Garlic planting

Thanks to Mel for helping with the planting Garlic cloves with children. We love parental involvement with a sense of community working together. Children were encouraged to count the cloves we devided from 17 bulbs and help out in putting them individually into the soil. It will be our first Garlic crop and hopefully we get lots of Garlic to share in the Xmas this year :)

Saving water tips

Hi- my first ever blog so just seeing if this works...

My 2 water saving tips follow-

• Don't let out the kids' bath water; use it to water the house plants (& the garden in summer).  It will amaze you how much water is in there.
• Put the plug in the sink when rinsing your dishes, then pass the water from one dish to the next instead of leaving the tap running.

Happy growing!

Busy Hands and Feet

GARLIC GALORE

Now is the time to plant garlic and shallots. Prior to planting garlic add some compost and bulb fertiliser to the soil bed. It can be planted into the vege garden or in amongst other plants (like roses). Garlic will help to ward off insect pests too.

Step 1: Split the garlic bulb into individual cloves and plant at 5-10cm deep, about 15-20cm apart. Make sure the weeds don't take 

over and water regularly without overwatering (particularly prior to harvest).

*3 good fat bulbs will split up enough to be able to produce about 1kg of garlic!

Step 2: Lift at about the longest day and dry the garlic with the stems on. You can lay them out  or plait them into a long bunch and hang them up. Or store in the hot water cupboard (not with the linen). Keep healthy this winter, keep the vampires away and get that garlic in now.

(Cut out of last week's Bay News)

How to Plant Garlic

Happy planting!

WELCOME TO THE ENVIRO BLOG!

A big thank you to everyone for making last week's EnviroGroup meeting - in the sun! Hard to imagine it given this week's weather. Lot's of great ideas were shared, including a discussion about having a place to share ideas, see pictures and get the gist of what's going on in the garden. Presenting...the blog. Stay tuned for details to come and getting our GARLIC project off the ground, too.

Happy growing,

Mel Young (Andrew's Mum)