox messages .
We'll put local food related ads up on BLF for you (msg enquiries to Farina). Revenue will go to paying the ning site fee, and then to the various Community Gardens/ Local Food enterprises/ Seed Saver's networks in Brisbane. This site is motivated by passion, not profit.
What is local?
The closer the better - but regional and global activities are important too.
Why local?
To reduce food miles, increase food freshness & security, improve social outcomes and reduce the unused outputs of our living environments - like stormwater and green waste.
Brisbane is a sub-tropical city in Queensland, Australia.
© 2013 Created by Farina Murray.
