Features of the meeting:
- A table of various very robust looking seedlings for sale by members at their usual extremely reasonable prices. These were ready for immediate autumn planting. Also for sale: absolutely pure natural honey in various sized jars - a regular sale item at these meetings. (See pics below)
- The formal part of the meeting began, as usual, with impromptu questions from the floor, with answers and short discussion from the more knowledgeable members.
- By Lise Racine: A very extensive talk about garlic, which should be planted now and would be harvested between September and the start of the wet season. Another session will be held on all the things you can do with garlic in September, when members will hopefully be ready to pick their crops. (More info in Steve's post)
- Neil: A demonstration of creating "wicking gardens". (More info in Steve's post, the April newsletter, and at the Easy-Grow Vegetables website.)
All the seedlings were extremely robust - testimony to the expertise of the members producing them. This should help ensure that you get a great crop off them.
Get your honey here. On sale at each meeting.
ps:
- As advised by Rebecca at the meeting, there is a good ongoing supply of horse manure available 7 days off Queen Street, Southport. If interested email DavidTangye@gmail.com for details.
- A few members were taking their own notes. Anyone who would like to share them up on here, or in the monthly newsletter, your contributions will be more than welcome. Please contact Dorothy on (07) 5533 9905 (newsletter editor) or Steve at s@dalts.net (this blog).
