Local Food Connect

Covering all matters food in North East Melbourne.

  • HOME

  • LINKS &
    NEWS
    • Historic archive of newsletters
    • Local food organisations and websites
    • Local food organisations in the news
    • Other local food news
    • National and other food organisations
    • National and other food websites
    • Food articles
    • Food research
    • Food videos
    • The annual Golden Seedling awards
    • Local neighbourhood houses
    • Local repair cafes
    • Public gardens in Victoria
    • National parks in Victoria

  •  EVENT 
    CALENDAR
    • Overall calendar of local events
    • Calendars by type of event
      • All once-off events
      • Cooking classes
      • Once-off events other than cooking classes
      • Community gardens
      • Farmers’ markets
      • Food swaps
      • Free events
      • Free meals
      • Garden clubs
      • Garden tours
      • Markets
    • Calendars by Council area
      • Banyule
      • Boroondara
      • City of Yarra
      • Darebin
      • Manningham
      • Maroondah
      • Merri-bek
      • Nillumbik
      • Whitehorse
      • Whittlesea
      • Yarra Ranges
    • Calendar help

  • LOCAL FOOD
     DIRECTORY 
    • Local food map
    • Local food and drink producers
    • Local food producer videos
    • Local outlets of local food
      • Local shops selling local products (short list)
      • Local shops selling local products (long list)
      • Your local farmers’ markets
      • Bolton Street Deli, Eltham
    • Guides by food category
      • Guy’s guide to local cheese
      • Guy’s guide to local fruit
      • Guy’s guide to local mushrooms
      • Guy’s guide to local veggies
      • Lara takes the locavore challenge
      • Mary’s guide to local wine
      • Robyn’s guide to local chocolate
      • Your local marmalade champion
    • Interviews
      • Farmer Incubator
      • Julia Laidlaw, Sporadical City Mushrooms
      • Lachlan Shackleton-Fergus, J.B. Shackleton’s
      • Mel & Mick Sheard, Imbue Distillery
      • Nick Rose, Sustain
      • Peter Dyer, Backyard Honey
      • Sarah McCall, Organic Fix
      • Silvia Allen, Telopea Mtn Permaculture Farm
      • Sim Hanscamp, Spoke & Spade
      • Spurrell Foraging
      • Tatiana & Damiano Coluccio, Old Evropa
      • The Veggie Empire
    • Various articles
      • CafeSmart cafes
      • Chestnuts at Mt Dandenong
      • Local fruit trees on public land
      • Home delivery by postcode & suburb
      • Your local seed libraries
      • A Thai food experience
      • The Chelsea Physic Garden in London
      • The Incredible Edible Network
    • Local Certified Organic food
      • Organic certification
      • Buying Certified Organic food in NE Melbourne
      • PROOF certified farms in Victoria
    • Eltham eateries
      • Eltham bars
      • Eltham cafes
      • Eltham restaurants
      • Eltham takeaways

  •  FOOD 
    JUSTICE
    • ‘Food is free’ and community pantries
    • Some of the local food justice organisations
    • Where the food justice organisations are
    • Free community meals
    • Where the free community meals are
    • Mitcham Community Meal – in words
    • Mitcham Community Meal – in pictures
    • Interview with Diamond Valley FoodShare

  • FOOD
    SWAPS
    • How they work
    • Where and when they are
    • A visit to Warrandyte Food Swap
    • Some food swap history
    • How to create a successful food swap
    • Food swap gallery

  • COMMUNITY
    GARDENING
    • Community gardening overview
    • Where the community gardens are
    • A list of the community gardens
    • Community gardens in Banyule
      • Bellfield Community Garden
      • Buna Reserve, Heidelberg West
      • Sustainable Macleod Community Garden
      • St Johns Riverside, Heidelberg

