Charlie's Patch

08/12/2023

It’s beginning to feel like summer now! ☀️🌿

Harvesting bowls of cherry tomatoes, boysenberries, cape gooseberries and zucchinis too! 🍅

This is my favourite time in the garden because you’re almost guaranteed to come back with a harvest or snack of some kind with every trip to the patch 🧑🏽‍🌾

Plenty of zucchinis and bigger tomatoes growing and an abundance of boysenberries still to come 😍

It’s only taken me a few years, but I’ve finally remembered to start heading to the garden with a bowl or basket of some sort 😂🙌🏼

02/10/2023

Big harvest of chillies today! 🌶️

These chillies are mostly manzano chillies which have been going gangbusters over the last few years, even producing through winter 🙌🏼

The plant is absolutely covered in flowers too, so won’t be long until we’re harvesting more 😍

These chillies can be 6x spicier than jalapeños so I’m thinking another fermented chilli sauce will be the way to go with these!🫙🥵

28/09/2023

This morning I built a structure to try Florida weave trellising for my tomato season! 🍅

I was keen to try something new this season, so I thought I would utilise my PVC pipes and joiners to create the framework to trellis my tomatoes as we approach the warmer weather ☀️

It was super easy to assemble, so much so I may do something similar for my cucumbers too 🥒
I’ll put a video up tomorrow 🙌🏼

16/09/2023

Another BIG day in the patch today! ➡️

After weeding the entire patch after lots of neglect (whoops 🤦🏽‍♂️) I was able to fertilise and prepare the soil, plus even got my tomatoes in! 🍅

I also mulched with some organic sugar cane mulch, but will need to grab some more as I didn’t quite have enough

It feels so good to have accomplished as much as I did today, with plenty more grand plans inbound 🤩

11/09/2023

Joining the Charlie’s Patch school holiday programs: Make Your Own Enchanted Terrarium!🧚🌳

These workshops will be run on Wednesday, October 4 between 10:00-12:30 at Carrick Hill. This is sure to book out so make sure you secure a spot with the link below!

If you have any questions or would like to book Charlie’s Patch workshops for your own events, contact Charlie [email protected] 💚

Join Charlie's Patch for a 1-hour workshop making your own take home enchanted terrarium. Part of Nature Festival SA (1-15 Oct 2023)

11/09/2023

School holiday programs with Charlie’s Patch are back! 😍

Seed planting workshops at Carrick Hill will be running on Monday October 2 between 10:00 and 12:30. Limited spots available, book with the link below 💚

https://www.naturefestival.org.au/event/children-s-workshop-seed-planting-with-charlie-zammit

Email [email protected] for any enquiries 🫶🏼

Join Charlie Zammit from Charlie's Patch for a fun 1-hour seed planting workshop with take home item. Suitable for ages 5 - 11 Part of Nature Festival SA (1-15 Oct 2023)

12/05/2023

Very excited to be able to get a moment to forage my very first porcini mushrooms whilst on a school camp for work this week!

Found some other stunners too along the way, spitting different types of mushrooms was a great way to engage (or distract) the students whilst we hiked through the beautiful Kuitpo Forest with rucksacks and tents! 🍄🏕️