Maitland Urban Farm

06/11/2024

Come and see us tomorrow at the Earth Market Maitland at the Maitland Levee. We will have delicious/homegrown cabbages, cucumbers, beans, mint, parsley and sage. See you there from 8:30 Mummel Road Helen Hughes

16/10/2024

Everyone needs one!

Mummel Road Earth Market Maitland

03/09/2024

Check out this handy growing guide from the team at Earth Market Maitland Slow Food Hunter Valley. Get growing!

We hope you find this list of September planting and gardening tasks useful. We are in the first month of spring and it's time to get started on growing summer crops!

Direct sow in the ground:
🌱 Amaranth
🌱 Carrots
🌱 Chives
🌱 Cucumber
🌱 Ginger
🌱 Lettuce (iceburg/cos)
🌱 Parsnip
🌱 Pea
🌱 Potato
🌱 Pumpkin
🌱 Radish
🌱 Rocket
🌱 Silverbeet
🌱 Snow Pea
🌱 Spring Onion
🌱 Sweet Corn
🌱 Turnip

Plant in seed trays:
🌱 Basil
🌱 Cabbage
🌱 Capsicum
🌱 Chilli
🌱 Celery
🌱 Eggplant
🌱 Leek
🌱 Mint
🌱 Tomato
🌱 Zucchini

See our tips for growing from seed https://www.facebook.com/SlowFoodHunterValley/posts/2911739518912237

At this time of year, some plants are best started by raising seeds indoor or in a green house. See our tips on raising summer while it is still coolish: https://www.facebook.com/SlowFoodHunterValley/posts/4291669990919176

Savour Soil Permaculture has provided a September garden to do list, which serves as a reminder on what garden tasks to tackle right now:
🍂 Apply compost to your gardens
🍂 Make compost
🍂 Apply organic rich mulches to heavy feeders
🍂 Divide suckering evergreen shrubs
🍂 Plant out new flower seedlings and give a deep water
🍂 Lightly dig over and manure empty garden beds
🍂 Foliar feed the orchard and potager
🍂 Side dress vegetables with compost
🍂 Trim back leggy looking herbs. Dry these cuttings for latter use
🍂 Cut established asparagus
🍂 Sow seeds
🍂 Check over orchard for pests and possible disease
🍂 Plant out your citrus and tamarillo
🍂 Mulch fruit trees

Happy gardening!

26/05/2024

How good is autumn! We are so lucky to live somewhere cool enough to capture every change of season. This tree is in our front garden and it gives me endless joy to look at it during autumn.

19/05/2024

We were so sad to see our bees taken away last year to ensure the safety of bees across Australia. Thanks for sharing this post Earth Market Maitland

SEEDLING GIVEAWAY 🐝🍯 Head along to any of our four libraries from 9.30am Monday 20 May to pick up FREE native seedlings during World Bee Day.

You'll need to provide proof of Maitland LGA residence to collect up to six native seedlings for your backyard or garden 🌿🌱 Get in quick before they're all gone.

Bonus fun fact: Did you know Australia is home to around 2,000 species of native bee? That's un-bee-liveable!

19/05/2024

The cooler weather brings with it my favourite growing season! The contrasting colours and crisp taste of winter fruit and veggies make me so happy!

16/05/2024

How good are winter vegetables! Check out this cute baby that is growing nicely in preparation for the upcoming on the 6th June!

16/05/2024

What a great day it was today! Brilliant turn out. Thanks Earth Market Maitland