"I've got a lot of self sown toms growing at the moment and caterpillars and the rats seem to be my biggest enemies.
I'm yet to win the tomato growing challenge at any time of the year due to pests."
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Food gardens in public and private spaces. Services, products and communities based on locally produced food and food gardening.
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Events
May 19
Saturday
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Keeping Chickens in the Backyard
May 19, 2012 from 10am to 12pm – The Grange Library
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May 20
Sunday
May 26
Saturday
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How to Make a Solar Food Drier
May 26, 2012 from 9:30am to 11:30am – Yandina Community Gardens
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May 27
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Green Heart Sustainability Fair
May 27, 2012 from 9am to 2pm – Seventh Brigade Park
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Using the Forum and Blogging
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.
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
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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 :)
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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 post anyway! :)
Forum
Tomato - Solanum lycopersicum
Started by Scarlett Patrick in PLANT and SEED VARIETIES. Last reply by Lissa 5 hours ago. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Terracotta Wet Pots: cheap ad readymade.
Started by Dave Riley in EXPLORING the FIELD TOGETHER - Q&A 11 hours ago. 0 Replies 1 Like
Carrot - Daucus carrota
Started by Scarlett Patrick in PLANT and SEED VARIETIES. Last reply by Scarlett Patrick 16 hours ago. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Possum Problem...Help!
Started by Jan Holley in EXPLORING the FIELD TOGETHER - Q&A. Last reply by Mark Valencia 22 hours ago. 15 Replies 0 Likes
Eggplant - Solanum melongena
Started by Scarlett Patrick in PLANT and SEED VARIETIES. Last reply by Elaine de Saxe yesterday. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Snake bean - Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedaris
Started by Scarlett Patrick in PLANT and SEED VARIETIES. Last reply by Elaine de Saxe yesterday. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Avocado - Persea americana
Started by Scarlett Patrick in PLANT and SEED VARIETIES. Last reply by Scarlett Patrick yesterday. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Fruit Tree Outlets
Started by Scarlett Patrick in FAQ/ Best Of. Last reply by Scarlett Patrick yesterday. 8 Replies 0 Likes
Preserving/Canning
Started by Jan Holley in EXPLORING the FIELD TOGETHER - Q&A. Last reply by Elaine de Saxe yesterday. 27 Replies 0 Likes
echinacea seeds
Started by Barbara Catfish in SEED SWAPPERS. Last reply by Charlotte yesterday. 12 Replies 1 Like
Blog Posts
Meat Club on BLF
Posted by The Chicken Coop Company on May 11, 2012 at 12:00 1 Comment 0 Likes
Junk Mail Gardening
Posted by Dave Riley on May 5, 2012 at 2:02 0 Comments 1 Like
Our evolving patch
Posted by Robert Tolmaci on May 2, 2012 at 12:27 32 Comments 1 Like
'My Garden'
Posted by Tracy Lowe on May 1, 2012 at 16:30 2 Comments 1 Like
Update
Posted by Daniel on April 23, 2012 at 17:35 3 Comments 2 Likes
Community Garden
Posted by The Chicken Coop Company on April 23, 2012 at 9:15 2 Comments 0 Likes
Keeping it moist: Hand watering vs bucket irrigation
Posted by Dave Riley on April 23, 2012 at 0:00 25 Comments 2 Likes
22nd of April update...
Posted by Rob on April 22, 2012 at 20:48 5 Comments 1 Like
Latest Activity
Lissa commented on Boonah BOSS's event 'Boonah's World Environment Day Festival'"Have another appointment that day Julie unfortunately. The event sounds very diverse and interesting."
Lissa commented on Lissa's event 'Glasshouse Country Sustainability & Garden Expo'"Productive Gardens for those who would like to know more.
May see you there Anne."
Dave Riley posted a discussionTerracotta Wet Pots: cheap ad readymade.
