Paw Paws harvested from Myrtle Street this week
Paw Paw tree with fruit ready for harvesting Using a long, extendable pruner this week we harvested about a dozen green paw paws from the tree on the corner of Myrtle and Pine. Five households have them and three of us have made green paw paw salad (I used the recipe in Stephanie Alexander’s ‘bible’). With nuts, lime juice, chilli, fish sauce, and more it’s a beaut recipe. Light, easy and quick to make and fine to the taste. We’ve... Read More
Chippo is part of Clean Up Australia Day
A new local to Chippo, Thais, has started a Clean Up Australia Day Chippendale site and would love help on the day and in promoting the event. To visit Thais’ site and contact to get involved, go to: www.cleanupaustraliaday.org… It’s great to have new blood and ideas – thanks, Thais, May the clean streets be with us, Michael Read More
How to repel stink bugs from citrus
Auntie Fran, an elder from the Dharawal people (aka Frances Bodkin, author of Encyclopaedia Botanica, etc), walked with me around the gardens here yesterday then emailed me today about the stink bugs on the fingerlime tree: “The Stink beetles on the citrus, one sure way of getting rid of them is to hang an empty plastic bottle in their viciinity. When the sun shines on the plastic it gives off a vapour that repels the beetles. (If it... Read More
Trees in the middle of the road
Richards Ave, Surry Hills, Sydney NSW Free air con, walk away -Trees in the road One of Earth’s finest arborists, John Lennon, advised us well with his rhetorical question, “Why don’t we do it in the road?” Trees in the middle of the road provide free air conditioning. Which road would you rather walk in, live in and pay the electricity bills in – a road like Richards Ave, Surry Hills, or the thousands of other roads... Read More
New painted compost bin – tra la!
New painted compost bin Some frogs are on top of the leaves, some under them - look closely . . . A local artist who doesn’t wish to be named has donated paints and materials and her skills to paint a new Aerobin donated by the manufacturer. Read More
