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• PSN PERMABEE IN DENISTONE

  • When
    19 May 2013
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    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    14 Burmah Rd Denistone

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  Garden Team Event - Swales for Chook Food Forest in Denistone

  The next permabee will be at Margaret and Chris's property in Denistone on Sunday 19th May, 2013.

  Want to learn how to build swales properly? Do you know what a chicken guild is? We will build one (or two) swales, fill them with water holding mulch, and prepare the bunds for planting a chook-friendly food forest. Once completed, this chicken guild will include fruit trees (apple, mulberry and elderberry), a raspberry patch, medicinal chook herbs (nettles, wormwood, rue, comfrey) and a beehive.

  You will not only have an opportunity to participate in creating one of permaculture’s iconic designs, but also to see existing swales planted with trees and vegetables, a worm farm in an old bathtub, an urban-sized banana circle and large composting bays. You will be welcome to take cuttings from the garden and to share your food scraps with a friendly flock of chooks.
  
  WHAT TO BRING...

  Please bring personal protection gear such as a hat, gloves, boots, sunscreen, a water bottle and your own mug.
  

  Vegetarian lunch, tea and coffee will be provided. If you are able to bring along a little something to share for morning tea it would be much appreciated.
  

  HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT

  This event is free for PSN members, however the numbers will be limited.  Please note that this event is not suitable for children due to the steepness of the garden.
  

  To register, click the Register button to the left of the screen.  You will be contacted by the garden team leader to confirm registration and to provide you with the address.

  If you're unable to register on line, you can contact the Garden Team Leader at garden@permaculturenorth.org.au
  

  If you're not a member and would like to join our community and take part in this event, please join here 

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• PSN May Monthly Meet up - Dr Cat Dorey of Greenpeace Australia

  • When
    20 May 2013
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Lindfield

  PLEASE NOTE : New start time is 7pm, doors open from 6.30

  PSN Monthly Meeting - Monday 20 May 2013 @ 7:00pm.

  PSN's new President, Dr Cat Dorey, will be talking about her work with Greenpeace and protecting ocean life.

  Cat is a long time Hornsby resident and environmental campaigner. She has 12 years of experience promoting sustainability through her work with Greenpeace and a  variety of other activist and community groups.

  Cat is currently the International Co-ordinator of Greenpeace's Sustainable Seafood Programme and she'll be wearing a bright red t'shirt that says "how sustainable is your seafood?"

  Doors open at 6.30pm. Talk begins at 7.00pm. Supper 8.30pm

  Lindfield Community Centre, 259 Pacific Hwy, Lindfield. Just a few minutes walk from Lindfield railway station.

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• Living Skills: Secateurs and knives sharpening workshop

  • When
    21 May 2013
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Coal Loader, 2 Balls Head Drive, Waverton
  • Spaces left
    15

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  Winter pruning time is coming - time to get your tools ready!
  
  Learn how to sharpen secateurs by demonstration and knives by doing. If bringing the former please bring suitable tools for dismantling.
  
  A small fee is to be worked out depending on numbers interested and on what is to be sharpened. Please indicate your interest in either or both. An empty plastic liquid dishwashing bottle with a push/pull lid would be required for knife sharpening.
  
  Register by clicking on the "Register" button. If you have problem with registering, please email mmossakowska@yahoo.com.au
  
  
  

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• Living Skills: Olive Curing Workshop on May 25th

  • When
    25 May 2013
  •  
    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    NAREMBURN - address supplied on registration
  • Spaces left
    0

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  LIVING SKILLS WORKSHOP - CURING FRESH OLIVES

  Olive season starts in May, so now is the perfect time to learn how to get olives from the tree to the table using ancient techniques of curing and preserving, so that you can turn bitter fresh olives into deliciously rich and delectable treats.  Olive trees are drought and disease resistant plants that thrive in garden hot spots and dry patches, and they are one of the most extensively cultivated fruit crops in the world.  This workshop will pass on ancient skills that have sustained civilizations since the bronze age, and show you how to obtain a yield from these hardy and useful trees.

  In this hands-on workshop, Barbara Clark will be demonstrating how to brine cure olives. Barbara will also show you how to make up preserving solutions for the later stage of the process - including how to use fresh herbs to enhance the flavour of your cured olives.  Recipes will be provided so that you can try different flavours at home, and you will leave the workshop with a couple of jars of curing olives so that you can start experimenting straight away.  

  This workshop is open to PSN members only, and members can sign up for this event using the REGISTER button on the left of the screen and providing your login details (email address and password).  If you are not a PSN member and would like to take part in this workshop, you can join PSN here 

  Numbers are strictly limited to 5 participants, so you will need to get in quick to save your place for this workshop. 

  COST

  Please bring $5 to the workshop to cover the cost of raw materials (you will be going home from this workshop with 2 big jars of olives, roughly 1kg).  

  WHAT TO BRING???

  2 x 500mL jars

  Your own cup,

  Something savoury for afternoon tea (that would go nicely with olives)

  
  

  
  

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