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AGM 2021 – 21 July

Our 2021 Annual General Meeting will be held on 21 July at 6.30pm in Alexandria Hall, St Luke’s Church.

The AGM is an opportunity for you to have input into how the garden is run, raise any concerns or put suggestions forward.  We warmly welcome you to attend, and ask that you RSVP.  If you are unable to attend the AGM, it is important that you complete, sign and return the attached proxy form so that we can vote on your behalf and to ensure we meet the quorum required; you are welcome to nominate any current member who will be attending, including any on the current committee.

One of the most important items on the agenda is to elect (or re-elect) members of the committee. The committee comprises six positions: President, Treasurer, Secretary, Garden Coordinator, Bedholders’ Representative and General Members’ Representative.  We need a full committee to keep the garden going and there are, usually, about 9 or 10 meetings a year to attend to help share the decision making. So we invite you to nominate yourselves for a role on the committee and if you would like to know more about any of the positions, details are included in the attached Rules and Guidelines (pages 1 and 2) or please get back in contact.

We look forward to seeing as many members at the AGM as possible.

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HOME MADE REMEDIES – from ABC Gardening Australia

Be careful of these solutions around children, as they should not be ingested. Don’t store them in soft drink bottles and make sure you keep them out of reach of children.

Black Spot

Add 3 teasp bicarb soda to 1 litre water and then a few drops of either dishwashing liquid or fish emulsion.

Fungicide

Mix 1 teasp bicarb soda into 1 litre water, then add 1 litre skim milk and one pinch of condees crystals. Shake thoroughly.

Scale and Mealy Bugs

Mix 4 tablespoons dishwashing liquid into 1 cup vegetable oil – stir together. Mix with 20 parts of water and spray affected plants.

Aphids, Caterpillars and other Insects

2 tablespoons soap flakes dissolved in 1 litre warm water; then spray.

Caterpillers and Grasshoppers deterrent

1 cup molasses in 1 litre water; then spray over new foliage

Nematodes

Also, use 1⁄2 litre molasses to 2 litres water; spread over 11⁄2 square metres of affected area.

Weeds in general – will kill all plants
1 cup salt dissolved in 1 litre vinegar. Brush all weeds you wish to kill.

To attract Lacewings which eat aphids etc.
1 teaspoon vegemite dissolved in water; spray over plants

Pruning roses

Spray with lime sulphur to clean up any fungal spores.

 

It is good practice with any homemade remedy to first spray a test patch on the target crop and wait 24 hours before checking the sprayed foliage for damage, before proceeding.

Colin Campbell

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Busy Bee – 10 March, 8-10am

Our next Busy Bee is scheduled for 10 March (8-10am) which ties in the Council verge collection.  We are hoping to see as many there as possible as it has been quite a while since our last one. Morning tea will be provided as usual so if you can, please stay for a chat.

St Luke’s Community Garden Committee 
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Busy Bee – 27 October, 8-10am

Our next Busy Bee is scheduled for 27 October (8-10am) which ties in the Council verge collection.  We are hoping to see as many there as possible as it has been quite a while since our last one. Morning tea will be provided as usual so if you can, please stay for a chat.

Bedholders, now that spring is here, in view of your 12 hours annual obligation to communal areas, please check the shed blackboard for jobs to do and remember to put your hours in the diary.  Also, the reticulation will be turned on when the rain stops and a message will be placed on the shed blackboard when this happens to let you know.

Thank you and wishing you happy spring gardening.

St Luke’s Community Garden Committee