      • Watsonia Library Community Garden
    • Community gardens in Boroondara
      • Balwyn Community Garden
      • Canterbury Community Garden
      • Hawthorn Community Gardens
      • Willsmere Kitchen Garden, Kew
      • Willsmere Station, Kew East
    • Community gardens in City of Yarra
      • Balam-Balam, Carlton North
      • Condell Growers and Sharers, Fitzroy
      • Finbar, Richmond
      • Richmond Community Garden Group
      • Railway Garden, Princes Hill
      • Rushall, Fitzroy North
    • Community gardens in Darebin
      • All Nations Kitchen Garden, Northcote
      • Bundoora Park Community Garden
      • Croxton / Marra Guwiyap, Northcote
      • East Reservoir Community Garden
      • Fairfield Community Garden, Alphington
      • Newton Street, Reservoir
      • Northcote Community Gardens
      • Northcote Library Food Garden
      • Oakhill Food Justice Farm, Preston
      • Regent Community Garden, Reservoir
      • Span Community House, Thornbury
      • Sylvester Hive Community Garden, Preston
      • The Patch, La Trobe University, Bundoora
      • Uniting Church, Northcote
      • Wilum-nganjin Community Garden, Reservoir
      • Your Community Health Garden, Preston
    • Community gardens in Manningham
      • Doncaster Community Gardens
      • Doncaster Hill Community Garden
      • Kevin Heinze GROW, Doncaster
      • Warrandyte Community Garden
    • Community gardens in Maroondah
      • Bedford Park, Ringwood
      • Croydon Community Garden
      • Eastland Multicultural, Ringwood
      • Glen Park Oaks, Bayswater North
      • Seasons of Hope Garden, Croydon
      • Tables Community Garden, Heathmont
    • Community gardens in Merri-bek
      • Bulleke-bek Park, Brunswick
      • CERES Community Garden, Brunswick East
      • Coburg Common
      • Fawkner Food Bowls
      • Jewell Community Garden, Brunswick
      • Luscombe Street, Brunswick
      • Merri Corner, Brunswick East
      • Pentridge Community Garden, Coburg
      • Radicle Roots, Coburg
      • Renown Street Orchard. Coburg North
      • Reynard Street Community Garden, Coburg
      • SEEDs Communal Garden, Brunswick
      • West Brunswick Community Garden
    • Community gardens in Nillumbik
      • Chute Street, Diamond Creek
      • Edible Hub, Hurstbridge
      • Garden of Plenty, Greensborough
      • healthAbility, Eltham
      • Living & Learning, Eltham
      • Panton Hill
      • Thrive, Diamond Creek
    • Community Gardens in Whitehorse
      • Box Hill
      • Jolimont, Forest Hill
      • Slater, Blackburn North
      • Strathdon House, Forest Hill
    • Community Gardens in Whittlesea
      • Creeds Farm Community Garden, Epping
      • Eucalypt Community Garden, Wollert
      • Links Community Garden Lalor
      • Mernda Community Garden
      • Mernda Seed, Sow & Grow
      • Triple G Community Garden, Epping
      • Whittlesea Community Garden
    • Community Gardens in Yarra Ranges
      • Lilydale Community Gardens
      • Mooroolbark Community Garden
      • Yarra Glen Community Garden
    • Interviews
      • Audrey Beard, Span Community Garden
      • Drew Barr, Templestowe College
      • Georgia Tracy, Kevin Heinze GROW
      • Jess Ness, Bedford Park in Ringwood
      • Jules Jay, Edible Hub, Hurstbridge
      • Justin Calverley, CERES and Edendale
      • Mario & Trevor, Doncaster Community Gardens
      • Morgan Koegel, 3000acres
      • Murundaka, Heidelberg Heights
      • Rosemary (Rowe) Morrow
      • Rushall Community Garden, Fitzroy North
      • St Johns Community Garden, Heidelberg
    • Community garden signage
      • Community stencils
      • Community garden signage
      • Words for labels
    • Local resources in North East Melbourne
    • Wicking beds
    • Incredible Edible Todmorden

  • HOME GROWER
    GARDEN VISITS
    • Ann’s garden visits
      • Adrian O’Hagan
      • Anna Matilda
      • Claire Smith
      • Dan Milne
      • Erin Goedhart
      • Jenny Husselbee
      • Olwyn Smiley
      • Stuart and Kelli Lewien
      • Zofia Di Stefano
    • Greta’s garden visits
      • Jacklyne Bereka
      • Jonathan Warren
      • Marc and Liz Hudson
      • Maude Farrugia and Neil Erenstrom
      • Tuan Pham
    • Helen’s garden visits
      • Bruce and Meredith Plain
      • Chris Kent and Cathy Romeo
      • Felicity Gordon and Heath Rickard
      • Guy and Susan Palmer
      • Heather
      • Julie French
      • Margot Meredith and Jim Cunnington
      • Maria Ciavarella
    • Judy’s garden visits
      • Angelo and Savoula Eliades
      • Carol and Alan Woolcock
      • Chloe Thomson
      • Deb and Peter Thomson
      • Dianne and Chris Newman
      • Dianne Wollaston and John Pender
      • Duang Tengtrirat and Rob Reid Smith
      • Emily Willocks
      • Evan Gellert
      • Jian Liu
      • Jules Jay and Robin Longworth
      • Katrina Forstner
      • Lucinda Flynn
      • Meg Montague
      • Pam Jenkins
      • Pam Jenkins (2020 update)
      • Paula and John McLeod
      • Vicky Shukuroglou
      • Virginia Solomon
    • Marina’s garden visits
      • Mary and Robert Stringer
      • Robin and Paul Gale-Baker
      • Stuart and Christine Rodda
    • Garden videos

