by admin | Aug 26, 2019 | bok choy, going to seed, lettuce, Seed Savers
Time to save some seed! As winter officially draws to a close, some of your brassicas and greens are bolting to seed. Please resist the temptation to pull them out to make room for more plants. At our place, we have only four square metres of garden and, at the...
by admin | Nov 5, 2018 | packed and labelled seeds, Permaculture in action, Seed Savers
Happy GardensWell we prayed for rain last seed savers report and rain we got- all month long! Our gardens are looking much happier, if we can keep up with the weeding, but not all the plants and seeds liked the deluge. Some of our seeds didn’t hatch with the cold wet...
by admin | 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 admin | 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...
by admin | Mar 1, 2017 | Seed Savers
On 25th February 2017, after a break over summer we returned to Seed Savers with an empty greenhouse to fill! We planted 35 varieties of seeds into seed raising trays and propagated lavender and Marjoram. The vegetable seeds we planted were Amaranth, Beetroot, Bok...