Ride 2 Work Day, Wednesday 15 October

Ride2Work Day is fast approaching.  Ride2Work Day is Australia's Biggest National Riding Program,  encouraging people to contemplate, prepare for and try out riding to work, then to maintain that behaviour after the event. 

Ride2Work has seen a dramatic increase in the number of people choosing to ride to work, with an amazing 60 percent of new riders registered in 2013 still riding to work when they were surveyed five months after Ride2Work Day.

To get you motivated there will be a community bicycle breakfast before work with a spread of little breakfast tasters, tea and coffee and newspapers.

Hobart: The free Ride2Work Day Community Breakfast will be held at Mawsons Place between 6:30am-8:30am, with food provided by Bakers Delight, Australian Bananas, and cafe coffee by Shoebox Cafe. 

To register for Ride2Work Day via Bicycle Network (registering will help you prepare for your ride and put you in the draw to win a great selection of prizes), click here: https://www.bicyclenetwork.com.au/general/programs/178/ 

Here is the Facebook event if you would like to "join" there and see if any of your friends are going: Hobart event.

If you would like some tips on how to get started, visit: www.startriding.com.au, or if you have a specific enquiry, drop a line to Bicycle Tasmania on info@biketas.org.au.

October's gardening notes

Sorry, hope these notes are not too late for your early October gardening energies!

And don't forget that Eve's Garden is open every Sunday now.  Her vegie and flower seedlings are just beautiful.  14 Petty St, West Hobart.

OCTOBER	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4
Beetroot - large direct sowing for winter Feb to Oct.				x
Carrot - large direct sowing for winter Feb to Oct.				x
Shallots/Spring onions	x	x	x	x
Sweetcorn - pregerminate then sow direct	x	x	x	x
Lettuce - Direct seeding and punnet to ground.	x	x	x	x
Runner Beans		x	x	x
French Bush Beans				x
Kohlrabi	x	x	x	x
Tomatoes - outdoors punnet to ground				x
Zucchini- pots to ground. Put juice bottle over plants		x	x	x
Cucumbers				x
- pregerminate then plant in glasshouse in protected area
Radish	x	x	x	x
Punnets
Lettuce	x	x	x	x
Basil	x	x
Leeks - for harvesting Feb to October. Plant a lot.	x	x	x
Zucchini - pregerminate and plant in pots in propagator.	x	x	x	x

Natureland in West Hobart!

Goulburn Street Primary School is inviting interested residents to the opening of the outdoor learning area:

                                                    NATURELAND

                         A place to learn and a place to explore for the whole community.

                          Saturday, 1^st November at 10 am.    RSVP:  Friday 17^th October

                                                       

                           to 62341884 or Goulburn.street.primary@education.tas.gov.au

The opening will be followed by a Village Green FAIR,    all welcome,   from 10.30 am till 2.30 pm.

Sounds fantastic!

WHEN's new Gardening Friends Group

A gardening group is a great way to connect with others in the community, improve your gardening skills and knowledge and perhaps even grow more food at home!

Those interested in the possibility of starting up a new gardening group are invited for coffee and tea to meet each other and discuss the idea at 3.30pm on Saturday 11th October.  Please contact trinehooper@live.com for address details if you are interested in attending.  

All welcome.