13 Peachey CG News PRESIDENT MIA’S TIP Harvesting Pumpkins.. Look for a pumpkin that sounds hollow to tap, has a dried curly vine near the stem and then cut it off leaving quite a bit of the stem attached. This helps to preserve the pumpkin. When stored in a dry, cool place pumpkins can be preserved anywhere from 3-8 months. When you start to use the pumpkins, collect the seeds, wash them and dry them for next year’s seeds or wash them, coat them in oil, add salt, your favourite herbs and spices and roast them in oven. A delicious snacks to add to salads, sprinkle on soups or anything that needs a crunchy spice kick. Pumpkins seeds are rich in zinc, are anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory. They’re a great flavour addition to any dish. WHAT TO GROW THIS MONTH FROM MIA During the 1st quarter after the new moon: is the best time to plant our leafy vege. I’d be putting in the brassica family, broccoli, cauliflower and kale, lettuce, and flavoursome winter herbs like dill, coriander and the staples like chives and spring onions. During the 2nd quarter of the rising moon: is the best week to plant your fruity vege. Easy ones are your beans, broad beans, yummy sweet peas, chilli’s and tomatoes. After the full moon: when the moon starts to descend, is the best week to plant your root vege. My pick to plant is beetroot, carrots, leeks, onions and now is a great time to plant your garlic. I remember hearing a saying about planting your garlic in the ground by Mother’s day and harvest on Remembrance day 11/11. Home grown garlic is amazing. Since garlic grows from cloves, find some organic cloves, place the cloves in the fridge to break their dormancy, soak overnight in seaweed solution then plant pointy end up, in good sunny spot with loose free draining, friable soil. Mark their positions and keep weed free as garlic hate competition. Put your garlic in the fridge today! KID’S CORNER To celebrate all the women role models in our lives, let’s create a living gift in a pot, we’ve got time for Mothers Day. Imagine a tea garden pot, herb garden pot, fragrant flower garden pot, a favourite colour pot or even a low care succulent garden pot. The kids will enjoy asking mum about her favourites from the garden or they may want to inspire mum with more fresh herbs or greens to use in cooking. Establish a theme, grab a pot/ container of any shape size, with holes in the bottom. Fill with a good quality potting mix to suit your mini themed garden. Fill with either saved seeds, seedlings, cuttings from the garden or friends and neighbours, add some little features like mini fences made from twigs glued together, decorative rocks, tree branches sawn into little stumps or anything fun to create interest in the pot. If you just sow seeds it’ll be fun for mum to watch as the garden evolves into something pretty or edible. Anything goes and give a special lady a living gift. COMMUNITY SHARE CHEST is on site at Peachey. This is a service of a community pantry for all if you are passing by drop in and take a look. Grab something for your drive or grab something for someone else. Gifts of nonperishable food and small household items are welcome. HERB OF THE MONTH WITH ANNEMAREE Herb / salad greens for the month - Ceylon/ malabar spinach . This rich green spinach grows happily in gardens with moist soil. The more moisture available to it, the bigger the leaves. Leaves will grow the size of a dinner plate with a little shade. Preferably grow under a tree. Will climb. Great for balcony gardens in pots for an ongoing spinach all year round. This spinach originated in India, contains mucin, fibre and protein as well as your vitamins A, B’s and C. Including calcium, iron, phosphorus, magnesium and iodine. The young tips and leaves can be picked and added to salads, sandwiches, used as a garnish or served with a dip. Large leaves can be slightly steamed, sliced and tossed in stir fries, added to soups, casseroles quiches and mixed with vegetable dishes. You can even steep the leaves in boiling water and drink as a tea! Flowers are edible. The juicy berries can be used to colour jellies, sweets, and drinks. The addition of lemon juice makes the dye more effective. Cuttings of this spinach are available from Peachey garden for a gold coin donation! Thank you happy gardening! FREE TO BEAUTIFY YOUR SPACE Bring buckets, bring your trailer, fill it with bark chips for your gardens, walkways and under swing sets. The storm season has delivered us huge amounts of chips that we don’t have space for. Please come and help yourself. Located at the Peachey CG entrance on McCreadie road. Piles of tan bark for no dig gardens, topping up pathways, or filling up space in raised garden beds WHERE IS PEACHEY COMMUNITY GARDEN? Cnr of Tillyroen & McCreadie Rds, Ormeau Friday Mornings: 9am -afternoon. Light morning tea provided. Saturday Mornings: Annemarie has a stall at the Helensvale High School Markets selling seeds, seedlings also offering a garden design service so you can grow at home. 6am – 11am Sunday afternoons: 3pm until the mozzies come out. Afternoon tea provided. Contact: Peachey Member 0424 171 019 Email: peacheycg@gmail.com Thank you to Joshua for tidying up the shed. Squeaky clean! PEACHEY CG EVENTS Crop Swap 1st Sunday of each month from 2pm. No $$ exchanged, come and swap what you grow or create. All welcome. Mothers Yoga Circle Tuesdays 10.30am -12pm with Bella. Women & children of all ages welcome. PH: 0490 129 856 mothersyogacircle@gmail.com Harmony Living Party Sunday 21 April. 11:00am - 3:00pm Peachey Community Gardens, 13 Mc Creadie Rd, Ormeau Hills Curry Berries Coffee Beans Scraps for soil project Please note at this time we cannot take any kitchen scraps. We will resume this soil making service in a few weeks.
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