Wednesday 11th November was a lovely evening to be learning about seed propagation with Alison Elvin and Kath McGuirk at the Yass Landcare Community Nursery.
Participants learnt about seed collecting, cleaning and storage from Alison before getting their hands dirty and sowing seed. Kath also taught everyone about how to thin crowded seedlings and clean out moss and liverwort that interferes with seedling growth. Some of the plants sown last night will be planted as part of autumn 2021 Climate Wise community plantings.
This was the second propagation workshop, part of the Climate Wise Plating Project which is focusing on plants that will be able to survive and thrive with the climate changes that we expect in the Yass area. Climate Wise Planting is one component of the Let’s Try It Project initiated by the Bowning/Bookham Landcare Group. Another component is ‘community conversations’ – talking about what’s happening to our local climate, ways we can respond and deciding where and how we (as individuals, groups and communities) can make a difference. The other hands-on components of the Let’s Try It Project are focused on improving soils and improving pasture management in order to capture carbon and have resilient production systems.
The Let's Try It Project is funded and supported by NSW Government, South East Local Land Services, Yass Valley Council, and Yass Area Network of Landcare Groups.