  • GROWING
     GUIDES 
    • Helen’s growing guides
      • Basil
      • Brassicas
      • Chilli
      • Coriander
      • Cucurbits
      • Garlic
      • Ginger and turmeric
      • Mint
      • Raspberries
      • Rhubarb
      • Strawberries
      • Tomatoes
      • Lesser known herbs
    • Jian’s gardening articles
      • Growing blueberries
      • Growing cherry/strawberry/cattley guava
      • Growing oca
      • Ponds
      • Spent coffee grounds
      • Worm farms
    • Marina’s musings
      • Aromatic plants as insect-repellents
      • Cold composting
      • Composting, coffee grounds and husks
      • Extreme composting
      • Gravel Hill Community Garden
      • Growing nutrient dense food
      • Implementing a water reservoir
      • Making your own charcoal toothpaste
      • No dig gardening
      • Permaculture in Cuba
      • Using your weeds
    • Megan’s marvels
      • Cape gooseberries
      • Cherry/strawberry/cattley guava
      • Red-veined sorrel
    • Pam and Simone’s video guides
      • Alternative greens
      • Citrus problems
      • Egyptian walking onions
      • Harvesting yacon
      • Unusual pumpkins
    • Robin’s growing guides – veggies
      • Broad beans
      • Cauliflower
      • Celeriac
      • Eggplant and capsicum
      • Garlic
      • Kohlrabi
      • Lettuce (and other salad greens)
      • Mustard greens and mizuna
      • Parsnips
      • Peas
      • Potatoes
      • Pumpkins (harvesting)
      • Tomatoes
      • Turnips
      • Zucchini (pollination)
      • Other vegetables
      • ‘Hilling up’ all root vegetables
      • How much sun do veggies need?
      • Soaking seeds before planting
      • The dangers of cross-pollination
      • The emergency kitchen garden
    • Robin’s growing guides – herbs
      • Chamomile
      • Oregano and marjoram
      • Pineapple sage
      • Rosella/roselle
      • The tarragons
      • Other herbs
    • Robin’s growing guides – fruit trees
      • Apricots
      • Avocados
      • Blueberries
      • Crabapples
      • Medlars
      • Midyim berries
      • Mulberries
      • Olives and oranges
      • Passionfruit
      • Persimmons
      • Pomegranates
      • Rose hips
      • Other fruit trees
      • Codling moth
      • Dealing with suckers
      • Planting bare-rooted fruit trees
      • Pruning and care of deciduous fruit trees
      • Pruning established espaliered fruit trees
    • Robin’s growing guides – growing techniques
      • Crop rotation
      • Fertilisers (organic versus non-organic)
      • Fertilisers (seaweed tonic or liquid nitrogen?)
      • Going to seed!
      • Grow your own composting materials
      • Growing techniques
      • How to plant seeds in punnets
      • Mulch
      • Netting
      • No cost veggie gardening
      • Queensland fruit fly
      • Shade cloth
      • Testing your seed for viability
      • Watering
      • Why weed?
      • Wicking beds do’s and don’ts
    • Stuart’s suggestions
      • Biochar and Leonardite
      • Garden tools
      • Soil
      • Testing the pH of your soil
    • Seasonal growing guides
      • Spring
      • Summer
      • Autumn
    • Other articles
      • Angelo’s articles
      • Bev on healthy soil
      • Do you know?
      • Felicity on worm farms
      • Guy’s tips
      • Jennie on growing green beans
      • Leaf, Root & Fruit’s articles
      • Leila on forage gardening
      • Lucinda on growing mushrooms
      • Lucy on grafted fruit trees
      • Mac’s tips
      • Newsletter readers’ tips
      • Pam on Queensland fruit fly
      • Pam on re-sprouting vegetables
      • Paul on Bokashi bins
      • Penny and Evan on Queensland Fruit Fly
      • Permablitz’s ‘hero food of the month’
      • Rebecca on soil acidity
      • Sabi on food foraging
      • The insects in Guy’s and friends’ gardens
      • Therese on fruit tree pruning
      • Tracey on DIY potting mix
    • What to plant this month
    • Veggie planting guide
    • Crop rotation
    • Fruit tree fertilising schedule
    • Fruiting schedule

