This is a list of Australian seed sources, all of these businesses provide some locally grown seed as a minimum; some franchise the growing of some seed and some will import seed to expand their offerings.

The Veg Action group are kickstarting 2021 with a celebration of zucchini at their Zucchini Harvest Brunch. All are invited, but numbers are limited so RSVP now.

In this month’s edition, you will find a planting and sowing guide for our area and ways to manage slugs and other garden pests and our beloved cockies!

Looking for a Christmas meal that is light, inclusive, delicious and more sustainable? Here are a few ideas to get you started.

Veg Action and Cobaw Health, with the help of Tara Murphy, a student on placement from Deakin University, are developing a directory to connect consumers with their local fruit, veg, nut and legume growers. You can help by nominating your favourite grower and go in the draw to win!

Broad beans are a fabulously easy plant to grow in the Ranges, producing copious beans for many delicious dishes. Annie Reeve and Lucy Campbell give the low down on how to grow and eat the plant as part of their weekly Harvest to Table series.

Annie Reeves from the Permaculture Garden and Lucy Campbell from Veg Action share some insights into how to grow rhubarb in the Macedon Ranges, and some of the best ways to eat it.

Once again Lucy Campbell from Veg Action and Annie Reeve from the Woodend community garden have us drooling over delicious food and confident we can grow it. This week taking inspiration from Fabulous Fennel.

In this short blog, Annie Reeve from the permaculture garden shares tips on growing artichokes, a dramatic garden plant which is also a delicious addition to any diet.

Are asparagus tips popping up in your garden? Annie Reeves from the Woodend permaculture garden and Lucy Campbell from Veg Action share their joy for (and knowledge of) growing and cooking asparagus.

Beetroot is such a fabulous vegetable; seriously easy to grow, versatile and tasty. Here Annie Reeves from the Woodend permaculture garden and Lucy Campbell from Veg Action explore growing and eating the delicious plant; leaves and all.

In the second instalment of the ‘From garden to table’ series, Annie Reeve (Woodend Permaculture Garden) and Lucy Campbell (Veg Action) talk about growing and eating the delicious broccoli.

Someone once told me when I had just moved to Woodend that, “tomatoes are a Melbourne thing”. Yet, I wasn’t deterred. Like many other home gardeners from Hobart to Darwin, I set myself a personal quest to get the most out of my tomato plants, in spite of the unpromising climate.

Let's take this stressful situation and turn into an opportunity to reset, get back to the basics and create some lasting healthy eating habits that are good for us, other animals and the earth. How do we get started, you ask? Well….

Sowing seed for the vegetable garden in April chiefly is limited to Broad Beans, Smooth Coated Shelling Peas, Summer Leeks, Greens for the Greenhouse and Bulbing Onions.

I don’t need to tell you, Novel Coronavirus is changing the way we live and plan. There are no food shortages in Australia but we have endured distribution failures due to fear and panic which has led to food and other staples being bought up in greater than usual quantities. This has made us face the question of our food security seriously as individuals and a country for what for many of us is the first time.

Need some inspiration to help you eat more veg more often?

In this blog post, MRSG’s president (David) and MRSG’s permaculture garden group’s leader (Sara) share their perfect veg staple: pizza from the garden.