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"Great crop Bernadette! Loofah lane indeed. :) I just did a blog post fairly recently about processing them too. It's pretty easy. I've tried eating them when they're small too but wasn't too impressed by the…"
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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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Videos
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More Than Honey - Official Trailer
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Ron Finley: Food Forest
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Monty Python and the Freemasons
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No-dig gardening - Coopers Plains
May 24, 2013 from 1pm to 3pm – Coopers Plains Library
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May 25
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Introduction to Permaculture & Urban Farming Workshop
May 25, 2013 from 9am to 4:30pm – Green Dean HQ
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Composting and worm farming
May 25, 2013 from 9:30am to 11:30am – Brisbane Botanic Gardens
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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.
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 post anyway! :)
Forum
choko to give away
Started by Lissa in EXPLORING the FIELD TOGETHER - Q&A. Last reply by Vanessa Collier 24 minutes ago. 2 Replies 1 Like
Florence says Hi
Started by Joseph in EXPLORING the FIELD TOGETHER - Q&A. Last reply by Vanessa Collier 27 minutes ago. 3 Replies 1 Like
waterchestnut
Started by Lissa in EXPLORING the FIELD TOGETHER - Q&A. Last reply by Vanessa Collier 44 minutes ago. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Mark Berkery's macro shots of insects
Started by Lissa in WEBSITES to VISIT. Last reply by Andrew Cumberland 1 hour ago. 6 Replies 1 Like
Seedling swap
Started by Fisher in BUY, SELL, SWAP & FREEBIES. Last reply by Fisher 10 hours ago. 11 Replies 0 Likes
Grafted Fruit Tree Sale
Started by van Veen Organics in PRODUCTS & SERVICES. Last reply by van Veen Organics yesterday. 18 Replies 0 Likes
Information/expert wanted on making preserves
Started by Alisa Bryce in EXPLORING the FIELD TOGETHER - Q&A. Last reply by Craig Hogan yesterday. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Dog Vine - Or... things that make you go hmmm...
Started by Andrew Cumberland in PLANT and SEED VARIETIES. Last reply by Lissa on Sunday. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Tromboncino
Started by Elaine coolowl in PLANT and SEED VARIETIES. Last reply by Elaine coolowl on Sunday. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Anyone have spare Chickens i can have or buy?
Started by Craig Hogan in EXPLORING the FIELD TOGETHER - Q&A. Last reply by Marie Skinner on Saturday. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Blog Posts
What Not to Do with Dragon Fruit ...
Posted by Elaine coolowl on May 18, 2013 at 11:21 7 Comments 1 Like
A Tale of Two Butterflies and a Weed Identification
Posted by Elaine coolowl on May 2, 2013 at 22:00 3 Comments 1 Like
SEED & FRUIT TREE SITES, TRAINING, GROUPS, BEES AND FOOD SITES
Posted by Lissa on April 21, 2013 at 6:30 18 Comments 1 Like
Clearing the Jungle
Posted by Elaine coolowl on April 16, 2013 at 21:15 8 Comments 0 Likes
LOOKING FOR COMFREY
Posted by Sandy Poole on April 10, 2013 at 19:33 3 Comments 0 Likes
My Victorian garden
Posted by Scarlett on April 10, 2013 at 13:00 5 Comments 3 Likes
Thank You from the Chooks
Posted by Green Dean on April 7, 2013 at 17:30 2 Comments 1 Like
Brighton Fruitful Suburbs Food Swap
Posted by Jenny Kingdom on April 6, 2013 at 16:56 2 Comments 0 Likes
Three Bunches of Bananas
Posted by Elaine coolowl on April 5, 2013 at 0:40 6 Comments 0 Likes
Latest Activity
Vanessa Collier commented on Andrew Cumberland's blog post Rozie's Seat..... Vege patch, Aerial Context, the Building Site Garden, Alfresco Dining (Cumquats), Japanese Garden (ornamental), the Big Girls' Yard and finally the Little Dog's Yard or Vege Patch."So neat and tidy! The garden looks great and I love the super professional looking cob/pizza oven you've got there. Looking forward to the progress photos."
Vanessa Collier commented on Megan T's photo
mr rooster
"Hehe looks like someone sat on his comb. Kind of looks like he put his fancy coat on and forgot to change out of his pyjama pants too. :P He's changed so much since I babysat him, certainly grown up."
Vanessa Collier replied to Lissa's discussion choko to give away"Mine has only recently started flowering and isn't living up to the reputation for rampancy that they have. Am I doing anything wrong or did I just perhaps plant late? (Can't remember exactly when I planted sorry, maybe Feb)."
Vanessa Collier replied to Joseph's discussion Florence says Hi"Thanks for posting Joseph, I had been wondering how Florence was going with her baby. Good to hear all is more or less going well despite tendon injury."
Vanessa Collier replied to Lissa's discussion waterchestnut"Wasn't sure what the skin would be like. I'll bear that in mind for next time. They do store well, although occasionally one or two will go rotten in the fridge.
I've never needed to replant them because I find that I…"
Andrew Cumberland replied to Lissa's discussion Mark Berkery's macro shots of insects"They are a lot of fun to take. And, don't feel bad. Everyone gets so much more detail from the photo than in real life.
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Andrew Cumberland replied to Lissa's discussion Mark Berkery's macro shots of insects"You are more than welcome Elaine. If you want photos for jigsaws, let me know. I have just a few lying around on my hard-drives. LOL. "
Joseph commented on Joseph's photo
The Vegie Factory Update
"Thanks Kathryn. I can't claim credit for the stone wall, have to thank the builder for that. I'm trying to grow heat loving plants against that wall to take advantage of the reflected heat, which is why I decided to sow garlic and snow…"
Joseph commented on Joseph's photo
The Kitchen Garden @ The Farm
"Elaine, I've grown mignonette in the past and they've done pretty well in the trays. I tried cos once and the entire crop was a complete disaster as I had to grow them outside because of their size."
Elaine coolowl replied to Lissa's discussion FRIEND - ASSASSIN BUG Family Reduviidae in the group Name that insect!"Only ever seen the one but I guess if there's one to be seen, there's others."
A photo by Judy McCabe was featured
Judy's Fish
Jade Perch are great fish to keep and eat. They are friendly, especially attucker time. (Theirs.) But if you give them a hole to hide in they willmurder each other over it.Judy McCabe23 Jacaranda Drive,Albany Creek Qld 4035Mobile 0425 126 633
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