by Lynne Byass | Oct 29, 2021 | Plant of the Month
How many varieties of lettuce can you name? If you’re like most people, the answer is about five: Iceberg, Cos, Salad Bowl, Oakleaf and Buttercrunch. Given that some, perhaps many, of you are members of Permaculture Sydney West, you can probably name a few more:...
by PSW | 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 PSW | 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 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 | 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...