Cuttings - Sustainable Gardening Australia Newsletter     Sustainable Gardening Australia Newsletter, Edition 81: December 2009 / January 2010 Give the gift that gives twice Stuck for a gift for the gardener who has everything? Be the most popular person at your party this festive season by giving a gift that keeps on giving! By signing up a loved one as an annual supporter of SGA, or making a donation on their behalf, you are not only putting a smile on their dial, you are also helping SGA continue our important, planet-saving work! There are loads of different supporter options to suit every back pocket, and every cent means the world to us AND means a better world for future generations. By supporting or donating to SGA this festive season, you allow our not-for-profit, non-government organisation to continue our important work (and you help rid the world of unwanted gifts and unnecessary wrapping paper!). www.sgaonline.org.au/festive2.html Get Festive with Great Green Gifts! If the silly season has you stuck for gift ideas, SGA has the answer!  We are proud to introduce you to our amazing range of SGA Gift Packs and products, perfect pressies for the gardener in your life! All of these can be purchased at our safe and secure online shop, and will be landing under your tree in plenty of time for Christmas. www.sgaonline.org.au/festive1.html Beautiful Butterfly Gardening in the ‘Burbs Australia is home to an astonishing 400 different species of butterfly, and, while a large number of these fluttery little fellows live in the tropics, every garden in this wide brown land could play host to a family of flutterbys! www.sgaonline.org.au/info_butterflies.html The Renters Guide to Sustainable Gardening - Part II Water is one of the hottest topics about at the moment, with massive chunks of this wide brown land under serious drought and faced with water restrictions.  So, what’s the go with H2O in our little rented patch of paradise?  This month we look at all things water; how to catch it, save it and use it without blowing the budget, beer money or bond! www.sgaonline.org.au/info_renters2.html Capsicums and Chillies – Sweet and Hot Feelin’ Hot, Hot, Hot this summer? Well, salsa out into your Yummy Yard and get into some capsicums and chillies... ole’! They’re fun, easy... and make top great Chrissie gifts in pots, so get growing! www.sgaonline.org.au/yy_capsicum.html European Earwigs – Getting Wiggy With It! They’re beautiful, brown, burrow, have big appetites and definitely DON’T crawl into ears. They’re European Earwigs, and they’re everywhere at the moment. Get to know these garden munchers here. www.sgaonline.org.au/info_earwigs.html December in your Patch It’s beginning to look a lot like... holidays! Time to get into the patch for some serious gardening, gallivanting and good times!  We want you to get festive in your backyard this month so, wherever you are in Australia, here’s what to do for the month of December! www.sgaonline.org.au/info_inyourpatch_december.html Yummy Yards Kits - Find Your Local Stockist Spring is the perfect time to pop in that vegie patch you’ve always wanted!  Don’t know where to start?  These fantastic certified SGA garden centres are currently stocking the Yummy Yards garden kits. Give them a call or drop in - we know you'll be impressed! Oh, and stay tuned there are more garden centres joining daily! www.sgaonline.org.au/yummyyardsstockists.html Shop til you drop... in the comfort of your own home! Sustainable Gardening Australia is proud to announce that we have boldly leapt into the 21st century with the launch of our very own ONLINE SHOP! There are a range of products available, including our enormously popular Yummy Yards book and our fantastic SGA Companion Planting Chart, with more SGA items being added weekly. Our secure online payment system (thanks NA and prompt shipping service (thanks Helen) mean that the SGA Online Shop is the place to be for all your sustainable gardening purchases. Check it out today... http://sgaonline.cart.net.au/ Become an SGA Champion of Change... make a difference today! People are becoming increasingly concerned about climate change and the state of our planet. But what to do to make a difference? By gardening sustainably we can all make a positive contribution to the health of our planet. Signing up as an SGA Champion of Change can have an immediate and lasting impact on our environmental footprint. With your help we can influence government to adopt more sustainable practices in your community. Read all about it and register online at www.sgaonline.org.au/champions.html Talk it up! Got a gardening question you need answered?  Want to connect with other gardeners in your neck of the woods? Want to have a yarn about the bigger issues, share some photos, and make some new friends?  Well, SGA has just the thing! Check out our online discussion forum, with hundreds of members just itching to have a chat and discuss your (gardening) problems.  So go on, what are you waiting for... get chatting at www.sgaonline.org.au/phpbb/ PLEASE - TELL YOUR FRIENDS! We now have over 10,000 subscribers to Cuttings, but we'd like a lot more. So please spread the word - Cuttings is free and there are no strings attached! www.sgaonline.org.au/spreadtheword.html DIARY DATES For all event & workshop information go to  http://www.sgaonline.org.au/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=18. To advertise a gardening event for free, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it CERTIFIED SUSTAINABLE GARDEN CENTRES For a full list of SGA Certified Garden Centres visit www.sgaonline.org.au/certifiedgardencentres.html SGA is a Carbon Neutral Organisation Transport is one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in Australia (Australian Greenhouse Office). Research has shown that trees, over time, absorb carbon dioxide emissions. SGA staff record their fuel consumption each year and plant the equivalent number of indigenous plants to offset those emissions. To find out how many trees you need to plant check out the Carbon Neutral Program Calculator at www.carbonneutral.com.au. 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