August Bee

We arrived at the Albert street garden and some lovely person had left some seedlings for us to plant. Thank you!

We came in all shapes and sizes, some of us had a new sister born this week. Exciting!

And some of us a new daughter, while some are still hanging on the verge of giving birth...

We came from near, we came from far, some by bike, some by car.

We dug the soil and expanded the beds...

We brought tea and beanies to warm our cockles and our heads.

We lit a fire and dug and dug

Some stood around to spin and tug

And some brave gals with miles of smiles

watched on as turf went from bed to pile...

while a happy mandolin accompanied our efforts. Thanks Tom!

A five acre food forest?

Yes, we're still in the middle of planning a fourth community food garden, but in the meantime we are also talking to Daylesford Secondary College about the possibility of a fifth garden at the school. The edible, ecological and educational possibilities of this site are potentially huge.

L-R Dave Stephens, Robert Hewat, Veronica Pellet and Alexis Pitsopoulos. Photo: Patrick Jones

Last Friday a first meeting was arranged by Dave Stephens (local forest activist and future parent of the school) who invited Alexis Pitsopoulos (local forager, herbalist, locavore cook and edible weedsman), Robert Hewat (local botanist, parent), Patrick Jones (community food system activist, designer and poet) and Veronica Pellet (French WWOOFer) to look over the site. We look forward to working with the school.