Links about growing your own food

Here is a small but growing list of links to Seed companies within Australia, plus information on growing food in your backyard. More will be added here as we come across them and time permits.

If you find a broken link, please let us know (info@fig.org.au); also, if you come across a great site, please let us know so we can include that for fellow Figgies...

Seed companies, growing guides, etc:

Cornucopia Seeds - http://www.cornucopiaseeds.com.au/

Diggers Club - seeds, plants and growing information - http://www.diggers.com.au/

Eden Seeds and planting guide - http://www.edenseeds.com.au/content/planting.asp

Gardenate - seasonal planting guides - http://www.gardenate.com/

Green Harvest - seeds and growing information - http://www.greenharvest.com.au/

Greenpatch Organic Seeds - http://www.greenpatchseeds.com.au/index.html

Organic seedlings - from Delightfully Fresh Organics, "the local business"

http://www.organicherbsandseedlings.com.au/

Seed Savers Network - http://www.seedsavers.net/

Select Organic - http://www.selectorganic.com.au/

The Lost Seed Company - http://www.thelostseed.com.au/

Articles and information on growing food:

Food Gardening for Beginners

http://scarecrowsgarden.blogspot.com/p/food-gardening-for-beginners.html

Gardening Australia ABC TV

http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/default.htm

Organic Gardening by Lyn Bagnall - http://aussieorganicgardening.com/

How does FIG work?

FIG is a community run, not-for profit group operating a weekly food box system on the Central Coast, NSW. Co-op members order and pay one week in advance (or more) and collect on Mondays from Ourimbah.

The produce is certified organic or Biodynamic, with a small percentage of some chemical free items as well. The next priority is to source produce as locally grown as possible and support the local farmers.

The co-op is run by volunteers comprising of a management committee and general members, who share in the setting up and packing away, ordering, weighing & bagging up of vegies, being a cashier assistant, and lots of little jobs in between.

An extras table is set up where garlic, honey, Biodynamic olives and oils are available, along with additional fresh produce.

We operate the co-op of a Monday all throughout the year (except for a couple of weeks over Christmas and New Year), at the Ourimbah Scout Hall, Ourimbah Creek Road, Ourimbah; it's just behind the Metro service station at the intersection of Ourimbah Creek Road and Pacific Highway.

The hours are 2.00pm until 5.00pm. When Monday is a public holiday, we operate on Tuesday of that week instead.

To contact FIG, the phone number is 04166 47715 and the email address is info@fig.org.au. More information is available at fig.org.au.

Come along for a visit and you may order a food box for the following week, or email us if you would like to have some further information.

We hope to see you soon at FIG... :)

FIG - Organic food co-op

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