  • RECIPES &
     EATING 
    • Recipes
    • Megan’s recipes
    • Vasundhara’s recipes
    • Connie on your Asian veggie patch
    • David on food
      • Beans
      • Beef
      • Bread
      • Butter
      • Chilli
      • Chocolate
      • Coffee
      • Eggs
      • Fish
      • Juice
      • Milk
      • Nuts
      • Quinoa
      • Preservatives
      • Preservatives – sulphites
      • Rice
      • Salt
      • Soy
      • Sugar
      • Tea
      • Turmeric
    • Going green with Lucinda
      • Coffee cups, lids and compostability
      • Composting solutions for everyone
      • Everything organic into the compost bin?
      • Hello Fresh – is it a sustainable food option?
      • Making simple sourdough
      • Our kitchen sink area
      • Preserving tomatoes with a Fowlers Vacola
    • Guy on baking
    • Hayden and Julie on bush foods
    • Jaimie’s unusual edible plants
      • African horned cucumber
      • Angelica (Angelica archangelica)
      • Apple berry (Billardiera scandens)
      • Aronia berries (chokeberries)
      • Chilean guava (Ugni molinae)
      • Chinese jujube date (Ziziphus jujuba)
      • Chinese lantern (Abutilon spp.)
      • Chinese star anise (Illicium verum)
      • Chinese toon/mahogany (Toona sinensis)
      • Cinnamon yam (Dioscorea polystachya)
      • Cucumber bean (Cyclanthera pedata)
      • Golden purslane (Portulaca oleracea sativa)
      • Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.)
      • Illawarra plum pine (Podocarpus elatus)
      • Juneberry tree (Amelancheir arborea)
      • Linden tree (Tilia cordata)
      • Maqui berry (Aristotelia chilensis)
      • Mahonias (Mahonia spp.)
      • Medlar tree (Mespilus germanica)
      • Perennial sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius)
      • Persian land cress (Lepidium sativum)
      • Rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
      • Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides)
      • Self-seeding edible annuals
      • Shahtoot mulberry (Morus macroura)
      • Society garlic (Tulbaghia violacea)
      • White ginger lily (Hedychium coronarium)
      • Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis)
    • Julie’s unusual vegetables
      • Celeriac
      • Kohlrabi
      • Turnips
    • Making beverages
      • Guy on making gin
      • Guy on making mead
      • Jules on making milk kefir
      • Lucinda on making beer or cider
      • Lucinda on making, or refreshing, kombucha
      • Lucinda on making wine
    • Other articles
      • Angela on creating your pantry
      • Angela on glass or plastic food containers
      • Angela on plant-based antioxidants
      • Bev and Pam on dehydrating
      • Celesta on supermarket sources
      • Dana on nutritional advice
      • Edible flowers
      • Fran on healthy eating and sustainability
      • Harry on selecting coffee beans for roasting
      • Selvie on black garlic
      • Simone on unusual seasonal foods
    • Lists of veggie varieties and fruit species
      • List of capsicum and chilli varieties
      • List of cucumber varieties
      • List of French bean varieties
      • List of tomato varieties
      • List of edible fruits
    • Borrow Fowlers Vacola Preserving Kit
    • Borrow Fowlers Ultimate Dehydrator

  •  ELTHAM 
    FARMERS’ MARKET
    • Overview
    • Stallholder list and schedule
    • Where the stallholders are from
    • Stallholder gallery
    • Stallholder tales
      • Apted’s Orchards
      • EML Art Cookies
      • Madeleine Butter
      • Silvertine Farm
      • Sugarloaf Produce
      • Yarra Coffee
    • Stallholder videos
    • Availability and costs
      • Seasonal availability
      • Cost comparisons
    • Market galleries
      • Market gallery
      • Community market stall
      • Demonstrator gallery
      • Entertainer gallery, songs & videos

  •  JUST 
    FOR FUN
    • Food-related art
    • Food-related jokes
    • Food-related proverbs
    • Fun food facts
    • Gardening quotes
    • Local food poetry
    • Unusual food-related words

  • CONTACT
     & ABOUT 
    • Contact us
    • Our free newsletter
    • Newsletter testimonials
    • Who contributes to the newsletter
    • Where the newsletter recipients are from
    • Newsletter reader websites
    • A brief history of the website
    • Membership – join or renew
    • About LFC
    • Local Food Connections
    • Get involved
    • Privacy policy

