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Les and Eva Borbas

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We are having the kitchen removed and a new one fitted in the next week or two but that won't get in the way and we both look forward to meeting everyone.

June's LGG will be on the 2^nd of July at the Rhododendron Gardens booked for 1.30pm.

• Entrance is off the Lalla Road, opposite the Vineyard (Providence)
• Tea afterwards at Jenny & Ian's home

*** If you have unwanted small or big garden pots or glass jars, please bring them along. ***

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Message from Ian....
I am regularly bringing a trailer load of fine, weed free, grass cuttings from the croquet lawns at St Leonards.  My compost bin is full.  Would anybody like a load?  I will deliver to site at a prearranged time and pick up the empty trailer again at a prearranged time.  We can discuss at our next meeting on 30th?
Yrs.   Ian

When - 26th March at 10.30am.

Glebe Gardens, 166 Henry St, Launceston

When: 1.30pm, Saturday 29^th January 2011

Shane & Michelle along with Shimmy & Seven invite all LGG members to our place on 29th January. We have the smallest property so far but there are a few interesting things to see.

See you at the usual time about 1.30PM.

Next Lilydale Garden Group Meeting

Date: 27^th November 2010

Time: 1.30pm

Where:  Kieran and Zung’s place,  Underwood.

Kieran and Zung’s garden is a work in progress but  they would love to receive plenty of advice from everyone. Hope to see you there!

1.30pm, 30th October

1.30pm Saturday 29th May

1.30pm , Saturday 20/03/2010

March Garden Visit

Ildiko & Sandor Nagy’s Place at  Lilydale, TAS

Directions: Turn up Doakes Rd at the Hardware store in Lilydale and travel for 2kms. Just after the hard turn to the left, turn right into Walkers Rd (dirt). Travel to the end of the road and look out for the number 53 and the machinery.

Ildiko and Sandor have a well established orchard, vegetable garden and ornamental flower garden. They grow much of what they eat, make their own wine from their 240 vines and have an electricity generating water turbine.

Alvaro and Suzanne Ascui, “Strathewen”

Directions: From Lilydale, drive for about 4 km along the Lalla Rd, past Providence Vineyard, and turn right on Brooks Rd, drive down for about 600 m, to our entrance, which is on the left, opposite “The Leaning Church Vineyard”. Drive all the way down, past the carport and house, and angle park on the grass, facing the dam (if you are lucky, you might spot a resident platypus).

Strathewen farm (80 acres) was established over 100 years ago.  The farmhouse dates from 1915, with additions built in 1983.  The veggie garden, orchard and garden date from 1982.  The dam was constructed at that time and gives ample supply of water for garden and livestock.  6000 now well established blue-gums were also planted in 1982 on a badly eroded hillside (behind the dam) and later ornamental trees surrounding the dam.  Suzanne and Alvaro farm organically and produce most of the veggies and fruit they consume, they also breed Angus cattle.

As a special veggie theme for this month is Tomatoes. We can compare notes on tomato varieties that have grown well in our area.  Please bring a sample or two of your favourite ones, with information about when you started them, when you plant out and the earliest date of ripening. 

Saturday the 22nd August at Leslies house.

At CherryTop just one residence further up Lalla Road, on the same side, than the entry into our (Jenny & Ian's) track. Aim to arrive at 1.30.

Look forward to seeing you on Saturday, chez Leslie (Gallagher), Ian.

This next gathering is scheduled for Saturday 25 July, at the the home of Ian & Jenny at 1.30pm but this may depend upon when Peter is free. I will advise if there is a change.

Peter Coxhead is coming to join us and to explain how we might help with seed conservation and, perhaps, how it might link in with the International Millennium Seed Bank project Coordinated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. But not to be confused with the 'Doomsday Vault' on Svalbard which is concerned with food crops. Otherwise come and see what Jenny has achieved in the 5+ years we have been here. I will have a fire roaring in case the weather has not warmed up from last night!

Update... THIS Saturday, July 25th at 1.30, To find us, we are off the road which starts beside the War Memorial in Lilydale, signed to Lalla and Karoola. About 700 m up that road, past the first railway crossing, an unsealed track takes off to the left with house numbers 71 to 77 marked, not very clear as you approach. (If you reach the entrance to CherryTop you have gone too far!). Go straight up the track, a few hundred metres, towards Mt Arthur. As you enter our property pause and look at the views, all round! Then you will appreciate why we bought this property! (Sorry, no croquet today). Park on either side of the driveways avoiding the bulbs just appearing on either side of the downhill stretch, or face the wrath of Jenny!
Peter Coxhead is coming and will tell us what he is doing about Heirloom seeds, and perhaps about the Millennium seed bank activity initiated by Kew gardens.
Jenny will show you her Mist Propagating equipment, guaranteed to make a broom handle sprout, I have just, today, attended a workshop on fruit tree pruning at Franklin House, and regret to say that my efforts this year, which you will see, fly in the face of just about everything that Brigitte Lyons, the Horticultural Consultant had to say! I guess little fruit this year for us! She left us with some excellent notes. A copy will be available and if you would like a copy there will be a list and I will get copies made and sent out, or kept for the next meeting.
A day like today, Thursday, is what we want, so start praying!
Jenny will make tea and coffee and there will be some small eats. If you like to bring anything, by no means expected, make it small. We are not the five thousand.
Look forward to seeing you on Saturday, Ian.
 

Update 2... A big thank you to Peter coming along and giving us his talk. It changes ones views of the commercial seed business although I do not think Monsanto was anybody's friend before, let alone now.

Seed Saving Group. Give it a thought and we might discuss at our next get together.

Suzanne has hit a problem as the date suggested for our next get together,
29 August, coincides with their calving activities. Having been attacked by an irate Highland cattle cow who had just dropped her calf I have every desire to keep well away from any activity of that nature! So. Anyone willing to step in to host a get together next month, either 22nd or 29th?
And/or, and this has been suggested, we postpone the next one until September when the weather should be better, (dryer?) and our gardens will have more to offer. Let me know what you think and I will attempt to make a rational decision.

Sincerely, Ian.

We met yesterday, dodging the rain, at Sue and John's at Bangor and admired their vast collection of show chooks and the massive clearance job which they have carried out on the property. When the drizzle started again the cuppa was more than usually welcome!
We enjoyed meeting two new couples who have joined the group, Belinda and Allain Rule who have just taken over the property which used to belong to the car repairer at the junction of the main road and the road leading up to Mt Arthur Centre, (just cannot recollect its name!) and Michelle and Shane Cresdee who have found a property on Station Road, Lilydale, beyond the railway crossing.
Next gathering will have managed to secure a visit by Peter ? who is anxious to preserve pure plant species and who will probably be seeking our assistance in this endeavour. I consider this, and similar endeavours which come to our attention, is very much something we should look at.

Despite the bitter wind on that day we had a full tour of their extensive orchard and garden before retiring to the ‘Dome' for a warming cuppa and an extensive and informative discussion.