Permablitz Melbourne Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
Joe Walker
From: Permablitz Melbourne <perma...@gmail.com>
To: melb_b...@permablitz.net
Sent: Wed, 15 September, 2010 11:52:25 PM
Subject: Permablitz meets Community Supported Agriculture this sunday!
A quick heads up... This sunday there's a fantastic opportunity to permablitz AND learn about the Vibrant Living CSA, a new Community Supported Agriculture initiative being set up just on the edge of Melbourne. This will definitely a permablitz to drop all your previous sunday plans for (...or if you can't make it, details about the second CSA Blitz are at the bottom of the email)
And while we're at it, see below for details about revisiting Blitz #82 at Carolyn, Greg & Angelina's place in Reservoir a year on.
Get in touch if you're interested in having a permablitz at yours and in the meantime enjoy this amazing smell of spring!
See you at a blitz soon!
Asha @ permablitz melbourne
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Sunday, 19 September 2010, 08:00am - 05:00pm
Keen to get some P-blitz action this spring? We are running 2 blitzes to help kick start our permaculture/organic/biodynamic community farm and CSA initiative. We have taken on a lease of ‘Judy’s farm” in Yarra Glen and have begun the implementation of holistic market garden to provide fresh picked veg to bio-regional and inner Melbourne dwellers. We would love your help on this one and its also a great to chance to experience permaculture on a larger scale.
September Spring planting will be kicking into full gear and we will need all hands on deck to help prepare soil and transplant our huge selection of tomatoes, potatoes, capsicum, zucchini’s and lots more! We will also workshop the principles behind biodynamic composting, and finish putting up our ‘rabbit proof fence. Time permitting we will also be demonstrating ‘soil blocking’ propagation, flame weeding, broadfolking, chicken tractors……along with a whole lot of other market gardening secrets!
Hope to see you there,
With love
Location : 268b Steels creek rd Yarra Glen
Contact : Travis travh...@gmail.com 0402118587
Public transport is easy, Last stop on Lilydale line, short bus to Yarra glen, we can arrange pick up to farm. Please email to arrange car share if coming from the city
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Revisiting Permablitz #82 Reservoir
Sunday, 03 October 2010, 01:30pm - 04:30pm
On 21st November 2009 a bunch of keen Permablitzers and Transition Darebin-ites transformed a backyard in Reservoir into a munchable permaculture garden. It's been a year and it's time to go back do some evaluation on what's worked and what hasn't. If you were at the Blitz, or if you're local and curious, come share a cuppa and talk about the next steps for this beautiful garden....
Carolyn says...
"Hi All,
Re; Permablitz #82 Greg, Carolyn and Angelina's place
Well we have finally got around to inviting you back for a re-visit to see were we are at with our backyard! Things have progressed and the veggie garden is doing really well. Lots of produce.The cubby and chook shed has been up for months, fencing is up for cook run/espalier lines and most trees are now in the ground. All are starting to blossom! So come along and see how its going and where all your amazing work has helped get us to.
Venue: 78 Barton Street Reservoir
Date: Sunday Oct 3rd
Time: 1.30 till 4.30pm
For afternoon tea and look at garden.
Completely optional activities: Building additional dry stone wall for new bed
Hope to see you all there,
Carolyn, Greg and Angelina
Please RSVP to csh...@optusnet.com.au
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Community Supported Agriculture Blitz #2
Sunday, 10 October 2010, 08:00am - 05:00pm
For those who can't make the first (or those super keen for more action), this is a follow up blitz to help implement our CSA permaculture design. The "Vibrant Living CSA" aims to provide fresh seasonal veg through active community participation and ownership.
We are running the Blitzes to help kick start our permaculture/organic/biodynamic community farm and CSA initiative. We have taken on a lease of ‘Judy’s farm” in Yarra Glen and have began the implementation of wholistic market garden . Our aim is to provide fresh seasonal produce to bio-regional and inner Melbourne community members. We would love your help on this one and its also a great to chance to experience permaculture on a larger scale…
Activities: Lots more planting, demonstrations of various weeding tools and techniques, potato planting and workshop on planting in tune with the kosmic cycles biodynamic style. We will also be giving a run down on the permaculture design and principles behind our farming operations.
We'd love you to come play!!
With love,
The Vibrant Living CSA
Location : 268b Steels creek rd Yarra Glen
Contact : Travis travh...@gmail.com 0402118587
Public transport is easy, last stop on Lilydale line train, short bus ride to Yarra Glen, give a call for a pick up to farm.. Please email travh...@gmail.com to arrange a car share.