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Love and Peas Foodscapes

Locality: Ipswich, Queensland

Phone: +61 478 355 628

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21.01.2022 There have been so many times when I’ve felt overwhelmed at the enormity of change that needs to occur to create a better food system for both people and the pl...anet. However, I’ve realised that by shifting the way we think of ourselves to a food citizen and not just a consumer, we can begin to regain more power in transforming the food system. Not just by our individual choices (although that is a great place to start), but by getting involved in advocating for change at the local level, or growing food in your community and sharing it with others. Every little step moves us forward which I feel is a better place to be than just standing still. You can listen to me talk about this and more on the latest @gosimone.podcast which is available on Spotify or the Soundcloud link is in the bio. See more

19.01.2022 Ok, so I was feeling a little sorry for myself earlier. My impending house move means my greenhouse is packed down, the veggie beds are being ripped up and I am... hardly growing anything. But I've perked up now and wanted to give everyone my advice on getting veggies growing in case of supply shortages down the track. Firstly, general tips on Victory gardening in SEQ: If you don't eat it, don't grow it. Waste of time and space. My only caveat to this is kale. I've tried hard but can't stand it. I do, however, go through a lot of silverbeet. I grow Tuscan kale around my silverbeet as a decoy plant. Kale has a much stronger smell than silverbeet. It attracts white cabbage butterflies and grasshoppers to itself and away from the silverbeet I've planted within a protective fence of kale. Once the kale is full of chrysalis it gets pulled out and fed to the chooks. They can have the filthy stuff. This also goes for amounts. Marvelous dreams of starting to preserve surplus are just that. Marvelous dreams. The boat has sailed. If you get sick or just overwhelmed by life you will be watching all that marvelous rot on the vine. Now is also Not The Time to try exotic, finicky or high-maintenance/low yield treasures. Put down that asparagus crown. If a child or moderately ill person can't handle the upkeep, don't grow it. Self-explanatory, really. Also very important is to involve kids from the get-go. Let me know if you want to bother adding curriculum elements but you'll do a world of good just getting your kids into the garden. It's distracting, positive, encourages them to eat more green stuff, and if they know what they're doing while everyone is well they can water, weed and harvest when someone in the family isn't. For the same reasons try to involve partners, if you have them. I sure don't want to be trying to describe which veg they're looking for if I can't breathe properly. Plant for a fortnight. Don't put in a whole bed of one thing. Later on I'll set out how much you need for how many people and you just plant what you need for a fortnight, a bit of everything. That way not everything ripens at once. A glut of peas for a month with nothing else ready is still really boring, no matter how glorious fresh peas from your own garden can be. Polyculture plantings (different things in together) also provide disease and pest resistance, improve pollination and save space by 'stacking' crops. More on that later. Finally, work together. Talk (2m apart) to neighbours and friends about what they're planting. If the old bloke down the road always has lots of stuff going, ask him (whilst keeping your distance) what varieties he uses. Put out a crop swap table with a bucket for water and a bottle of Miltons (really not necessary, food is relatively safe, but to make Karen at number 5 happy...) and leave excess there. Invite the street to take what they need and leave their surplus too. If you have the room for small broad-acre sites be the potato guy while Pete in number 11 is the greens guy. That kind of thing. Physically isolated, socially connected. Ask questions. Here. Next will be how to work out what and how much to grow, of what variety and where.

15.01.2022 https://seedtocrop.net///the-history-about-each-vegetable/

10.01.2022 Congratulations Rob Greenfield, love ya work!