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Vegie swap Saturday 19th May 10-11am
Come along to share your produce & compare notes with other food gardeners. Bring along any vegies, fruit or herbs you have harvested, also eggs, preserves, recipes are welcome. Be inventive! You can also bring some things that not everyone else is growing at this time of year. This is a non-commercial event – no money changes hands.
Bring something to swap with others. Our yakon is looking ready to harvest – what can you find in your garden?
A video tour of our Chook pen with fantastic backing music from Chicago’s Hop on Pop.
If you are interested in keeping chooks of your own, check out our Backyard Chooks factsheet.
“Inside Out”
An exhibition of painting, sculpture, glass and textiles
by Jenny Steiner.
4 May to 17 June
BAAG are pleased to announce the return of Nesting Boxes to our range. We did some research and found these very neat looking boxes, which are all made out of structural ply sourced in Australia from sustainable plantation timber. In our range we have boxes to suit parrots, possums, kookaburras, owls and sugar gliders. They are easy to install with just a few tools and their clever design enables easy annual maintenance. They are oiled to protect the timber and can also be painted if desired too. We hope you will consider putting one up in your garden, to give our native fauna a safe place to nest. To learn more about nest boxes and the importance of them in our suburban gardens, head to http://www.baag.com.au/?page_id=3634
More than 200 people celebrated growing their own food at home on the 22nd April. The first Home Harvest Feast was held at Edendale farm & Environment centre in Eltham . It was put on by Nillumbik Council , with support from Whittlesea council, local food groups such as local Food Connect, NERP, LETS, and also Village Food Connections, diggers seeds, and, of course, Bulleen Art & Garden (we supplied some door prizes, and take home “party” bags of compost and cow manure).
Over 100 home growers registered to grow the food for the feast, they were helped with seeds and newsletters. Then they delivered the fruits (and vegetables) of their labours for 3 professional caterers to turn into a feast for them and their guests. As well as delicious food, gardeners got to connect.
Signs of winter may be appearing, but this month still provides time for planting many varieties and tackling a few maintenance jobs. Nor is it all just hard yakka, take the time to enjoy the stunning camellias in flower, after the belting they have taken over the last few years, they have turned up trumps with a magnificent display this year. Autumn colours are well and truly at their best, my Acer japonicum is outstanding again this year, and the colours some of the succulents have turned have to be seen to be believed. So rug up and enjoy May in your garden!
Book in early for our classes over the cooler seasons. Coming up we have the ever-popular Backyard Chooks for 
Beginners, a new workshop on Building an Edible Wall Garden and then we launch full-pelt into fruit trees and all the variations, from choosing, to espalier, to grafting and even to preserving, by making delicious marmalades. The new season’s schedule is out now so make the most of our Early Bird Discount and book in at least a month early to get your discount.
Continue reading for more info and booking instructions.
When I feel blue, or need a distraction from the stresses of life, I head into the garden! Time slows and my mood becomes lighter when my fingers are in the dirt and the intricacies of the world beyond my back door come to life before my eyes. There are many health benefits to be had from gardening. Here are a few of my favourites… http://www.baag.com.au/?page_id=4997
We have a huge range of olive trees in stock right now ready to be planted in your garden. They are one of the easiest fruit trees to grow successfully… put it in the hole and make sure it gets an occasional drink and you are good to go. For all the olive information you can poke an olive branch at head to baag.com.au/?page_id=3777
The weather can still provide us with warm days in April, but without the hot sun it’s an ideal time for planting. Now is the perfect time to start preparing your winter vegie patch. There’s plenty to do in the garden in April, so get cracking!
