Cockroach crusade and other journeys
These last six weeks, with help and guidance from Russ Grayson and Helen Bradley of Sydney City Council, we’ve been fertilizing, getting rid of cockroaches, and mulching the gardens here. Russ managed the purchase by Council of the lucerne mulch and the organic fertilizer. I haven’t seen the fertilizer before and here are the details: Paton Fertilizers Gold Citrus Food, 126 Andrews Road, Penrith NSW 2750 tel 1800 644 753 www.paton.com….au Helen... Read More
9 Garage sales in Chippo this Sunday and counting
So far 9 houses in Chippo have registered their garage sales this Sunday. There’s a few in Myrtle street and others within ten minutes walking distance. It’s easy to register your garage sale, it’s free and there are handy tips on the web page about how to do it. For a list of garage sales, and a map of where they are and what they’re selling or giving away, you can enter the postcode 2008 when you visit this link: www.garagesaletrail.com… The... Read More
Enough of me, what about you?
The Sydney Writers Festival runs from 16 to 22 May. In the city it’s at The Wharf, and out at Parramatta, and at Katoomba in the Blue Mountains. The venues and program has been published and is on the Net here: www.swf.org… It’s a terrific moment in Sydney’s life and there’s so much to read, listen to, join in and enjoy. You’ve been invited to tell others how you would save the planet. The event is called, You... Read More
Things that grow up, things that grow down
Things that grow up may (beautifully) be planted with things that grow down. For we city gardeners,this is news we may grab with both hands. It means we can grow more tucker in less space. This natural intensity, easy as it is for us to apply in our urban farms, can bring: plant, insect and bug diversity more competition between pests, and perhaps the triumph of those pests we prefer – the ones that predate the pests which destroy our tucker more... Read More
New Chippo group supports Sustainable Streets Plan
A new group has been set up to support the City Council’s Sustainable Streets and Community Plan. Called, Sustainable Chippendale, the idea for the group and the moving force behind it are Andrew Jacobs and Thais Nascimento. They’ve set up a Facebook page and say this is how to find and join the group or obtain information there: - The link is: www.facebook.com… , but if you go on Facebook and just look up for SUSTAINABLE CHIPPENDALE... Read More
