Permablitz this Sunday in North Melbourne

Hey fellow permablitz junkies!

What's happening on that front you must be wondering and my word don't we have some exciting news for you:

This Sunday June 25 CODEMO is heading to Buncle St Community Garden, North Melbourne (details from Peta 0411 899 618, Dan 9029 2550 or Nelson 0433559928). Starting at 12 noon we will meet with a group of Spanish-speaking gardeners with whom we'll enjoy garden tours and talks, pupusas, permasalsa and sharing what we've learned about permaculture with our North Melbourne neighbours. We're taking a minibus from the Springvale/Clayton area leaving at 11am so let us know if you'd like a ride. Buncle St Garden is located on the corner of Mark Street and Buncle St North Melbourne, outside the Moonee Valley Health Centre and near the Boundary Road overpass. Melways ref 2AE4.

Then, on Sunday July 2nd, we hit the garden of Willie from Chile in North Clayton. As you may know, 76-year-old Willie is the undisputed king of permasalsa so this is not a day to miss. Willie has been doing a fine job of applying what he's learned at previous permablitzes, and in addition to adding a new sheet-mulch and wood-chip path vegetable bed we'll be mulching up a storm, learning how to graft (bring your fig, nectarine, peach, and lemon cuttings or rootstock), meeting the neighbours, enjoying Willie's amazing pumpkin and butter bean soup, baking bread from grain we'll mill with Willie's grain mill, and much, much more. If you can only make one permablitz this year, this here is the one to be at.

Following up on Sunday July 30 is a big-time permablitz at Di's place in Box Hill which will most likely see another chook tractor launched and some fruit tree planting madness.

Then we have plans for the gardens of Ana and Pato with small spaces they're all set to convert from lawn to food production and there are also plans afoot to visit Linda in Eaglemont (where her friend and permaculture person Pam will tell us about organic gardening in Cuba). If you have either a space you'd like to see more food growing in and would like to be permablitzed, or if you are keen to help facilitate a permablitz day in future, get in touch and let's make it happen! Contact Nelson on 85026300/0433559928 or Dan on 90292550/0422448933.

Best,
Dan
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http://www.codemo.org.au/
http://www.permaculturesolutions.com.au/thomasstreet

ps. Dan's running some 6-hour sustainable kitchen skills workshops (learn how to make sourdough bread, yogurt, kefir, sprouts, cheese, wheatgrass juice, and nut butter - that's more than one thing an hour!). They're on Saturdays and cost $40 which includes all the ingredients, lunch and probably quite a few laughs. 0422448933 for more details or email me back if you want a flier. The first workshop is Saturday July 1st at Springvale Community Centre and the second is Saturday July 8 in North Melbourne.