Mort Bay Community Garden in Balmain, New South Wales, Australia | Community garden

Mort Bay Community Garden

Locality: Balmain, New South Wales, Australia

Address: McKell Street 2041 Balmain, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.mortbaycommunitygarden.com.au

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25.01.2022 Some crafty ideas for those old cases that might be lying around ... https://www.reddit.com///growing_grass_seeds_in_a_cd_case/

24.01.2022 Great idea from a local friend.... woolies should plant out their flat roof!

24.01.2022 Our Spring Fair this past Saturday. Thanks to all that came along! Lots of delicious cakes to be had, a sausage sizzle & some great plant bargains. Join us again next year for our Family Day in May. Or come along to one of our Working Bees, the next one is on Saturday 9 November

23.01.2022 We had a great turnout at our Family Fun Day. There were many kids activities including terrarium making & face painting, a delicious cake sale & sausage sizzle, while the scarecrow got a makeover. Thank you to everyone that came along & joined in the fun

23.01.2022 We had a great AGM last night, with big thanks to departing Pres. Pip and Sec. Mary Ann, MJ Compost Queen, and Gillian Native queen! A fun night was had by all...

23.01.2022 Join us for a sunny morning in the garden this Saturday 14th September for our regular Working Bee, from 8.30-11.30am

21.01.2022 Join us on Saturday 28th Sep for our regular Working Bee. 8.30am - 11.30am

21.01.2022 It was a great Working Bee this Saturday & very informative, with an overview of what invasive grasses to remove & which plants to preserve. Damon from the Inner West Council gave us a tour of what species to look out for & how to tackle them. Generally the idea is to prevent the grasses from seeding into the next season. Ideally pull out the whole plants without spreading the seed & dispose of them in the compost piles that are under the black plastic bags located at each fa...r end of the garden. One can also cut off the seed heads & bag that if pushed for time, but better to remove the whole plant if possible. Some plants have stubborn tap roots that are easier to pull out after rain. So here we have it, the good, the bad & the not-so-ugly, in order of priority, to focus mainly on the top 3: 1. Vulpia: Bad, currently seeding, so should be top priority to remove 2. Oat grass: Bad, type of Bromus thats quite easy to pull out 3. Bromus: Bad, has just started to seed 4. Pennisetum: Bad 5. Burr Medic: Bad, becomes dense ground cover with burrs, best to tackle after rain 6. Flat weed (like dandelion): Bad, best to tackle after rain 7. Briza: Bad 8. Trad (tradescanthia): Bad, masquerades as the good plant Commelina. It has a white flour, no purple hue on its stem 9. Commelina: Good, purple-blue flower, with a purple hue on its stem 10. Kangaroo grass: Good 11. Echidna grass: Good 12. Native geranium: Good 13. Native violet: Good 14. Seaside daisy: Good by consensus - good for bees & if pulled there would be a bare patch for weeds

19.01.2022 We have 2 visitors to our citrus trees. From further investigation it looks like the swallowtail butterfly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_aegeus Well let this generation stay for now

19.01.2022 A great day in the garden on saturday for our annual Spring Fair. The sun came out, we had lots of visitors-- tea, cake, seedlings, books... chit chat and some pottering around

19.01.2022 https://www.permacultured.us//what-to-plant-in-october-sy/

19.01.2022 more ideas for our garden??!!

18.01.2022 A good day of exertion at the garden today, tackling weeds, compost & alien grasses

16.01.2022 Join us at the garden tomorrow for our Working Bee. Starting at 8.30am, downing tools at 11.30am to share some snacks

15.01.2022 Here are some pictures from our working bee this past Saturday, the last one for 2018. Have a great festive season everyone!

14.01.2022 only 2 more sleeps before the Family Fun Day! Its going to be a beautiful day.... come on down to the garden:

13.01.2022 The garden is looking great after last weeks Working Bee, good rain & a bit of sunshine So many flowers are in bloom, especially the wild garlic & all the bottle brushes in the area. Quite stunning despite already being close to dusk this evening. And thats quite an interesting structure with the tennis balls!

13.01.2022 Our tomatoes are almost finished, but this article has some great tips...

12.01.2022 heres a great idea!

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10.01.2022 The carrot seeds planted during the Working Bee on 13th October are sprouting!

10.01.2022 Tetragonia - yum and easy to grow!

08.01.2022 Join us for our regular Working Bee this Saturday from 8.30 to 11.30am. It looks like will be yet another beautiful sunny Autumn morning

07.01.2022 heres something a bit different!

07.01.2022 Join us this Saturday 10 August for our regular Working Bee at the garden from 8.30am - 11.30am

06.01.2022 Join us at the garden on Saturday 24 August for our regular Working Bee, 8.30 - 11.30am. It looks like a wonderful sunny day

06.01.2022 Some photos from the Working Bee this Saturday, note the large harvest of turmeric!

06.01.2022 Join us for another Working Bee in the garden this Saturday, 8.30 - 11.30am. Don your winter attire for a frosty 15degrees

05.01.2022 here's something a bit different!

02.01.2022 Working Bee this Saturday from 8.30 to 11.30am. Well be planting, weeding & tidying up the garden for our Family Fun Day. Bring a share plate for when we down tools at 11.30 & enjoy some general chatter

01.01.2022 Some additional photos of the Community Fair held on October 13th