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Homegrown Food Swap

The Newport homegrown fruit & veggie swap is on the
Date: third Sunday of each month
Time: 10:30-11:30am
Location: Newport Lakes
Details: Rowena 0405 763 909, or email transitionhb@gmail.com

Matchmaking service for gardeners to launch Australia wide in early 2011

Early next year Landshare Australia will be launching to provide a social networking service that introduces people with spare land to others wanting to grow fruit and vegetables, but with nowhere to do it.

“Public concern for ‘food miles’, mounting food prices and a desire to get back to old fashioned flavour has generated a dramatic rise in people wanting to grow their own fruit and vegetables,” says gardening ‘guru’ Phil Dudman who is one of a small team launching the service.

“But as the movement grows, backyards in Australia are getting smaller leaving thousands of would-be revolutionaries yearning for a piece of dirt on which to grow. That’s where Landshare Australia comes in,” says Phil.

The key to its success will be the website and Landshare Australia is looking for supporters to help spread the word and sponsors to help it all happen.

“We plan to make Landshare Australia one of the leading websites for any Australian gardener not only providing the matchmaking service, but allowing them to chat with other growers, get the very best growing advice from our veg doctors and download ‘how to’ guides,” says Phil.

“With community support it will succeed and we’re hoping that with corporate support we can make it happen across Australia even faster!”

Landshare Australia is based upon the hugely successful Landshare UK website launched last year by celebrity chef and ethical food warrior Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (River Cottage). The UK site is booming with over 57,000 growers, landowners and helpers registered to date and still growing. The UK team are also advising on the development of the Australian site.

Landshare Australia will launch its website in February 2011 where people can register and post their particular need for a space to grow or offer land to share with interested gardeners. A website search will provide a selection of matches, contact is then made, terms are agreed and then growing gets going.

“The usual arrangement is that the gardener provides the landowner with a share of their produce so everyone wins. It’s that easy.”

“Obviously though, we will need participants on ‘both sides of the fence’ – we need people who have large backyard, hobby farms or rural properties to register as well as those who want to get a vegie garden going. We also need helpers, people who are not seeking land, but can offer help in some way, from answering gardeners questions online to helping out on the plot itself, ” adds Phil.

Phil Dudman’s own ‘patch’, the Northern Rivers, is the first area in Australia to launch Landshare Australia with participants already sharing in its first trial.

“It is working well and we look forward to getting the word out to the rest of Australia from February 2011 onwards when the website is fully operational.

In the meantime people can register at the website www.landshareaustralia.com.au ”

Phil explains the concept more and outlines opportunities on Youtube. For more information, discuss opportunities to be involved or for interviews:

Phil Dudman:
Email: phil@landshareaustralia.com.au

Phil Dudman is a gardening talkback radio host on the ABC Local Radio network, TV presenter, gardening author for ABC books and a regular contributor to popular gardening magazines. He is also a passionate advocate for organic gardening and the ‘grow your own’ movement. www.phildudman.com

Come pick luscious strawberries with us!

Ladybird Organics in Keilor East (www.ladybirdorganics.com.au) is Melbourne’s only source of certified organic strawberries. It offers Pick Your Own strawberries!

When: Sunday 28th November, aim to leave the area at 10am, should be home by 12:30pm
Bring: Containers for your strawberries. Water bottles and sunscreen etc.
Wear: a feather in your hat, so we recognise you are part of the fun!
Transition Hobsons Bay would like to organise carpooling for the visit. So let me know if you can offer a lift (and how many your car can carry) or if you want a lift, or if you could do either. Call me on 9077 2563 or shoot me an email at Kate_M_Leslie@yahoo.com.au.

A couple of extra points –
* Recommended petrol money – $3 per person.
* Strawberries cost $10 kilo if you pick your own. I’m told there’s also a shop on site, selling among other things 800g punnets of strawbs for $10.

* Children welcome.
* We will ring Ladybird on the morning we are coming to make sure they are open as sometimes they close if the weather has been too wet. We will text you if the farm is closed. So leave a mobile number and look for any SMS before you leave home.
We hope some of your members will choose to join us!

http://transitionhb.groupsite.com/calendar/event/2010/11/28/233573

The Newport homegrown fruit & veggie swap is on

Come and swap homegrown

1. Veges
2. Herbs
3. Honey

Date: Sunday, November 21 from
Time: 10:30 – 11:30am, at Newport Lakes through the entrance from Mason St at the under-cover BBQ area on your left. Melways Ref 55G3

Contact: Rowena 0405 763 909 or Kate 0402 083 353

Do you want to rent an eco-home that is close to the city? Interested in growing vegies and looking after some chooks in a home with an established, post-Blitz garden?

We are moving overseas for awhile, and we are looking to rent out our lovely three bedroom home at: 28 Fontein St, West Footscray.

The house is in very good condition, and it is only about three minutes walk from Tottenham station, which is less than 20 mins away from the city loop stations. It has three bedrooms and two bathrooms, dining room, loungeroom, laundry and kitchen, as well as an free standing study out the back. Eco features include: 5000 litre water tanks, solar panels, and full insulation. The backyard was also Blitzed approximately a year ago, and since then, raised garden beds have begun to produce good amounts of food,  and six young fruit trees are beginning to produce.

Rent is $1600 pcm. This includes our eight chickens (who are also available for adoption), and all electricity/water discounts that result from the tanks and panels.

The house will be available from January 10th (2011) on.

If interested, please contact De at: animataquartet@yahoo.com.au

I am looking for a property within 1-1.5 hr drive North of Melbourne. Where I can agist some beehives until I can organise a more permanent arrangement.

I keep a docile strain of bees and should not bother anyone.

Ideally the property would have a quiet shady location away from people, but with car access not too far away as hives can get heavy. If there was a creek or other water source within a km this would be fantastic, but not a must.

Trees or other nectar sources within 4km are important.

Willing to pay rent in honey, or by other arrangement.

Contact Phil
Mobile 0419 006 454

swarms are available to beekeepers with boxes

For rent: 190 Bush Inn Road, Wattle Flat

Available mid August
Spacious three bedroom mudbrick and stone solar powered house on a 20 acre block with established orchard and vegetable garden. Located on the fringe of the Creswick Forest, just 15 minutes from Ballarat in Victoria and 25 minutes from Daylesford. Open plan living/dining/kitchen, study, bathroom and ensuite, hydronic heating and self contained caboose. Prefer to lease furnished. $270 per week, negotiable in exchange for maintenance/caretaking role.
For more information and a flyer about the property, please contact Lisa on 0438 029 676.

Hello,

POW has 6 x permaculture diaries for sale. Not only are they diaries, they’re are full of great info and stories of inspiring groups and people. They are $25 each or 2 for $40. Please contact admin@pow.org.au for details! Thanks

We have some long stakes, 4 old steel wheels which could be decorative or somebody may want to grow things through them (not for cycling….not sure if they would be safe) and an old green Wheely bin (240L) which is in need of TLC as it has a leak in it. Perhaps it could be used as a compost bin. Also there is a semicircle of corrugated iron about a metre and a half in height. Please send an email to Ailed@rocketmail.com as soon as possible if you’re interested. The wheels and iron will go out to hard rubbish on monday morning.