Terracotta isn't as cheap as it once was and adapting flower pots for use as wet pots requires a talent to get the glueing just right.However, there may be an option: Italian made terracotta wine cylinders. Some come with a saucer base which will serve as a lid. Unlike flower pots these items turn up frequently in Op Shops so they are worth looking out for. They are deeper than many flower pots and you don';t have to seal any draiinage hole. I bought one today at St Vinnies for $3.00...See More
Elaine de Saxe commented on Sylvia Bell's status"Ah, I should have mentioned to remove as many seeds as you can."
Sylvia Bell posted a status"Chokos - have made choko relish, baked, stirfried, and apple crumble using choko instead of apple, have bottled some cooked in apple juice."
Sylvia Bell commented on Sylvia Bell's status"Thank you once again Elaine, will give it a go, may also check Lemon Marmalade on google.
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Sylvia Bell commented on Sylvia Bell's photo
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"Thanks Elaine that makes me feel hungry already. I took the photo about 5 days ago and they have grown so much since then, there are also another two on the plant, plus many more coming."
Glasshouse Country Sustainability & Garden Expo at Beerwah Community Hall
May 27, 2012 from 9am to 4pm
9.00am - 4.00pm.This year's Expo is even bigger and better with a joint focus on three important categories: Health & Wellbeing, Sustainability & the Environment, Gardening & Fresh Produce.This iconic annual expo will once again be held in the combined grounds of Beerwah Community Hall and Turner Park, Beerwah, grounds large enough to host the trade exhibitions, food carts, family fun activities and the many thousands of visitors that will turn up at the venue on the day. Entry $5…See More
Elaine de Saxe commented on Sylvia Bell's status"Moroccan Preserved Lemon, easy as ... halve some Lemons (scrub skin) put into a scalded bottle. Pour salt into each Lemon (use heaps of salt); cover Lemons with Lemon juice, adding some Cinnamon scrolls (optional). Screw on lid, leave in dark for at…"
Boonah BOSS posted an event
Boonah's World Environment Day Festival at the outlook, boonah
June 2, 2012 all day
Boonah’s World Environment Day Festival showcases a huge array of exhibitors, talks, workshops, demonstrations, art and performances celebrating and inspiring sustainable communities. with over 60 stalls, there’s something for everyone from aquaponics to zumba, electric bikes, Madam Mulch, a moving welcome to country, delicious home made fare, lots of local organic produce, a clothes swap, recycling bays for corks, mobile phones,…See More
Anne Gibson commented on Lissa's event 'Glasshouse Country Sustainability & Garden Expo'"Definitely on the 27th May from 9am - 4pm. I'll be at stand 70 and would love to catch up with any of you going along. I'm doing some kids organic gardening workshops and will have a display on container gardening. Hoping for fine weather!…"
David Borthwick commented on Lissa's event 'Glasshouse Country Sustainability & Garden Expo'"Productive Gardens are looking forward to exhibiting again this year."
Maria Malpass might attend Lissa's event
Green Heart Sustainability Fair at Seventh Brigade Park
May 27, 2012 from 9am to 2pm
9.00am – 2.00pmYou can help Brisbane become Australia's most sustainable city! Put aside Sunday 27 May 2012 and join the fun at the Green Heart Sustainability Fair.This free Brisbane City Council community event has something for everyone.• FREE sustainability workshops – learn simple and practical tips to save money in and around the home, whilst reducing your environmental impact • FREE plants (while stocks last) • Sustainability displays and advice • FREE cooking demonstrations • FREE…See More
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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 (Scarlett), 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 .
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Scarlett is an independent (i.e. not a member of, sponsored by or answerable to any organisations at all), free -thinking horticulturalist and Permaculturalist (currently self- employed as a novelist, and working casually as a maths and science tutor for high school Koorie kids) who likes to expend energy on a better future. Scarlett moved to country Victoria in Dec 2010 - to be close to the grandparents - but lived in Brisbane for 14 years and grew heaps of food there :)
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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.
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