Armidale Local Food (ALF)
Next Meeting January 24th 2009, 3 pm at 223 Taylor St., Armidale
Armidale Vegetable Planting Guide
Permaculture Design Certificate Course
This was originally envisaged as a way of locating fruit and nut trees in Armidale that are either growing on unoccupied land, or are unable to be looked after by their owners. We plan to then organise for them to be looked after and harvested each year. The harvest could then be split between the gleaners and the owner, or distributed in other ways.
There are many such trees in Armidale and it seems such a waste to see them go unharvested. Many of them can also be sources of disease if they are not managed to control pests such as fruit fly and codling moth.
However, there is no reason that this approach cannot be used for other resources that are around. For example, our first offer was for horse dung that an SLA member doesn't want left on her paddock - see the GRATEFUL GLEANERS page.
So if you have, or know of, a fruit or nut tree in need of care, or any other resource that you would be willing to donate or share with others, please contact Jane - jane@livinlightly.com.au 67722980.
A PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE course is being run by LivinLightly, starting on December 12th. For more details click here.
January 25th 2009, 2-5 pm
Have a look inside a working hive and learn how to extract the honey. Everyone goes home with a jar of fresh honey.
Numbers limited to 10 people, so please book by contact Jane Growns jane@livinlightly.com.au Ph 6772 28980
We have already run 2 of these beekeeping courses and the interest has been so strong that we are offering it again.
November 23rd – Seeds and Seedlings
Come and learn how to achieve success with sowing your own seeds. You will learn which seeds are best sown direct in the garden and which are best grown as seedlings, how to prick out and handle seedlings, and which seeds you can easily collect yourself. If time allows, we may also look at other propagation methods.
February 22nd ’09 – Composting
There are many ways to make compost. Come and learn about which method will suit you, what plants you can grow to act as compost activators and how to use compost in your garden.
For more details email jane@livinlightly.com.au
October 12th - Getting Started
We will be using several methods to turn a patch of lawn into a planted out vegetable garden. You will learn how to assess your soil type and how to improve it.
We had a great day, with 5 people attending and one of the participants ended up with a new vegie patch and one of her fruit trees spot mulched. If you are interested in attending a Getting Started course, please contact Jane - jane@livinlightly.com.au
You can now download the Armidale Vegetable Planting Guide from here.
Armidale Local Food had its first meeting on Saturday 9th August 2008. We started developing our vision for 2020 and decided upon three projects we would work towards.
The Homegrown Harvest Festival will be held in March 2009 and will involve a banquet using almost entirely local grown produce. For more information email ray.south@gmail.com
The Food Garden Tour will also be held in March 2009 and will focus on a number of home food-producing gardens within Armidale's town boundary. For more information email jane@livinlightly.com.au
The Perennial Food Garden will be a planting of perennial food-producing plants, such as nut trees, in a public space in Armidale. The idea is to show what food might be grown in public spaces in Armidale.