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Sunday, volunteer's day! Temperatures perfect! 30C. 10.00am - 1.00pm.
Sweetie the emu often makes an appearance when he senses social activity and a possible hug..
Last week we potted on our selection of larger stock Banksias. Banksia menziesii (which used to grow naturally down on the highway close to the 440 Road house). Groundcovers, Banksia nivea and Banksia blechnifolia. Plus two other local sandplain species, Banksia ashbyii and Banksia attenuata.
This week we will be making up special soil mixes, learning how to transplants seedling and striking mulberry cuttings.

Don't forget your hat and water. If you are bringing garden gloves they will need to be soft so you can feel through them. We have spare ones if you need them. If you are a new volunteer, please arrive at 10.00am so we can take the time to show and teach you how we do things.

Drylands Permaculture Nursery
333 David Road, Waggrakine
0458381628
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February 22nd, 7:54 pm

Weather is a perfect for a volunteer potting day.. 27C this Sunday 10am -1.00pm.
Last week we familiarised ourselves with some of the world's most ancient plants in the Proteaceae family, this is the family of Banksia, Grevillea and Hakea (and others). Our local species of these genus' grow naturally on our Banksia sandplains around the Waggrakine area.
Last year I decided to breed some of our indigenous microbes that these plants rely to grow healthily. We are now adding them to our soil mix to help them prosper. We are really looking forward to see how they compare in growth and health to plants growing in standard soil mix.

Don't forget your hat and water. If you are bringing garden gloves they will need to be soft so you can feel through them. We have spare ones if you need them. If you are a new volunteer, please arrive at 10.00am so we can take the time to show and teach you how we do things.

Drylands Permaculture Nursery
333 David Road, Waggrakine
0458381628
Local plants, local people, local wisdom. ... See MoreSee Less

February 15th, 7:16 pm

Please join us this Sunday. It is nursery volunteer day...10.00am to 1.00pm. Wonderful weather 29C forecast.

This week we will be mainly potting on small native plants into bigger pots for this coming winter. You will also be able to see the work of the Drylands nursery team and our other volunteers who are raising seedlings from seed, many are popping up their head from the soil for the first time.

Last week we cleaned Desert kurrajong seed by removing them from their prickly casings for planting. We also crushed up several big emu poos which were full of Myoporum seeds. It is often difficult to get some seeds to germinate as they need an acid pretreatment which happens naturally in the stomach of birds. We can try and replicate this in a nursery environment with acid but it is much easier to find seed already processed. We planted these seeds directly into pots and before long they will leap into life.

Don't forget your hat and water. If you are bringing garden gloves they will need to be soft so you can feel through them. We have spare ones if you need them. If you are a new volunteer, please arrive at 10.00am so we can take the time to show and teach you how we do things.
Sunday - 10.00am to 1.00pm.

Drylands Permaculture Nursery
333 David Road, Waggrakine
0458381628
Local plants, local people, local wisdom. ... See MoreSee Less

February 8th, 2:30 pm