Codemo Permaculture Day Numero Dos - 23/4/06

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Loading up at Thomas Street
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People start arriving.
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The lovely Monica from Moonee ponds arrives with a whole carfull of trees and cuttings to share!
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Introductions and everyone's thoughts on what permaculture is.
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Nelson's turn!
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Monica's turn!
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Reviewing the TO DO list
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And away we go, with some eager seed planting.
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Carey leading a workshop on propogating from cuttings. Notice how spellbound are the audience!
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It was a literal hive of garden-making madness!
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Then it was chook tractor time, here Adrian shares his thoughts on location, location, location.
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After a demonstration of the concept using models, it was time to catch the chickens. Go Asha go!
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Nice team effort from Laura and Judy-Anne
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And the cooch-eating tractor was launched!
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And I'll bet that banana won't mind nibbling on some of that nitrogenous chook poo!
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Monica running around with another cutting and Di dicing up the next.
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Martita's new seed batch.
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Permaculturalists young and, well, young (Vilma tells us the garden we set up last time is going great, by the way).
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Loading up the car with their new trees (plum and advocado) and cuttings.
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Compost time!
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With fireman Wille from Chile
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Layers upon layers of grass clippings, straw, cow poo, leaves and sawdust.
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We also emptied in the vacuum cleaner bag - full of hair and thus nitrogen.
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Isn't it beautiful!
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Now, time to fire up the barbie!
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We soon regretted giving 76-year-old Willie wheatgrass juice - he was bouncing off the walls and twirling women around the dance floor till midnight.
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And here they are - what a colourful bunch!
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Then came a demonstration of street salsa - magnificent!
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with backing vocals
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and Asha and Willie getting right on down
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Go Mat!
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and then the remaining (all South Americans plus an Irishman!) folks went in the garaage and partied till midnight!
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Willie's still riding out the wheatgrass shot here I'd say...
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They certainly look like they've having fun!

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