Unfortunately, Helen was badly bitten by a dog last week and had to spend a couple of days in hospital following the operation. We wish her a speedy recovery.
Twenty-two members and three children came on Sunday. We picked more snake beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, Thai and sweet basil, sorrel, parsley, French tarragon, purslane, Warrigal greens, okra, eggplant, rocket, land cress, chillies, some bok choy and green onions.
We sowed parsley and cosmos in the ends of beds. We also sowed radish ‘Cherry Belle’, beetroot ‘Early Wonder’ and ‘Detroit’, carrots ‘Baby Amsterdam’, perpetual spinach, coriander ‘Eureka’, onions ‘Evergreen Bunching’ and ‘Welsh Deep Purple’.
A common weed in our garden is Solanum nigrum, known as Blackberry Nightshade. It belongs to the Solanaceae or Nightshade family of toxic plants. Its leaves and green berries are particularly toxic.
(https://www.une.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/305471/une-weeds-blackberry-nightshade.pdf) Puvan brought us some dried mature berries (Manathakkali vathal, in Tamil), which are used in Indian cooking and reputed to have health benefits.
St Helen's Community Garden 