Fruit Fly: Search and Destroy
There's nothing as good as eating a home grown tomato picked straight off the vine. Until you realise you're eating a bit more than...
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BCG Committee
- Oct 13, 2019
- 2 min
Fruit Fly: Public Enemy No. 1
With the weather warming up we'll be seeing more growth in the garden, but unfortunately this time of year also signals the return of the...
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BCG Committee
- Oct 10, 2019
- 1 min
Community Composting
We get a lot of questions about whether the Garden accepts scraps from the community to be composted. The answer is yes! If you've got...
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BCG Committee
- Sep 12, 2019
- 1 min
Hansel and Gretel
Two new ladies have moved into the coop. The old girls aren't happy about the new development - yet. They'll make friend in the next few...
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BCG Committee
- Sep 12, 2019
- 1 min
Top Tomato Tips
To get ready for your summer crop, have a read of Karen's info from her August Working Bee tutorial. We will put up some information soon...
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BCG Committee
- Sep 12, 2019
- 1 min
Golden Hour
Thank you Miki for sharing your photo of our sun-loving visitors :)
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BCG Committee
- Jul 13, 2019
- 1 min
Thursday Sketchers
In early May this year BCG was lucky to have some intrepid artists from Urban Sketchers visit. Those in the "Thursday Sketchers" club...
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BCG Committee
- Jul 13, 2019
- 1 min
Putting up the Ritz
Garden members Gary and George have been busy updating the chook shed. Our girls are now living large with the front of the shed being...
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BCG Committee
- Jun 30, 2019
- 1 min
New Opening Hours
BCG will now be more accessible from July 1st - hours will be extended during the week, and the garden is now open on Sundays! We are...
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BCG Committee
- Jun 30, 2019
- 1 min
Cate's Creations
Here is another installation from one of our resident artists - I think the purple eggplants capture the summer vibe perfectly! Cate has...
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BCG Committee
- Jan 31, 2019
- 2 min
Beetroot glut
This post is a little late in being put up, but I thought I would share it anyway as the recipes below are pretty yummy. Tony and I had a...
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BCG Committee
- Jan 31, 2019
- 1 min
Gorgeous Galangal
This summer the Thai ginger is looking as good as it tastes
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BCG Committee
- Jan 5, 2019
- 1 min
Green Tomato Chutney
I couldn't bring myself to chuck out all the green tomatoes I had to pick off my green zebras due to fruit fly, and am very glad it...
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BCG Committee
- Dec 15, 2018
- 1 min
An intro to compost
Compost occurs spontaneously in nature where the right conditions allows dead plant matter to be broken down by aerobic microbes (oxygen...
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BCG Committee
- Dec 15, 2018
- 1 min
Northern Beaches Council Meeting Update
On the 29th of November Committee Members met with Northern Beaches Council staff to talk about future plans for BCG. Practical support...
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BCG Committee
- Nov 27, 2018
- 1 min
Summer crops
It’s getting to the end of the tomato planting season, so get those seedlings in quick if you want a crop this summer. As later seedlings...
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BCG Committee
- Nov 13, 2018
- 1 min
2018 AGM
With end of the year fast approaching the Management Committee has planned our Annual General Meeting for the 29th of November. It would...
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BCG Committee
- Nov 6, 2018
- 1 min
Say hello to my tiny friends!
Following a successful split of the Mosman sugarbag bee hive by Paul Hoskins from Permaculture Northern Beaches, we now have a native bee...
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