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Sundays before school holidays
2-3
pm
Hutchison
Place
December 9th 2012
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2013
December 8th 2013
Entry by snail donation - On our way to a snail based
economy!!
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Home Phone?
Greetings locals,
We are looking to borrow an old/spare home phone - any style will do.
Along with our remote control, our cordless home phone has been deposited in an unknown location by our darling 3 year old. We are confident it will show up ( although it has been 4 weeks since the remote vanished), so are hesitant to buy a new one. Please let me know if we could borrow your spare if you have one.
Cheers & thanks
Robin Parker
0422 308 954
Monday, 3 December 2012
Indigenous Tubestock For Sale!
Hi Everyone.
After a wonderful afternoon of music, food and shopping at Newlands Primary School Musical Market we still have a few plants for sale.
All of the plants are indigenous tubes from VINC.
We are selling them for $3.00 each or 4 for $10.00.
They are on my front porch and will be available for the next week or so.....
Please leave money under door or in letterbox if no one is home: 29 Peterson Ave North Coburg.
There is quite a selection and the plant descriptions are with the plants also.
Save yourself a trip to Fairfield and shop local!!!!
All the proceeds from the plant sales go towards our continuing indigenous revegetation of the school.
Cheers Mel.
Plant descriptions
Bracyscome
multifida var. multifida
Cut Leaf Daisy
Spreading perennial daisy to 30cm x 40cm. Lilac to deep purple & yellow flowers
most of year, particularly spring. Grows
well in most soils. Full sun. Very
hardy. Appreciates summer watering. Butterfly attracting.
Calocephalus citreus
Lemon Beauty Heads
Tufted perennial 20 -30cm x
30-60cm. Soft silver-grey foliage and bright yellow flower heads from Oct-Feb.
Requires well drained soil and tolerates dryness once established. Suitable for
mass planting in the garden or as a container plant. Flowers dry well.
Chrysocephalum semipapposum
Clustered
Everlasting
Clump forming perennial
50x50cm. Golden flowers Sep-Jan. Prefers
dry soil, full sun. Very hardy &
drought tolerant. Prune hard after flowering. Butterfly attracting.
Indigofera
australis
Austral Indigo
Delicate, open shrub, to 1.5m x 1.2m.
Mauve-pink flowers Aug-Sept.
Prefers dry soil, semi-shade. Grows
well under trees. Drought tolerant and butterfly attracting.
Kennedia prostrata
Running
Postman
Prostrate groundcover to
1.5m wide. Scarlet-red pea flowers with
yellow centres Sep-Dec. Prefers dry soil
once established in full sun to semi-shade. Butterfly attracting.
Poa
labillardieri (Blue Form)
Common Tussock Grass
Large
tussock grass, 80cm x 80cm.
Green-purplish flower heads Oct-Mar.
Grows well in most soils but appreciates a little summer watering if
extremely dry. Full sun. Drought tolerant once established. Butterfly
attracting.
Themeda triandra
Kangaroo Grass
Dense, tussock forming
grass to 50 x 50cm. Spectactular, large
nodding flower-heads, Sep-Mar. Grows
well in most soils. Foliage becomes reddish-purple in cooler months. Prefers
full sun to part shade. Drought tolerant when established. Butterfly attracting.
Xerochrysum viscosum
Sticky
Everlasting
Spectacular
biennial/perennial 40cm x 40cm. Large papery golden-yellow flowers Aug-Apr. Well drained soil, full sun. Usually dies back in summer but reshoots in
autumn. Prune heavily after flowering. Extremely drought tolerant. Butterfly
attracting.
Looking to buy in the area.....
Hello.
We are a small family (Sian,Paul, Eva & Juanita) who are looking to buy in the Newlands area. We just really like the feel of the area, the sense of community and think the little brick clinker semi-detached houses have such character!. Unfortunately we have been unlucky so far, having missed out on a couple of auctions, and I just though maybe if I mentioned it on here; if anyone is even thinking of selling or knows of someone who is perhaps they could contact us?Thank you!
Cheers,
Sian
A Local Garden.
Hi all!
As spring draws to a close, I thought I'd share a couple of 'before and after' photos of our front garden. Just a few months ago, it was all stones, succulents and other hardy plants. Today, it is a thriving edible garden! We're so excited about the abundant harvest we're already getting - and this with no real prior gardening experience.
In case you've been thinking about this kind of thing but haven't got there yet - these pictures are testimony to the fact that anyone can do it!!
I'd be more than happy to chat to anyone interested in taking on a similar project.
Happy gardening!
Ses, Phil, Hugo and Edie.
20 Golf Road (feel free to drop by!)
sessi_riebl@hotmail.com
Excess Seedlings!
Hi there!
We have an excess of seedlings available and free to a good home. There is:
Ceylon spinach
Heirloom tomatoes
Capsicum
And other bits and pieces
Please text Tony on 0418390081 if you are interested!
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