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  • HOME

  • LINKS &
    NEWS

    ▼
    • Historic archive of newsletters
    • Local food organisations and websites
    • Local food organisations in the news
    • Other local food news
    • National and other food organisations
    • National and other food websites
    • Food articles
    • Food research
    • Food videos
    • The annual Golden Seedling awards
    • Local neighbourhood houses
    • Local repair cafes
    • Public gardens in Victoria
    • National parks in Victoria

  •  EVENT 
    CALENDAR

    ▼
    • Overall calendar of local events
    • Calendars by type of event
      ▼
      • All once-off events
      • Cooking classes
      • Once-off events other than cooking classes
      • Community gardens
      • Farmers’ markets
      • Food swaps
      • Free events
      • Free meals
      • Garden clubs
      • Garden tours
      • Markets
    • Calendars by Council area
      ▼
      • Banyule
      • Boroondara
      • City of Yarra
      • Darebin
      • Manningham
      • Maroondah
      • Merri-bek
      • Nillumbik
      • Whitehorse
      • Whittlesea
      • Yarra Ranges
    • Calendar help

  • LOCAL FOOD
     DIRECTORY 

    ▼
    • Local food map
    • Local food and drink producers
    • Local food producer videos
    • Local outlets of local food
      ▼
      • Local shops selling local products (short list)
      • Local shops selling local products (long list)
      • Your local farmers’ markets
      • Bolton Street Deli, Eltham
    • Guides by food category
      ▼
      • Guy’s guide to local cheese
      • Guy’s guide to local fruit
      • Guy’s guide to local mushrooms
      • Guy’s guide to local veggies
      • Lara takes the locavore challenge
      • Mary’s guide to local wine
      • Robyn’s guide to local chocolate
      • Your local marmalade champion
    • Interviews
      ▼
      • Farmer Incubator
      • Julia Laidlaw, Sporadical City Mushrooms
      • Lachlan Shackleton-Fergus, J.B. Shackleton’s
      • Mel & Mick Sheard, Imbue Distillery
      • Nick Rose, Sustain
      • Peter Dyer, Backyard Honey
      • Sarah McCall, Organic Fix
      • Silvia Allen, Telopea Mtn Permaculture Farm
      • Sim Hanscamp, Spoke & Spade
      • Spurrell Foraging
      • Tatiana & Damiano Coluccio, Old Evropa
      • The Veggie Empire
    • Various articles
      ▼
      • CafeSmart cafes
      • Chestnuts at Mt Dandenong
      • Local fruit trees on public land
      • Home delivery by postcode & suburb
      • Your local seed libraries
      • A Thai food experience
      • The Chelsea Physic Garden in London
      • The Incredible Edible Network
    • Local Certified Organic food
      ▼
      • Organic certification
      • Buying Certified Organic food in NE Melbourne
      • PROOF certified farms in Victoria
    • Eltham eateries
      ▼
      • Eltham bars
      • Eltham cafes
      • Eltham restaurants
      • Eltham takeaways

  •  FOOD 
    JUSTICE

    ▼
    • ‘Food is free’ and community pantries
    • Some of the local food justice organisations
    • Where the food justice organisations are
    • Free community meals
    • Where the free community meals are
    • Mitcham Community Meal – in words
    • Mitcham Community Meal – in pictures
    • Interview with Diamond Valley FoodShare

  • FOOD
    SWAPS

    ▼
    • How they work
    • Where and when they are
    • A visit to Warrandyte Food Swap
    • Some food swap history
    • How to create a successful food swap
    • Food swap gallery

  • COMMUNITY
    GARDENING

    ▼
    • Community gardening overview
    • Where the community gardens are
    • A list of the community gardens
    • Community gardens in Banyule
      ▼
      • Bellfield Community Garden
      • Buna Reserve, Heidelberg West
      • Sustainable Macleod Community Garden
      • St Johns Riverside, Heidelberg

