WH Recreation Ground - the City Council is listening

Recently the City of Hobart published a draft Management Plan and Lighting Plan for the West Hobart Oval.  We wrote about it here, and encouraged residents to think about the oval and to make submissions.

Council has considered the ideas that came in from the community and has recently released its revised Management Plan.  A number of changes have been made to the draft plan, so this exercise has demonstrated the usefulness of both Council consulting with locals and locals making the effort to get involved! 

WHEN is pleased that several of our suggestions have been accepted as useful by the Council.  Our accepted ideas were:

• installation of bike hoops (within sight of the oval) so that oval users can securely park their bikes while they're playing
• improved access for pedestrians and bike riders from the Hamilton St entrance, to increase safety for children walking and riding to the oval
• better access for both pedestrians and bike riders on a shared pathway between Hamilton St and Lansdowne Crescent
• encouraging use of the oval for community events.

We now look forward to seeing the implementation of the revised Management Plan and how well our ideas are considered and implemented.

September planting notes, 2016

Greg's planting notes for September are below. 

Oh joy! Spring!

And even more lovely - Eve's Garden is back. Every Sunday 10 - 4 at 14 Petty St, Elizabeth will be selling plants and seedlings for our Spring gardens and on Sunday 25 Sept she will be selling tomato plants too. She is busy potting them up right now. 

Happy gardening.

Margaret

SEPTEMBER	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4
Beetroot - not too many as often goes to seed in Summer	x	x	x	x
Shallots/Spring onions	x	x	x	x
Celeriac - keep damp 3 weeks plus for Autum/Winter	x	x	x	x
Tomatoes - punnet into ground - in greenhouse only			x	x
Capsicums - punnet into ground - in greenhouse only			x	x
Parsnip - keep damp for 3 weeks plus.	x	x	x	x
direct only for Autumn/Winter
Kohlrabi - earliest sowing date				x
Radish	x	x	x	x
Lettuce - Direct seeding and punnet to ground.	x	x	x	x
Into Punnets
Lettuce	x	x	x	x
Tomatoes - for outdoors, punnet to pots in propagator			x	x
Sweetcorn - pregerminate then sow direct				x
Zucchini - pregerminate, plant in pots in propagator	x	x	x	x
Leek	x	x	x	x

Great sustainable house ideas on show this Sunday

Yes, this Sunday is the annual Sustainable House Day, this is your big chance to check out other people's houses and good ideas!  You could pick up some cheap and easy fixes for your place.

Register at the site to get access to details of the houses that are available to visit. 

Some great houses on show include:

Glenorchy
Inner Urban Eco-Upgrade - see roof and underfloor insulation, double glazing, draught proofing, insulating the hot water cylinder, heat pump, rooftop solar PV...

Mountain River
New build - masses of solar PV, heavy insulation, passive solar design, heat pump HW system

Tolmans Hill
New build - passive solar, hillside building, high insulation, thermal mass, disability access throughout

Fern Tree
A passive solar build 20 years on, showing improvements added over time

Snug
New build - "An example of an energy-efficient home design which can be achieved for any new house build on a modest budget". Passive solar design, low e-films on windows...

Kettering
New build - fully self-sufficient for energy and water - wow!!!

Want to visit and write up your thoughts?  Please do, drop us a line!