by admin | Jul 29, 2018 | GOOF, Seed Savers
Kiwano African Horned Cucumber Kiwano African Horned Cucumber was the star today. This spiky cucumber was orange as it was now ready for harvesting and also the insides were jelly like. You eat it earlier on when the insides are firmer. Peel off the skin and cut into...
by admin | Jul 1, 2018 | marcotting, Seed Savers
Marcotting A little bit of a lesson was thrown in this month as Annette showed the group how to propagate from a woody plant with a method known as marcotting, or air layering. It is a type of plant propagation that involves rooting of part of a stem while it is still...
by admin | Jun 14, 2018 | Seed Savers
Cooler winter days have arrived, so we are growing artichokes, beetroot, bok choy, broccoli, cabbage, coriander, cress, fennel, kale, leek, lettuces, mizuna, mustard, parsley, 4 types of radish, silverbeet and tatsoi to eat. To keep our bee friends happy we planted...
by admin | May 4, 2018 | Seed Savers
PSW Seed Savers met on Saturday 28th April under what threatened to be rather dreary weather conditions. Overcast skies did not deter the enthusiastic team and we had 25 people attending regardless. As it turned out the rain held off just nicely (aside from a little...
by admin | Apr 2, 2018 | bush tucker Murnong Yam daisy., Girl Guides for badges, Seed Savers
24th March 2018 We planted 45 varieties of seeds including alyssum, mixed beetroot, four types of broccoli, Brussells spouts, four types of cabbage, purple cauliflower, clauseme lansium aka wampi fruit tree, onion chives, endive, fennel, good king henry herb, kailaan,...
by admin | Mar 2, 2018 | Seed Savers
Our first seed saver meeting for 2018 arrived at long last. We had 33 at Seed Savers including 1 child and 4 visitors. With an empty nursery we were busy planting seeds. We planted 50 varieties of seeds this month. These were amaranth, 3 types of beetroot, bok choy, 3...