      • Watsonia Library Community Garden
    • Community gardens in Boroondara
      ▼
      • Balwyn Community Garden
      • Canterbury Community Garden
      • Hawthorn Community Gardens
      • Willsmere Kitchen Garden, Kew
      • Willsmere Station, Kew East
    • Community gardens in City of Yarra
      ▼
      • Balam-Balam, Carlton North
      • Condell Growers and Sharers, Fitzroy
      • Finbar, Richmond
      • Richmond Community Garden Group
      • Railway Garden, Princes Hill
      • Rushall, Fitzroy North
    • Community gardens in Darebin
      ▼
      • All Nations Kitchen Garden, Northcote
      • Bundoora Park Community Garden
      • Croxton / Marra Guwiyap, Northcote
      • East Reservoir Community Garden
      • Fairfield Community Garden, Alphington
      • Newton Street, Reservoir
      • Northcote Community Gardens
      • Northcote Library Food Garden
      • Oakhill Food Justice Farm, Preston
      • Regent Community Garden, Reservoir
      • Span Community House, Thornbury
      • Sylvester Hive Community Garden, Preston
      • The Patch, La Trobe University, Bundoora
      • Uniting Church, Northcote
      • Wilum-nganjin Community Garden, Reservoir
      • Your Community Health Garden, Preston
    • Community gardens in Manningham
      ▼
      • Doncaster Community Gardens
      • Doncaster Hill Community Garden
      • Kevin Heinze GROW, Doncaster
      • Warrandyte Community Garden
    • Community gardens in Maroondah
      ▼
      • Bedford Park, Ringwood
      • Croydon Community Garden
      • Eastland Multicultural, Ringwood
      • Glen Park Oaks, Bayswater North
      • Seasons of Hope Garden, Croydon
      • Tables Community Garden, Heathmont
    • Community gardens in Merri-bek
      ▼
      • Bulleke-bek Park, Brunswick
      • CERES Community Garden, Brunswick East
      • Coburg Common
      • Fawkner Food Bowls
      • Jewell Community Garden, Brunswick
      • Luscombe Street, Brunswick
      • Merri Corner, Brunswick East
      • Pentridge Community Garden, Coburg
      • Radicle Roots, Coburg
      • Renown Street Orchard. Coburg North
      • Reynard Street Community Garden, Coburg
      • SEEDs Communal Garden, Brunswick
      • West Brunswick Community Garden
    • Community gardens in Nillumbik
      ▼
      • Chute Street, Diamond Creek
      • Edible Hub, Hurstbridge
      • Garden of Plenty, Greensborough
      • healthAbility, Eltham
      • Living & Learning, Eltham
      • Panton Hill
      • Thrive, Diamond Creek
    • Community Gardens in Whitehorse
      ▼
      • Box Hill
      • Jolimont, Forest Hill
      • Slater, Blackburn North
      • Strathdon House, Forest Hill
    • Community Gardens in Whittlesea
      ▼
      • Creeds Farm Community Garden, Epping
      • Eucalypt Community Garden, Wollert
      • Links Community Garden Lalor
      • Mernda Community Garden
      • Mernda Seed, Sow & Grow
      • Triple G Community Garden, Epping
      • Whittlesea Community Garden
    • Community Gardens in Yarra Ranges
      ▼
      • Lilydale Community Gardens
      • Mooroolbark Community Garden
      • Yarra Glen Community Garden
    • Interviews
      ▼
      • Audrey Beard, Span Community Garden
      • Drew Barr, Templestowe College
      • Georgia Tracy, Kevin Heinze GROW
      • Jess Ness, Bedford Park in Ringwood
      • Jules Jay, Edible Hub, Hurstbridge
      • Justin Calverley, CERES and Edendale
      • Mario & Trevor, Doncaster Community Gardens
      • Morgan Koegel, 3000acres
      • Murundaka, Heidelberg Heights
      • Rosemary (Rowe) Morrow
      • Rushall Community Garden, Fitzroy North
      • St Johns Community Garden, Heidelberg
    • Community garden signage
      ▼
      • Community stencils
      • Community garden signage
      • Words for labels
    • Local resources in North East Melbourne
    • Wicking beds
    • Incredible Edible Todmorden

  • HOME GROWER
    GARDEN VISITS

    ▼
    • Ann’s garden visits
      ▼
      • Adrian O’Hagan
      • Anna Matilda
      • Claire Smith
      • Dan Milne
      • Erin Goedhart
      • Jenny Husselbee
      • Olwyn Smiley
      • Stuart and Kelli Lewien
      • Zofia Di Stefano
    • Greta’s garden visits
      ▼
      • Jacklyne Bereka
      • Jonathan Warren
      • Marc and Liz Hudson
      • Maude Farrugia and Neil Erenstrom
      • Tuan Pham
    • Helen’s garden visits
      ▼
      • Bruce and Meredith Plain
      • Chris Kent and Cathy Romeo
      • Felicity Gordon and Heath Rickard
      • Guy and Susan Palmer
      • Heather
      • Julie French
      • Margot Meredith and Jim Cunnington
      • Maria Ciavarella
    • Judy’s garden visits
      ▼
      • Angelo and Savoula Eliades
      • Carol and Alan Woolcock
      • Chloe Thomson
      • Deb and Peter Thomson
      • Dianne and Chris Newman
      • Dianne Wollaston and John Pender
      • Duang Tengtrirat and Rob Reid Smith
      • Emily Willocks
      • Evan Gellert
      • Jian Liu
      • Jules Jay and Robin Longworth
      • Katrina Forstner
      • Lucinda Flynn
      • Meg Montague
      • Pam Jenkins
      • Pam Jenkins (2020 update)
      • Paula and John McLeod
      • Vicky Shukuroglou
      • Virginia Solomon
    • Marina’s garden visits
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      • Mary and Robert Stringer
      • Robin and Paul Gale-Baker
      • Stuart and Christine Rodda
    • Garden videos

