We had six people at preserves this week.

We made beetroot relish and had a lovely chat … and coffee and a bikkie while we waited for the relish to cook and thicken.

And … imagine … we could all stand around the kitchen bench to chop And grate. Amazing!

Our jams and preserves group meets on the third Tuesday of the month from 1-3pm. Our next session will be on Tuesday 18 June. We’re thinking about onion jam and marmalade, preserved lemons 🍋 or maybe drying some citrus … 🍊 so, if you have any excess oranges, lemons, cumquats etc. in your garden we’d love to make use of them! Just drop them into the office. Thanks.

And of course … you’re welcome to join in. Let us know you’re interested and we’ll add you to the What’s App group.

What is the key to friendship?

Add your thoughts to a key tag on our fence this week.

We love quirky community art experiences … and creating opportunities for casual community interactions.

We are so grateful for the support of the local community.

And we love donations … but we do ask for you to check in with us that we need them first - just give us a call 📞 or drop them off when we are on site for a chat, 9am-3.30pm Monday to Friday.

At the moment we’re very keen on:

• stocking our mini op shop - so if you have a few quality household items looking for a new home, think of us!

• plants - we’ve got some new beds to plant out so if you are refreshing your garden for autumn think of us! We like usable things … herbs, small fruit trees, lovely cut flowers, hardy low maintenance things that will survive a lack of love over summer etc.

• 8ply+ wool for our knitters.

Looking forward to seeing you soon. And thanks.

Coming up on the weekend … don’t forget! A great Mothers Day experience. Yummy food supporting a fabulous group of women who do so much for our local community.

We always love a primary school fair. How exciting (a what a great sign!). Add this to your diary!