The Tucker Garden Patch
Welcome to our Garden....
The Tucker Garden Patch is an initiative of The Gloucester Project (TGP), and is located Cnr Fairbairns Rd & The Bucketts Way, Gloucester, NSW, Australia. The Gloucester Project is setting up support systems to promote Gloucester’s position as a major food growing area. A regular growers’ market commenced in February 2010, giving local growers the opportunity of having their own stall or selling small surpluses through the community stall. To do this we need to help land owners and residents to increase production of vegetables, fruit and meat products. See More.......
BREAKING NEWS
Birthday Celebrations
September 19 12 - 2 pm at the Patch. Join with the Friends of the TGP to celebrate our first birthday. This is an informal gathering. Stewart the Rabbit will be honouring us with his presence. BYO food, drinks, chairs. NB There are no amenities (ie NO toilets, water or power are available). Special parking arrangements will be in place to minimize disruption to neighbours.
NEWS
21st August
Birds and Bees workshop
Thursday 2nd September. See the Events page for details.
The Berry Growing Project
A berry growing workshop was conducted on 1st August for backyard and larger growers. For more details and files to download see
the Berry Page.
the Berry Page.
The Outdoor Oven Project and Mogens!!!!!
Outdoor Oven
Under the guidance of our magnificent oven maker, enthusiastic workshop participants completed the oven dome in half the anticipated time! View the progress they made on the Outdoor Oven Project Page.
For previous News items see News Archives Page
Farmers Market
Tucker Patch produce on sale at the community stall.
Watch this Space
Coming in the Future:
- The Babbler Page
- Open Air Gallery Page
- The Babbler Page
- Open Air Gallery Page
WHAT'S COMING UP?
Important Dates, Workshops
Working Bee at the Tucker Patch
Tuesdays: 11am – 4pm
Sundays: 3pm – 5pm
Our priority at the moment is preparing and planting for Spring crops.
HELP WANTED
Sunday 11th July - Planting Fun at the Patch
Here are some photos taken today at the Patch. We were planting some potatoes that had started sprouting.
Recipe: Plonk potatoes on top of previous “volunteer garden”.
Add soil improver (donated by Landcare), compost (made at the patch) and chook manure (donated by John Sergeant.
Add a woolly blanket of wool (donated).
Cover with rich garden soil.
Pile on a thick layer of mulch.
Although it is winter and more frosts are still to be expected, we decided to plant the potatoes that were sprouting strongly. We are hoping that the wool and thick mulch covering will protect them from frosts. If they don’t survive the winter, we will still have a richly prepared garden bed to plant something else come spring.
Recipe: Plonk potatoes on top of previous “volunteer garden”.
Add soil improver (donated by Landcare), compost (made at the patch) and chook manure (donated by John Sergeant.
Add a woolly blanket of wool (donated).
Cover with rich garden soil.
Pile on a thick layer of mulch.
Although it is winter and more frosts are still to be expected, we decided to plant the potatoes that were sprouting strongly. We are hoping that the wool and thick mulch covering will protect them from frosts. If they don’t survive the winter, we will still have a richly prepared garden bed to plant something else come spring.
