Although our total only reads just over $4000, our current total is actually $5347 which includes some generous cash donations. Not bad given that we haven’t really started our concentrated fundraising effort yet. Thank You to all of our supporters and donors....
While waiting for the Food Forest to be built, we planted perpetual spinach and some herbs in the raised garden bed currently on the site of our Food Forest. The first big harvest resulted in looking for something delicious to cook with it. Usually I have a few leaves...
Sunflowers seem to dance with joy. They also contain up to a hundred seeds in each flower head. Sunflowers make people happy. You may think you have little to contribute to our Food Forest. That doesn’t mean that you can’t be a contributor. You can be a...
Once completed, the VASS Food Forest, through Andrew’s* design will operate on several levels. Firstly, it will provide the staff and residents here at VASS with fresh fruit and vegetables. It will provide us all with a haven to enjoy in all weather. On another...
I read an interesting article just recently. There is now evidence that trees communicate with each other through their root systems and mycelium fungi. When you see pictures of Tasmanian Mountain Ash, it’s easy to imagine that these giants are in competition with...
In a project like this, with many stakeholders, it’s important that we get together and work out how we work together to bring this project to fruition. With the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing owning the site, Yooralla managing the facility, the...
