Visit Tea Tree Kathy and Tom 2026

The last visit of the Southern 25-26 season was to the rural property of Kathy and Tom at Tea Tree near Richmond. Looking from the road at the turn-of-the-century weatherboard farm house, you wouldn't expect it, but behind it we found one of the most delightful and expertly-designed food gardens we have visited in a long time.

These pigeons are keen on the Black Cherry tomatoes

Visit Peter and Pam Longford 2026

Peter and Pam welcomed us in to their Longford garden on Sunday. Peter led us around answering questions along the way. 

FGG Newsletter April 2026

        🍇 Food Garden Group newsletter - April 2026  🍇

 We like to grow what we eat 

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In this last newsletter of the 25-26 food garden season: what to do in your food garden in April, this month's Northern and Southern food garden visits, buying a fruit tree, growing garlic, saving seed made easy, and more.

Himrod grapes almost ripe!

Visit Mount Nelson Fiona and Craig 2026

This month the Food Garden Group climbed a little higher than usual, visiting Fiona and Craig’s garden on the summit of Mt Nelson. At around 350 m elevation, in a bushland setting, it’s a beautiful location — but not necessarily an easy one for growing food.

FGG Newsletter March 2026

🫑 Food Garden Group newsletter - March 2026  🫑 

 We like to grow what we eat 

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In this newsletter - what to do in your food garden in March, this month's Northern and Southern food garden visits, last month's visits in words and pictures, visits planned for coming months, genetically modified food, blog updates, and more.

Visit Howrah Mandy 2026

 Visit Howrah Mandy 2026

A warm summer's day and a delightful garden greeted us for the the Southern Food Garden Group's February visit to Mandy's in Howrah. Mandy moved here about three years ago, and we were all astonished to see how she has managed to change the garden from a 'blank canvas' with mainly grass to this thriving plot with flowers everywhere and the vegie components well underway too!

Visit Ravenswood John and Colleen 2026

This month's garden visit to John and Colleen's Ravenswood garden was well attended and much enjoyed.

 

John imparted lots of knowledge gained over his 84 years of gardening, including potato seed selection and limiting potato eyes to one only when planting.

When storing potatoes John does......

• Wash potatoes when harvested and leave to dry out of sunlight
• Store in a black fabric lined polystyrene box with the lid also lined with fabric
• Place in a cool and dark place
• Check regularly and remove any shoots that have started.

John happily demonstrated his ability to get on the ground and then proceeded to move across the lawn on his knees. We were left with no doubt how he manages his huge ground-level vegetable patch.

The washing machine water is put to good use in the apple orchard.

The sweet corn plants were looking great, the carrots already a very good size and the long rows of young brassica seedlings were surrounded by plastic pots to give them some protection from the elements.

Many of us went home loaded up with goodies from the produce table and also bags of Glebe Gold and bee-attracting flowering plants kindly donated by Glebe Gardens.

We enjoyed morning tea under the marquee as the much-longed-for rain came down.

Thank you, John and Colleen, for hosting this visit!