Busy Bees At Work At Harden Murrumburrah Community Garden

Eight people turned up for the working bee at Harden-Murrumburrah Community Garden on Wednesday, November 6.

Spokesperson for the Garden Rita O’Connor said they pulled out the last of the winter vegetables and replaced them with summer ones.

“We have planted four beds of different varieties of tomatoes so there should be lots of choice for summer,” Ms O’Connor said.

“We covered all the tomato beds with white mesh to discourage the white galahs from snapping off the stems.”

“We love people watering and pulling out some weeks.”

Ms O’Connor said they had a problem with baby slaters this year, particularly in the bed where the capsicums were planted and she asked visitors to the garden to keep an eye out for them.

“We’ve baited them and hope to make a dent in the numbers,” she said.

“If anyone is watering and notices activity with slaters please let someone know so we can attend to them.”

“There’s also a large variety of biting insects this year and we may lose the beans because of it.”

“We may have an early summer barbecue in the garden, but it hasn’t been decided yet.”

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