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 :)
DELAYS ON JOINING AND PHOTOS
Hello. New members and all photos are approved by the site administrators (Scarlett and Donna) - just to keep out the spammers and prevent inappropriate posts.
Apologies for any delays this might cause (usually 48hrs max at the moment)
* Post your photos, events, info, articles, videos, websites, comments, blogs and discussion topics
* Read and browse
* Create or join a group so you can communicate easily and centrally
* Send messages to your friends, everyone, or members of a group (admin. will email you about upcoming events, but that's usually it)
* Add people to your friends list (makes messaging easier - if you've spoken on the site it's probably quite normal to add someone)
* Tailor your 'My Settings' for if/when you'd like to receive emails about new content/ events etc. You can also choose to 'follow' conversations (bottom of relevant page)
* Invite people you know to join
* Link to your website
Saturday
Saturday
February 11, 2012 from 9:30am to 12pm – CREEC
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February 17, 2012 from 9:30am to 11:30am – Beelarong Community Farm
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February 18, 2012 from 9:30am to 12pm – Yandina Community Gardens
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Ning provides a search engine for BLF (extreme top right in the dark green bar). You're welcome to have a go at the search function and browse the answers - and/ or check the FAQ forum topic, some good answers have been moved over there.
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! :)
Started by Emma Crameri in PLANT AND SEED VARIETIES. Last reply by Jan Holley 49 minutes ago. 9 Replies 0 Likes
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Started by Elaine de Saxe in BUY, SELL, SWAP & FREEBIES. Last reply by Amanda 23 hours ago. 1 Reply 0 Likes
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Started by Justine Rudd in EXPLORING the FIELD TOGETHER - Q&A. Last reply by Scarlett Patrick yesterday. 9 Replies 0 Likes
Started by Trisha Hanley in PLANT AND SEED VARIETIES. Last reply by Emma Crameri yesterday. 4 Replies 0 Likes
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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 or administrators. Your sign-in email, visible to the two administrators, will not be passed on or sold - ever (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 Scarlett). Revenue will go to Donna's Seed Saver's Network and the various Community Gardens in Brisbane. This site is motivated by passion, not profit.
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) 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 :)
Donna runs a Seed Savers Network with monthly garden visit meetings.
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.
© 2012 Created by Scarlett Patrick.