Regional Meetings -

OGAWA Roleystone Group

The Roleystone Organic Association is in recess until March 2012

The meeting are held on a Wednesdays at 7.30pm in the Roleystone Family Centre, 19 Wygonda Rd, Roleystone. Entry $3-members free.
Enquiries to Lisa 9399 2312. awakeandreadyperth@hotmail.com

OGAWA Gwelup Group

For meeting details please contact Charles.
charles@permaculturewest.org.au or 0466633275

OGAWA Fremantle Group

Welcome back everyone. November was the last time that OGAWA Fremantle Group was busy. We had the opportunity to join Grow in Freo (initiated by Shani Graham) in the Fremantle Parade. We each had a wheelbarrow decorated with plants and herbs and a sail mounted with the name of the group we represented painted on the sail. Gerald has added 2 extra wheels on the wheelbarrow to make it easier to handle. It was a hot day, but by the time the parade has started the sea breeze has come in and it was so much fun. We also won a prize!
Our next meeting will be in March when we will be visiting Sunny Miller in Safety Bay. Sunny has a solar passive house with enough solar panels mounted to be self sufficient. He and his partner have also attended Living Smart course and have adjusted to a sustainable life style. The tour will be on Sunday 18th March at 11.00 AM in Safety Bay. If anyone needs a lift or has room in the car please let me know so that I can organize for car pooling. Please contact me for the address.

The summer movie program in Hulbert Street will be showing “Homegrown Revolution” on 17th February. It is the story of a new revolution in urban sustainability. You will hear about the Dervaes family, who despite living on a suburban block in downtown Pasadena, have transformed their home into an urban homestead and model for sustainable agriculture and city living. You will leave inspired. Check out their website www.urbanhomestead.org. Please contact me for more details ogafreo@yahoo.com

May-Ring
ogafreo@yahoo.com.au

OGAWA - Mundaring Group

Hello everyone.
We at MOGG have had December and January off, but will be in full force next month (Feb14th)
Our Christmas party was a great success and wound up the year for us. 
‘Tis a time to be busy keeping our Vege’s alive in this heat, hope that it’s not as hot as forecast.  I don’t know if any of you have been battling Powdery Mildew this summer. We have lost all our grapes and Nectarines due to this plague.  Spraying  wettable sulphur or milk doesn't seem to do much this year.  The fruit fly is also very bad in our area.  Having a bit of a battle with it all this year.
The topic for next month is:  Caring for your Vege’s, plants and seedlings in the heat.
Best wishes,

Ralph Darlington
for more information contact Ralph Darlington
darlington2@bigpond.com

 (08) 9295 4732.  

OGAWA - Broome Group

We had a very successful December meeting; Kimberley Gardens Go Wild, thanks to Mark Jones the manager of the Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Park and Phil Docherty from the Society of Kimberley Indigenous Plants and Animals.
There was lots of useful information about how to attract wildlife (water, shelter and food) and what wildlife to look out for – mainly snakes, lizards and frogs with the occasional marsupial (look out for Bilbys there have been quite a few found near our coast). Creating a healthy ecosystem with a good biodiversity in your yard was the message of the afternoon.
Phil then described what plants are good to grow in your yard, including the (I think it was 9) different types of seeds and how to propagate them. Phil brought examples of all the seeds and seedlings to give away. Thank you very much!
As you can imagine there were lots of questions which our speakers did a great job of answering!
In January we looked at water in the garden; mainly ponds- how to build them, keep the water clear, what to grow in and around. Then it was off around the farm to look at my ponds and bog areas. It’s wonderful that the rains have started but we soon discovered ponds also meant march flies! Not to be intimidated I bogged down and pulled out water lilies, Vietnamese mint and a native sedge for everyone to take home. There was also a bit of snail snatching.
There is no topic set for next month’s meeting, but it will be Saturday the 18th of February, 3.30pm at the 12 Mile Café, See you then!
Tan
Venue: 12 Mile Cafe
Address: Lot 20 Yamashita Rd, 12 Mile, Broome