Articles tagged ‘Grow food in Castlemaine’.
Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden So there I was, money in hand at the local wood fired “artisan” bakery, before I even mention that the very ...
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During compost week get into this inspiring film, DIRT. DIRT! The Movie, tells the amazing and little known story of the relationship between ...
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Long-term planning, upstream investment and early action prevent harm. We must get better at preventing harm – to people, planet and the economy. Th...
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There’s an opportunity for all Mount Alexander Shire residents to join the Compost Revolution during International Compost Awareness Week from 7 –...
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The average age of Australian farmers is 57, and the ABC reports on an agricultural researcher who says young people would be more keen to work in rur...
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By Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden You’re lying supine in the middle of the road, you have no idea how you even got there, you turn your head,...
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Designs by RMIT University students for a community co-operative larder and farmers’ market in Castlemaine will be unveiled at an exhibition in ...
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Monday 23 April, 2012 Gravel Hill Salvation Army Complex 65-71 Mundy Street, Bendigo Bookings essential: $80/$60 concession trybooking.com/BEHC Contac...
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Australia has rediscovered the joy of cooking. Alongside the awakening of the palette, Australians are re-evaluating the social and environmental rela...
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Local organic activist and writer Christian Monahan from The Produce Garden has released his first in a series of guide books for those who want to st...
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Exposure to arsenic in soil and mine waste may have contributed to a slight increase in past cancer risk in socio-economically disadvantaged areas in ...
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By Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden The other week I was extremely excited at the prospect of attending a cider making workshop at a local food a...
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Melbourne criminal barrister Charlotte Duckett will be the guest chef for the Newstead Community Garden’s renowned annual fundraiser dinner on March...
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Penny Woodward is a well known herb aficionado, thanks to her herb ‘bible’. Read by thousands of gardeners, An Australian Herbal was first publis...
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Great Grandma Sassy ‘Saskatchewan’ O’Higgins came to Australia from County Monaghan via Canada and Chicago. She migrated after falling i...
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It’s CI’s birthday! Two. How would you live without us? Let us know! Congratulate us. Conditions of congratulating us: 1. No hate bloggers...
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By Christian Monahan, Produce Garden Farm For a while there the terms “tree change” and “sea change” were much bandied about, it seemed like a...
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For the past 18 months or so Ellen Madigan has been working on a great new project for the shire, and it will be launched on Thursday 24 November at t...
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By Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden It’s mid-spring (apparently) and if you have a protected spot in the garden from our obligatory late ...
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By Andrew McKenna I was in a dilemma. I needed some timber to build a retaining wall in the back yard. I considered the possibilities: old redgum slee...
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Christian Monahan, from The Produce Garden, is writing regularly for CI, and we are delighted to have him on board. We’ll be publishing his work on...
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Christian Monahan, from The Produce Garden, is going to write regularly for CI, and we are delighted to have him on board. We’ll be publishing his w...
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The Program Brochure for BudaFest 2011 is now available and bookings are open for this major Central Victorian gardening festival being held in Castle...
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A protest sign in the Adelaide Hills where apple growers are rallying against apple imports they say could bring fire blight in to Australia. They cla...
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Castlemaine Community House has issued its first program since moving the office to the Faulder Watson Hall at 210 Barker Street, Castlemaine. In addi...
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Growing Abundance is running a series of fruit tree pruning and grafting workshops with experienced local teachers. Come and learn the basics of how t...
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Matthew Brownrigg’s garden was hugely productive over the summer and fed several families. Now winter’s arrived he hasn’t stopped wo...
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By Andrew McKenna ‘The main growing season here is March to December. It’s the natural growing season for this area. I think people might be t...
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By Andrew McKenna ‘It’s quite a nice thing to comtemplate what you do and why you do it. ‘I was thinking about gardening and me. My ...
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By Andrew McKenna ‘Castlemaine soil has a natural end. When you build it up it ends naturally. We started with keeping the soil we’ve got. Oft...
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By Andrew McKenna ‘We’ve never had a summer this humid and wet. It’s been extraordinary.’ Sue Turner has been living in this d...
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By Andrew McKenna ‘A gardener is there to be observant. For me it’s a holistic garden. This one is five acres. If you grow something in balanc...
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By Andrew McKenna Saul Roche loves being in his vegetable garden. I’d heard about his garden from a few people and decided to go and see it and ...
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