  • GROWING
     GUIDES 

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    • Helen’s growing guides
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      • Basil
      • Brassicas
      • Chilli
      • Coriander
      • Cucurbits
      • Garlic
      • Ginger and turmeric
      • Mint
      • Raspberries
      • Rhubarb
      • Strawberries
      • Tomatoes
      • Lesser known herbs
    • Jian’s gardening articles
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      • Growing blueberries
      • Growing cherry/strawberry/cattley guava
      • Growing oca
      • Ponds
      • Spent coffee grounds
      • Worm farms
    • Marina’s musings
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      • Aromatic plants as insect-repellents
      • Cold composting
      • Composting, coffee grounds and husks
      • Extreme composting
      • Gravel Hill Community Garden
      • Growing nutrient dense food
      • Implementing a water reservoir
      • Making your own charcoal toothpaste
      • No dig gardening
      • Permaculture in Cuba
      • Using your weeds
    • Megan’s marvels
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      • Cape gooseberries
      • Cherry/strawberry/cattley guava
      • Red-veined sorrel
    • Pam and Simone’s video guides
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      • Alternative greens
      • Citrus problems
      • Egyptian walking onions
      • Harvesting yacon
      • Unusual pumpkins
    • Robin’s growing guides – veggies
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      • Broad beans
      • Cauliflower
      • Celeriac
      • Eggplant and capsicum
      • Garlic
      • Kohlrabi
      • Lettuce (and other salad greens)
      • Mustard greens and mizuna
      • Parsnips
      • Peas
      • Potatoes
      • Pumpkins (harvesting)
      • Tomatoes
      • Turnips
      • Zucchini (pollination)
      • Other vegetables
      • ‘Hilling up’ all root vegetables
      • How much sun do veggies need?
      • Soaking seeds before planting
      • The dangers of cross-pollination
      • The emergency kitchen garden
    • Robin’s growing guides – herbs
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      • Chamomile
      • Oregano and marjoram
      • Pineapple sage
      • Rosella/roselle
      • The tarragons
      • Other herbs
    • Robin’s growing guides – fruit trees
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      • Apricots
      • Avocados
      • Blueberries
      • Crabapples
      • Medlars
      • Midyim berries
      • Mulberries
      • Olives and oranges
      • Passionfruit
      • Persimmons
      • Pomegranates
      • Rose hips
      • Other fruit trees
      • Codling moth
      • Dealing with suckers
      • Planting bare-rooted fruit trees
      • Pruning and care of deciduous fruit trees
      • Pruning established espaliered fruit trees
    • Robin’s growing guides – growing techniques
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      • Crop rotation
      • Fertilisers (organic versus non-organic)
      • Fertilisers (seaweed tonic or liquid nitrogen?)
      • Going to seed!
      • Grow your own composting materials
      • Growing techniques
      • How to plant seeds in punnets
      • Mulch
      • Netting
      • No cost veggie gardening
      • Queensland fruit fly
      • Shade cloth
      • Testing your seed for viability
      • Watering
      • Why weed?
      • Wicking beds do’s and don’ts
    • Stuart’s suggestions
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      • Biochar and Leonardite
      • Garden tools
      • Soil
      • Testing the pH of your soil
    • Seasonal growing guides
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      • Spring
      • Summer
      • Autumn
    • Other articles
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      • Angelo’s articles
      • Bev on healthy soil
      • Do you know?
      • Felicity on worm farms
      • Guy’s tips
      • Jennie on growing green beans
      • Leaf, Root & Fruit’s articles
      • Leila on forage gardening
      • Lucinda on growing mushrooms
      • Lucy on grafted fruit trees
      • Mac’s tips
      • Newsletter readers’ tips
      • Pam on Queensland fruit fly
      • Pam on re-sprouting vegetables
      • Paul on Bokashi bins
      • Penny and Evan on Queensland Fruit Fly
      • Permablitz’s ‘hero food of the month’
      • Rebecca on soil acidity
      • Sabi on food foraging
      • The insects in Guy’s and friends’ gardens
      • Therese on fruit tree pruning
      • Tracey on DIY potting mix
    • What to plant this month
    • Veggie planting guide
    • Crop rotation
    • Fruit tree fertilising schedule
    • Fruiting schedule

