Gardening
Garden Update, Oct/Nov/Dec 2024
Here’s a peek at some of what’s going on at MGP Community Garden this summer. The garden is currently keeping us busy .. it is receiving lots of admiration (and giving lots of pleasure) to passers-by as well as to our gardeners. It’s especially fun to see families introducing their …
Cucumber bonanza, Summer 2024
Cucumbers this summer have been (and still are) prolific and delicious. I don’t remember a crop quite like it at the community garden. Not just at MGP Community Garden. I’ve been hearing how good the cucs are this year from many a local gardener. Tender freshly picked cucs are a …
Winter 2024
A wet winter this year may have had something to do with quite a few super harvests, most notably our best ever haul of pumpkins. We also had an abundance of Jerusalem artichokes, yacon, loads of turmeric, mizuna, eggplant and just a few stunning tromboncinos. Early cabbages did well but …
Focus on Worms and Soil
It’s a breakthrough revelation when as a new gardeners we come to the realisation that soil is fundamental for successful plant growth. Worms are evidence of soil health and healthy worm farms produce rich wonderful castings to enrich our soil. One of our members, Nikki, has made herself a star …
Welcome January 2024
We’re harvesting good summer crops of long purple eggplants, cucumber, capsicum, beans, red and white radish, basil. Cute little cucamelons are coming on. First pumpkins of the season are being shared. It’s unusual to see a flowering rhubarb plant but we have had just that on and off over the …
Winter 2023 at MGP Community Garden
While many of our members are travelling this winter, those who are here have stepped up and the community garden seems to have just enough hands around. Welcome to new members Wayne and Nikki. Our outdoor storage shed has been constructed with a huge thank you to David Carolan assisted …
Wet summer and now a warm start to Autumn
Summer season 2022/2023 at our community garden was good one .. plenty of rain courtesy of a long La Nina made for some great crop yields. The standout harvest was probably beans .. green beans, flat Italian beans and snake beans. These were harvested daily .. so crisp and flavoursome …
Summer Harvests 2022-2023
Happy harvesters