Seedwell volunteers needed
Are you passionate about gardening &/or permaculture? The Marist180 Skills Development Centre is looking for volunteers to support young people and the local community in the Seedwell Garden Project.
Welcome to Permablitz Melbourne!
Warrigal Greens
Packing protein and a choice selection of vitamins and minerals, these greens are a ready addition to your garden and your gullet.
Permablitz #202 – Fairfield
On a sunny Spring day, volunteers, caterers and family members pitched in to transform Jim’s family’ gardens into a more productive space – with a pond, wicking and raised garden beds, espaliers and more!
Buzzing, foraging, blitzing and really clucking good times
You know it’s Spring when the chooks start getting broody and the bees begin to swarm… Our snowpeas are starting to finally give out after providing good munchings for a fair while now, and...
Coffee sacks free to good homes
Coffee sacks can be incredibly useful – from kindling carryall to sheet mulch fabulousness, to cushion covers/pictures for coffee addicts/seat wraps… They’re both reusable & compostable, and we’ve got some to give away
Avocados
The amazing avocado – delicious, nutrient dense and the source of last year’s millenials-vs-millionaire great smashed avo/mortgage debate. Still, what could be better than having a ready source of avos in your backyard?
Permablitz #201 – Brunswick West
The sun was out, the mattocks were swinging and the soil was delivered. The day of Sandy’s Permablitz offered perfect conditions for yet another poor-looking kikuyu lawn to be ripped out and replaced with productive garden beds.
Sub Tropical Garden Planning for Melbourne and Victoria
If you live in Melbourne, it is still possible to grow a range of tropical and subtropical fruit varieties. The key to success is creating the right microclimate in your garden
Hosting a blitz – what about the food?
Here are a Permablitz Host’s tips to make it easy for you to provide good, hearty food for hungry vegan, vegetarian, gluten free and carnivorous workers!
Getting ready for the next 200 Permablitzes!
After the excitement of hitting our 200th blitz last month, it looks like September is shaping up to be a blitzin’ good time for us all – with three events planned so far! And...
