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Written by dan
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Thursday, 17 May 2007 |
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Eight hardworking permablitzers, and a dog called Jessie, ventured into Windsor on a rainy Sunday to help us blitz our courtyard. They brought a bunch of goodies including Tamara’s big tins of saved dill and parsley seed and various cuttings of mints, strawberries and more. As the rain fell gently down, we pulled up about three-square metres of (very heavy) concrete pavers to reveal a mess of building rubble and builders sand. Undeterred we dug a good lot of it out , lay down some newspaper, and filled it all in with fresh compost, made in Andy and Michele’s new compost bay over the past few weeks. In went a pink pond (bathtub) surrounded by rocks and some sedge and flax lilies. Into the tub went azolla, with vietnamese mint and watercress in pots. A path was laid through the middle of the bed and we planted it out with various goodies, including broad beans, rocket, mint, yarrow, and strawberry cuttings. The whole thing was finished off with sprinklings of Tamara’s dill and parsley, and finally nasturium seeds and assorted other flower seeds to attract beneficial insects. Along the way we pulled up a Silver Birch that Sam took away for her garden, along with the builder’s sand, which she plans to use for the base of a fish tank. Much eating and drinking was done. Jessie, and Andy and Michele's dogs Shorty and Luna, looked on bemused. Paul and Barbara attacked the snake vine against the west wall with gusto and Tamara proved a dab hand with the crow-bar. We also planted out some seedling trays with various herbs, veggies and lettuces for the next blitz. Thanks Shelley, Tamara, Shyoko, Anne, Sam, Barbara, Paul, and John. It was a damn fine permablitz. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 17 May 2007 )
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Written by dan
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Thursday, 29 March 2007 |
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Permablitz has received an amazing donation of the following items available free of charge for upcoming
& past blitzee's: *Loads of organic Vermicast (worm castings).
*Dozens of the worm farm boxes (can be used for anything from a compost toilet chamber, worm farm to beat-box for post blitz jams. See attached image
*Hundreds of clean yoghurt containers (500gm & 1kg) ideal as re-useable seedling tubes.
*A mountain of intact polystyrene boxes ideal for housing said seedlings etc.
*Stacks of cardboard boxes.
*Various metal; corrugated iron sheets, water pipes, pickets etc.
*Wooden material such as chipboard (chook-house structures?) posts, stakes etc.
*Plastic sheeting of various sizes, colors etc.
*Miscellaneous debris.
All courtesy of the excellent Graeme Sweeney.
Pick up is preffered with possible delivery to blitz sites. For those considering a pick up, the booty is located in Nth Ringwood
don't be shy, it's all gotta go!
For more info or to arrange a pick up contact Carey on
Ph:9876-6484 or E:
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 12 April 2007 )
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Written by dan
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Thursday, 22 March 2007 |
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Permablitz Deis-y-Seite (17) was a fun day and a great success with photos here . A huge turn out of enthusiastic and skilled folk came along and transformed parts of Fiona and Anthony's yard. The day started off with some finalising of the design and changes occurred throughout the day as people's ideas infiltrated the plan to take advantage of the slope of the land and so on. In the front garden a pond, pathways and garden beds were put in, along with a bush tucker plant and a bean cover crop amongst others. Worm castings were added to the beds and a worm farm installed out the back. Other teams worked on putting up a fox proof chicken shed, seeding trays up for future blitz planting and getting the site cleaned up and prepared for more work at a future blitz! Other activities included removing seeds from the sunflowers and cooking up fantastic pesto pasta. Fiona talked about her tank and grey water set up and we were fortunate enough to have a viewing of Tanya Curnow's film and a demonstration of a designing computer program. To top the day off we had a drum and a dance. Photos to come. A big thanks to all those who came along. Also somebody left their jumper! (It's green.) |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 27 March 2007 )
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