Border Landcare Organic Group (BLOG)
Information on Membership and a 1 page Word Doc Membership Form.
Saturday March 17th [10am Qld]
BLOG Day is at the community garden, Stanthorpe Railway Station.
Entrance to the site is from the top end of Railway Street, where it crosses Davadi Street.
Parking will be on the Davadi St side of the railway line. There is plenty of room to park there, but please take care crossing the raiway line by using the designated crossing, and looking both ways before walking across. There is just enough traffic on the line to require some diligence.
There will be working bee activities beginning at 9am. We have the kit shed that BLOG donated to the community garden to put up. There is also a shed to clean out, which will become the community garden 'club house', and most of the contents will go into the new shed. Alan Edwards will be there to put up the shed. He will provide all the necessary equipment and know-how, but will need a couple of assistants. There are plenty of gardening activities needing doing if anyone would prefer to do that. At 10am there will be morning tea, and at 11am Kath McLachlan will speak to us about the community garden, the story so far and the hopes for the future. We hope to also have another speaker on some interesting aspect of vegetable gardening. Lunch will be at about noon, and afterwards we will finish off the projects.
Please bring lunch and morning tea to share as usual. There is plenty of space under cover. We have no power at the garden so will use charcoal and wood to provide water for tea. Another charcoal burner and some charcoal to burn would be great if anyone can bring it. Anybody who just wants to come along but not be involved in working bees, that is fine, just come at 10am as usual. The workers will need to bring sturdy gloves and boots, and hats. There are plenty of gardening tools there.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Remember to bring along any excess produce or plants for the Bring & Buy stall. Visitors are most welcome.
Saturday April 28
April’s topic is Renewable Energy. Our speaker Martin Donnellan will speak to us about the use of wind, solar, hydro and bio-fuels. Martin has worked as an energy analyst & renewable energy consultant. The venue will be at theWallangarra School of the Arts Hall.
Remember to bring along any excess produce or plants for the Bring & Buy stall. Visitors are most welcome.
Saturday May 26
This month we will visit a commercial worm farm near Mingoola.
The farm also makes compost as well as having a hydroponic vegetable garden & a biodynamic citrus orchard.
Remember to bring along any excess produce or plants for the Bring & Buy stall. Visitors are most welcome.
On the horizon
Field Days 2012
BLOG is looking for ideas for field days for this year. The committee is very keen to have input from BLOG members so any ideas would be appreciated. Speakers, venues etc. have to be booked well in advance, so please get your ideas in ASAP.
Please Note: Memberships
In order to maintain an up to date membership list, it is necessary for all those members who wish to rejoin BLOG for this 2010-11 year & have not yet done so, to forward payment of $12 per person.
Either post to BLOG, P.O. Box 400, Tenterfield, N.S.W. 2372, pay in person at the GBL Office, Martin St., Tenterfield or see Rex at the next BLOG Field Day.
Those members on BLOG’s Resource List are remindered that they must be financial to remain on the list.
It would be appreciated if all payments could be finalised by 31st October, 2011.
If there are any queries, please phone Rex on 02 6736 4259.
Please disregard if you are already financial members.
Rex.
Market in the Mountain Roster for 2011
The new roster is available here.
Scroll down page below the 2010 roster.
Contacts and Committtee Meetings
Committee Meetings:
Are held monthly, usually on the second Thursday.
All BLOG members are committee members, if they choose. If you want something put on the agenda, please contact a committee member, or come along.
Committee contacts
Ring for info on updates, activities or directions to activities,
- Rex Maddocks 02 6736 4259
- Douglas Fox 07 4685 3130
- Dell Tierney 02 6736 3056
- Sarah Hamlyn-Harris 07 4681 2962
- John & Julie Lindsay 07 4681 2729
- Anne & Kevin Jones 07 4685 3379
- Mary Baillie & Glen French 07 4681 4662
Contacts for BLOG activities
Book Library Geoff Meredith
Tool Library Douglas Fox
Seeds Antoinette & B
Markets Janine Jamieson
Biodynamics Harley West
Nursery Bernadette Hayes & Siobhan West
Market in the Mountains Roster
BLOG Market Coordinator - Janine Jamieson - phone 0409 337 654
or
Check Market in the Mountain roster list.
Bushcare is active in the Stanthorpe Area.
The Bushcare group gathers every Monday to do hands on stuff, clearing up selected areas of bush around the town.
A key goal of the group is to enhance the environmental values of these sites.
For more info contact:
Sarah Hamlyn-Harris on 4681 2962.
