by Lynne Byass | Mar 4, 2022 | Beets, Plant of the Month
The beloved addition to Australia hamburgers is not just a root vegetable. The species that we call ‘beets’ includes plants grown for their roots, such as beetroot, sugar-beet and mangel wurzel, and plants grown for their leaves, such as silver-beet and...
by PSW | Sep 27, 2018 | Seed Savers
Praying for Rain Although the day for Seed Savers dawned bright, sunny and cheerful – we all know in our hearts that it is really rain that we are praying for. Needless to say, our members turned out in droves with 40 people turning up to selflessly give up their time...
by PSW | 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...
by PSW | Aug 8, 2017 | articles, Seed Savers
Chioggia Striped Beetroot We have eaten the leaves of our Beetroot plants so often that I forgot they were beetroots and started thinking they were spinach! We ate the leaves raw as a snack or in salads and cooked in meals like spaghetti bolognaise. Today I peered a...
by PSW | Jul 2, 2017 | Seed Savers
Another glorious sunny day for gardening. 20 members, 1 visitor from Permaculture North and 1 kid had fun in the sun. Our seedlings hadn’t grown much now we are well into cold winter weather and have just had the shortest day. We transplanted 9 varieties of plants...