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2021 Annual General Meeting

The 2021 Annual General Meeting for Duncraig Edible Garden will be held on 17th July at 10.30am as COVID restrictions have eased somewhat. We plan to tend the garden then hold the AGM at 10.30am. Do join us in the forecourt of Duncraig Library and enjoy a bring and share hot lunch afterwards.

The meeting usually takes less than 30 minutes. We will hear reports from the current committee and elect a new committee.

Only current financial members of DEG can nominate for executive role or for general committee positions. The executive positions are Chair, Vice, Secretary and Treasurer. 
You are very welcome to apply to become a financial member.
Then you can vote and stand for election to the committee.
Membership and Nomination forms will be available at DEG.

Membership is for each financial year and becomes due on 30th June. Pay in cash on the day $15 for individuals or $25 for a family membership or transfer your dues by online banking to DEG bank account BSB: 633000 Account Number: 154918551

Please bring a mug, bowl and spoon so you can share in the hot meal afterwards.
Bring something to share, if you can, for morning tea or for the “share the harvest table”.


We look forward to seeing you. 
DEG Committee

Native Verge Garden at DEG

The native verge workshop at the end of April 2019 went very well. It went so well we are still going on about it. Thanks so much to all who helped, and especially to Richard McDowell for expert input. Here are a few more photos that may help.
1. We had Eva helping on the whiteboard so no one going to the library was in any doubt what we were doing.
2. We had Richard (in the yellow shirt) look at what we had before we started (and some of his stuff too.)
3. We had to chop through with a mattock as we found limestone underneath the soil we prepared.
4. Richard showed us how to get plants out of a pot by tapping the top of the pot to loosen the plant. There was no squeezing of the sides of the pot and damaging the roots. Claudia can be seen getting a handful of compost ready to put in the hole before the plant goes gently in.
5. Claudia then hand-watered the plant with a liquid soil-wetter and then watered the plant again with water to get the soil-wetter off the leaves.
Did you notice the hanging basket frames turned upside down over the plants? This is to prevent our helpers from accidentally treading on the plants and breaking them even before the plants had the opportunity to grow.

For those who want a list of what we planted look here… or go to the “Workshop Notes” menu item.

At the end of December 2019.
Credit to The Native Gardener for the photo (and the expert input along the way!)

Wicking beds installation of 23 June 2018

We installed some above ground wicking beds next to the library. Everyone was needed to move them in place.

These Wicking Beds have been constructed from re-purposed International Bulk Containers (IBCs), scrap fencing sheets,
and wood from old Pallets.


We mixed Vegetable concentrate from Green Life Soils with sand and other inputs to form a good mix for our vegetables to grow in.


Filling the socks of the wicking tubes with clean sand. The wicks are filled so the water will travel from the bottom of the reservoir to the soil in the bed above.


Two beds are in the meeting area in the library forecourt. The others are to the north of the library near the rainwater tanks.

 


When there has been a lot of rain, the reservoir fills up. The excess is removed from the drainage hole to prevent water-logging the soil.


 

 

 

Charles Otway from Terra Perma Design to give Food Forest seminar at the City of Joondalup

Who would have thought we would be presenting on Permaculture and Food Forests for the councils in Perth.

Join us in Joondalup on the 17 November 2016.

Register for this free event and Learn innovative ways to incorporate organic food production in your own backyard. Topics will include how to set up a garden with fruit trees, growing tips, water efficiency measures, pest management, vertical gardening and chickens under fruit trees.
For more details see “events.joondalup.wa.gov.au”