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Saturday, 16 June, 9 – 11 am – Beyond Compost – How Biochar & Micro-organisms exponentially improve your soil

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Advances in soil science & microbiology show us how we can eliminate the need for fertilisers, herbicides, pesticides or fungicides in crops and gardens. Soils can be drought-proofed, plant pathogens controlled and both yield and nutrient density greatly enhanced; with reduction of your labour an additional benefit.
For over 25 years local permaculturist Dave Clark has been struggling to bring fertility to his 5 acres of extremely poor soil. Compost and diversity were his initial tools, but he is now finding that it is easier, cheaper and way more effective, to enlist the aid of micro-organisms (using biochar as habitat) in his quest to be a more successful subsistence farmer.
A five day Nutrition Farming course with Graeme Sait (Nutri Tech Solutions) and a host of further reading, plus on-site experimentation has led him to a point where he thinks he has important knowledge to share, in addition to advances in compost making.
To book click here

Winners Of the Celebrate Festival Tickets Share Their Experience

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Kylie Morrigan and Mal Webb
Kylie Morrigan and Mal Webb
Tom Kendal
Tom Kendal
Geoff-Lawton-Food-Forest
Geoff Lawton in the Food Forest
Congratulations to Kim and Brett Brown who won the ticket to the CelebrATE festival. Here is what Kim had to say:
Yes!! Master Banjo (my son) and I went to CelebrATE together and we had an absolute ball.  Learning, singing, dancing, camping and sharing with like minded people – does it get any better than that?  Highlights were the farm tour with Tom Kendall, the Food Forrest walk, talk with Geoff Lawton and the music.  A surprise for me was learning about biogas, making gas for the kitchen from manure and greens – very interesting.  Banjo’s favourite was The Food Forrest walk with Geoff and the chicken workshop with Amanda Moore.  We highly recommend attending CelebrATE next year and getting some great information specific to our bioregion from people well established in the area.
Many thanks to Tom and Zaia for donating the ticket, we are very grateful to have won the ticket through YCG, without the windfall we would not have been able to attend.

 

Amanda Moore Chicken workshop
Amanda Moore Chicken workshop
Banjo at Celebrate Festival
Banjo enjoying lunch with new friends
Biogas biodigester
Biogas and the biodigester built by Tom

Saturday, 9 June, 9 – 11:00 am – Make your own wax-cloth wraps

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Join Gayle, Robyn and Bree from our ‘Give Plastic the Flick’ group to make your own wax wraps. This is a hands-on workshop.

Please bring

  • A fine cotton material, you may have some at home or check out Op Shops as they often have small pieces of cotton material, must be cotton, not poly cotton, suggested sizes – Small ( 12x 12 cm), Medium ( 23 x 23 cm), Large( 33×33 cm). You need to wash and dry your material prior to the workshop. Gayle will also have a plentiful supply of material available on the day for a small fee.
  • Pinking Sheers if you have them
  • Cool drinks and morning tea ( fridge available ).

This will be a relaxed fun morning. To book, click here

Tea & coffee will be served after the event, please bring your own mug as YCG strives to host waste free workshops. Also note the workshops are all weather events (rain or shine).

Places are limited and bookings essential.

Is food your medicine or your poison

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Is food your medicine?  or food your poison?  Unfortunately for most people, the food they consume is having negative effects on their health and you may not even be aware of this as you have forgotten what it is like to feel good, to feel vibrant, energetic and positive.

Growing your own organic food in nutrient rich soil is the only way to have control over your food supply and your wellbeing.  I love growing food and I’ll teach you the methods I use to grow the healthiest food possible no matter what your garden situation is, I’ve lived on sand, clay and in an apartment and I’ve always grown my food. At Yandina community gardens  I will talk about the different compost methods, worm farms, green manures, minerals and compost teas I use to bring life to the soil.  Life begins in the soil. To book click here

From soils it’s the joy of planting your seeds, seedlings, trees or cuttings – the how, and the aftercare, foliar sprays and watering.   How to harvest for prolonged crops.  Why save seed.  Did you know by planting certain plants together they are stronger and keep pests away?  Certain plants have ‘super food’ powers, and I’ll share that with you.

Organic food is the basis of your health-there is no question about that, you must eat living food to feed your own cells/body.  We will talk about anti health products – glysophate, round up and GMO and the damage it’s doing to all our environment and our body

Besides my love of gardening organically and the joy and health benefits it brings, I’ll also talk about 7 steps to wellness outside of gardening to bring vitality to you and your loved ones again, and its easy.

7 Steps To Wellness

  1. Gratitude journal.  Setting yourself up for the day
  2. Tongue scrapping, oil pulling
  3. Sun – the health benefits of the sun-it is not the enemy
  4. Eating/mealtimes/what to eat.
  5. Sleep, circadian rhythms
  6. Emf protection from mobile & cordless phones, wifi, Ipads etc
  7. Declutter all areas of your life

Leonie Shanahan, author and passionate gardener will be sharing her knowledge on Saturday, 19 May 2018 at Yandina Community Gardens. To book click here

 

 

Saturday, 26 May, 9-11 am – Keeping Healthy Backyard Chooks With Kirstie Henning

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Keeping chickens in your backyard can be simple and enjoyable if done correctly. If you plan to own chickens, or already have chickens, this workshop will give you in-depth information on housing, fencing, diet and general health maintenance. Kirstie Henning is a qualified holistic Animal Nutritionist. She has successfully bred a large range of purebred heritage breeds including a range of exotic breeds of bantam chickens at her acreage property in North Arm near Yandina. Whether you are a beginner, or already own chickens, you will learn lots of tips and tricks for keeping poultry including natural alternatives. Bring along your questions on the day as it is an interactive workshop. To book click here

​Tea & coffee will be served after the event, please bring your own mug as YCG strives to host waste free workshops. Also note the workshops are all weather events (rain or shine).

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