  • RECIPES &
     EATING 

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    • Recipes
    • Megan’s recipes
    • Vasundhara’s recipes
    • Connie on your Asian veggie patch
    • David on food
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      • Beans
      • Beef
      • Bread
      • Butter
      • Chilli
      • Chocolate
      • Coffee
      • Eggs
      • Fish
      • Juice
      • Milk
      • Nuts
      • Quinoa
      • Preservatives
      • Preservatives – sulphites
      • Rice
      • Salt
      • Soy
      • Sugar
      • Tea
      • Turmeric
    • Going green with Lucinda
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      • Coffee cups, lids and compostability
      • Composting solutions for everyone
      • Everything organic into the compost bin?
      • Hello Fresh – is it a sustainable food option?
      • Making simple sourdough
      • Our kitchen sink area
      • Preserving tomatoes with a Fowlers Vacola
    • Guy on baking
    • Hayden and Julie on bush foods
    • Jaimie’s unusual edible plants
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      • African horned cucumber
      • Angelica (Angelica archangelica)
      • Apple berry (Billardiera scandens)
      • Aronia berries (chokeberries)
      • Chilean guava (Ugni molinae)
      • Chinese jujube date (Ziziphus jujuba)
      • Chinese lantern (Abutilon spp.)
      • Chinese star anise (Illicium verum)
      • Chinese toon/mahogany (Toona sinensis)
      • Cinnamon yam (Dioscorea polystachya)
      • Cucumber bean (Cyclanthera pedata)
      • Golden purslane (Portulaca oleracea sativa)
      • Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.)
      • Illawarra plum pine (Podocarpus elatus)
      • Juneberry tree (Amelancheir arborea)
      • Linden tree (Tilia cordata)
      • Maqui berry (Aristotelia chilensis)
      • Mahonias (Mahonia spp.)
      • Medlar tree (Mespilus germanica)
      • Perennial sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius)
      • Persian land cress (Lepidium sativum)
      • Rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
      • Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides)
      • Self-seeding edible annuals
      • Shahtoot mulberry (Morus macroura)
      • Society garlic (Tulbaghia violacea)
      • White ginger lily (Hedychium coronarium)
      • Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis)
    • Julie’s unusual vegetables
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      • Celeriac
      • Kohlrabi
      • Turnips
    • Making beverages
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      • Guy on making gin
      • Guy on making mead
      • Jules on making milk kefir
      • Lucinda on making beer or cider
      • Lucinda on making, or refreshing, kombucha
      • Lucinda on making wine
    • Other articles
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      • Angela on creating your pantry
      • Angela on glass or plastic food containers
      • Angela on plant-based antioxidants
      • Bev and Pam on dehydrating
      • Celesta on supermarket sources
      • Dana on nutritional advice
      • Edible flowers
      • Fran on healthy eating and sustainability
      • Harry on selecting coffee beans for roasting
      • Selvie on black garlic
      • Simone on unusual seasonal foods
    • Lists of veggie varieties and fruit species
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      • List of capsicum and chilli varieties
      • List of cucumber varieties
      • List of French bean varieties
      • List of tomato varieties
      • List of edible fruits
    • Borrow Fowlers Vacola Preserving Kit
    • Borrow Fowlers Ultimate Dehydrator

  •  ELTHAM 
    FARMERS’ MARKET

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    • Overview
    • Stallholder list and schedule
    • Where the stallholders are from
    • Stallholder gallery
    • Stallholder tales
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      • Apted’s Orchards
      • EML Art Cookies
      • Madeleine Butter
      • Silvertine Farm
      • Sugarloaf Produce
      • Yarra Coffee
    • Stallholder videos
    • Availability and costs
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      • Seasonal availability
      • Cost comparisons
    • Market galleries
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      • Market gallery
      • Community market stall
      • Demonstrator gallery
      • Entertainer gallery, songs & videos

  •  JUST 
    FOR FUN

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    • Food-related art
    • Food-related jokes
    • Food-related proverbs
    • Fun food facts
    • Gardening quotes
    • Local food poetry
    • Unusual food-related words

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     & ABOUT 

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