Permaculture Sydney North upcoming events

Hornsby Local Group - Keeping Chooks! (27 Feb 2021)

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:00:00 GMT

Keeping Chooks!

Calling all chicken whisperers.

How do you keep your feathered friends happy?

A look at Mike's set up, routines, how he is trying to integrate them into composting and a chance to compare notes. Loads of information if you plan to keep chooks in the future.

We will make time for a garden tour and a cuppa. Tea and coffee provided.

The event is limited to 15 people from Hornsby Local Group. COVID rules apply.

Please bring a hat, drink bottle, snack and boots you don't mind getting chicken poo on.

Seeds Saving (28 Feb 2021)

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 03:00:00 GMT

Join us at Matt & Katerina's home in Mt Colah for our first 2021 monthly Seed Savers gathering!

PSN has its own seed library, and we need members to grow crops and save some seeds from strong healthy plants to add to the library, so the library is full of fresh seeds that we know grow well locally.

Come along to meetings to help collect, clean, and package seeds. Bring some of your own to add to the library and take something you are keen to grow. Want to know more? We have The Seed Saver Handbook in our PSN library in Lindfield.

This year we'll be rotating the monthly Seed Savers meetings around the different local group areas so that there's a local event for everyone. Of course you are welcome to travel to others if you want to!

Tea and coffee is provided, but bring a plate to share. COVID safe rules apply.

Address provided on registration.

Pete Pezzolesi, Seed Savers & Permabees
0412 817 605

Ku-ring-gai group only Garden tour (07 Mar 2021)

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 23:00:00 GMT

Garden Tour in Mt Colah for Ku-ring-gai local group

Sunday 7th March 2021

Come and see a productive permaculture garden in Mt Colah.

Mike will take us on a tour of his garden and explain how , why and what, and answer your questions.

This is just the Ku-ring-gai Local Group. It will be particularly valuable for newcomers to permaculture.

Bring a bite to eat and we will do a picnic in some nearby green spot. (weather permitting)

You will have to register because there is a limit of 12 people When you register you will get an email giving you the address.

Any problems contact me. on devans91eton@gmail.com or 94161896

Di Evans

Dumpling Workshop / Living Slills (20 Mar 2021)

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 03:00:00 GMT

DUMPLING WORKSHOP

Saturday 20th March

2pm to 4pm

Join the Living Skills team in an exciting workshop.

Tong Chen will take us on a journey making dumplings from scratch. You will have hands on experience in preparing, making and cooking dumplings.

She will be using fresh, seasonal, organic produce and creating a feast that will not only satisfy your taste buds but nourish the soul.

Bring an apron and, if you wish, your favorite rolling pin and chopping board.

Bring a reusable container for any leftovers to take home.

COVID safe rules will be in place.

Adventures in Cooking (11 Apr 2021)

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 04:00:00 GMT

ADVENTURES IN COOKING

Sunday, 11th April 2121 - 2.00 pm

Ku-ring-gai Local Group offers its first event for the year, open to all PSN members.

This will be just a sharing of knowledge, no presenter, no power-point.

It’s a meeting for those who can make or want to share and eat something adventurous and different and (optionally) healthy. The idea is that we will each bring something interesting, possibly from our own culture, or an old family recipe or something you have invented using “good weeds” (weeds that are edible and healthy but not eaten by the majority of people), or something you have grown at home or anything else you can talk briefly about.

If you don’t like cooking, it could be made by someone else, or bought.

As we sample the food, whoever brought it can tell us about it, origins, health benefits, traditional uses in healing etc.

Really, it’s just a chat session about food from which we can all learn

Tea coffee, herbal tea provided.

Because of Covid a limit of 8 must apply.

Please register

Di Evans - devans2@optusnet.com.au

94161896 0408253490

Hand Sewing for Making and Mending (17 Apr 2021)

Sat, 17 Apr 2021 04:00:00 GMT

HAND SEWING

FOR

MAKING AND MENDING

Saturday 17th April at Mt Colah

Learning how to use a needle and thread is a valuable life skill than can save you money, save your clothes and reduce your impact on the environment. Re-purpose, re-cycle, re-use....

Come and join us for a workshop run by Katerina, where you will learn practical skills, such as sewing a hem, buttons and mending clothes. You will also be shown how to visibly mend worn spots in clothing with creative stitching.

There is no machine sewing involved, only what can be done by hand.

You will learn about different hand sewn stitches, how to sew them and which technique works best for different purposes. You will be shown different needles, materials, a variety of threads and their qualities.

Bring something you wish to mend (with matching threads) and you can work on it with guidance.

Enjoy a relaxing afternoon, in a lovely permaculture garden, with good company and, most importantly, learn a very rewarding skill.

COVID safe rules will apply.

Please only register if you will be attending as numbers are limited to 10.