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 | Nov 2, 2017 | Seed Savers
28th October 2017 Thanks to our first decent rain in months, sunshine and fertilizer mid-month our seedlings from last month had grown enormously. We had another big group at Seed Savers with 35 people including 4 children and 1 visitor. John organised a pop up...
by PSW | Sep 30, 2017 | Seed Savers
23rd September 2017 Today broke the heat record for September with 33 degrees. That didn’t deter the 30 adult members, 4 member’s children and 4 visitors from coming to Seed Savers for another huge month. 18 varieties out of 102 varieties from last month were...