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Autumn Harvest Festival

On Saturday, the Melton Sustainable Living Group had its monthly meeting, which also included a workshop about container gardening for renters, and the yearly harvest festival.  All members were encouraged to bring along stuff they have grown, preserved or made to swap or sell.  I took along this basket of goodies. It contained 2 dozen home laid eggs, a jar of cherry jam, a jar of feijoa jam, some eggplants, a bunch of spring onions, two bags of grated Parmesan cheese, and 200gms of Komijnekass.  On the way past the garden I threw in 5 green and yellow capsicums (peppers), which filled up the basket. Suffice to say, the meeting/workshop/harvest festival was good fun, and Stacey put on a great workshop.  Once it was time for tea and scones, the food swap started.  The eggs and cheese when straight away, as did the cherry jam.  I ended selling most of it, but swapped the spring onions for some ying and yang bean seeds, and the feijoa ja...

GreenHome Workshops

  You’re invited to four FREE workshops You’ll be able to: • learn from energy & gardening experts • meet your neighbours • tackle climate change and sustainability in new and creative ways with your community. The Australian Conservation Foundation GreenHome program will help you reduce your environmental impact and take practical steps to save water and energy, produce less waste and grow local food. Tuesday 11th May Greening your home - part 1: Becoming energy efficient Learn more about energy efficiency, workshop ideas and hear from energy experts. Tuesday 18th May Greening your home - part 2: Gardening towards a sustainable future Special guest: Vasili Kanidiadis – presenter of Vasili’s Garden SBS. Hear form Vasili and other gardening guru’s about having a water efficient veggie patch, composting and worm farming. Tuesday 25th May Community actions for tackling climate change - part 1 Hear from inspiring speakers and tackle climate change in new and c...