Don’t eat this turkey rhubarb!

Last month I was digging up turkey rhubarb (Acetosa sagittata) on my place. It is an evil vine that can cover your whole garden, including trees, if allowed to spread. To remove it, you need to follow the roots and remove the underground tubers. These can be about the size of a ping pong ball, […]

Biodynamic Farm at Warrah Society

Warrah Biodynamic Farm recently hosted Warrah’s annual Harvest Festival. About 80 guests, including Warrah’s clients, School students, staff and visitors, gathered in the autumn sun for musical performances and hearty organic soup. On the Farm we welcome the cooler weather and a decent drop of rain, finally! Crops in the ground include beetroot, broad beans, […]

Bromeliad Society of Australia

The Bromeliad Society of Australia will hold their next meeting at the Federation Pavilion, Castle Hill Showground on Saturday, 9 June with plant sales commencing at 11am prior to the meeting. Access is via the new Showground entrance off Showground Road into Doran Drive, Castle Hill with plenty of parking on site. Guest speaker, Judy […]

DO YOU HAVE A BOUNTIFUL GARDEN?

Galston the venue for internationally acclaimed floral designers in May. 7th May 2018 How do you use the flowers from your own garden to showcase your home? Which are the best flowers to use for a special event? These questions and more will be answered during demonstrations and workshops as part of the NSW Floral […]

Galston High School Goes from Strength to Strength

Congratulations to the Principal, Teachers and staff at Galston High School for receiving yet another accolade from the Department of Education. Their 2017 NAPLAN results show Galston High School as one of the ‘most substantially improved schools in the state in 2017′. This follows on from their remarkable HSC results where they were named by […]

Friends of Fagan Park

Our Open day on ANZAC Day, Wednesday, 25th April, will be behind us when you read this. We are of course looking forward to a successful day, with plenty of traditional home made ANZAC biscuits consumed. As I write this, repairs to our McDonald diesel roller have been completed successfully, and the old girl is […]

Hawks Fly on Grand Final Day

Hills Hawks Softball Club has finished off the 2017/18 season on a high, with 5 out of 5 teams winning their respective grand finals. The day began with our Modball B team, the GladiatorHawks, taking out the Mod B Major Championship, whilst our Modball A team, the MegaHawks fought hard against the Hornsby Wildcats to […]

There’s an APP for That…

Love my food and wine Vivino is one of my go to apps when I need to know about a particular wine. It is a bit like the Tripadvisor of wines. You take a photo of the label of the bottle and then you can access ratings, reviews and pricing. This is extremely useful if […]

The Village, Glenorie

Azure Property Agents are delighted to be appointed as the sales and leasing agents of this exceptional new residential and retail development for The Village Glenorie together with developer Tazcol Pty Ltd, construction of this exciting new project will be commencing soon. There are only 20 beautifully appointed apartments at The Village Glenorie that will […]

Bakery Trying to Cement a Deal

Glenorie Bakery proprietor Rob Pirina has called in one of the big guns to help lock in a Queensland opponent to take on his team in this year’s Pie of Origin charity challenge. After being rejected by several Queensland bakeries, it was time to unleash his secret weapon in former Origin firebrand Mark Geyer, who […]