Macarthur Centre for Sustainable Living

Why should we be making our own juices when we can simply go down to the store and buy them? Well the answer is simple the store brought juices are either watered down or pasteurised which takes away some of the nutritional value. Juicing is also a great way to get the nutrition that we may otherwise be missing out on because we either not eating enough of certain fruit and vegetable or we just don’t like them. We can hide the taste by mixing them we fruit and vegetables that we don’t like. We are also told that we should have a variety of foods from all the colour groups:

·        Red

·        Blue/purple

·        Green

·        White

·        Yellow/orange

This isn’t always possible, but if we make our own juices we can pack more colours into our day.

The best juices with the most nutrition will always come from the produce that you choose, to make quality juice you need to use quality produce. In other words fresh is always best and organic is even better.

On January 21st 2015 MCSL was host to around 500 children for a fun day out. The children had a ball playing on the 20 activities for the day.

After spending your time making a no-dig-garden or vegetable patch in your back yard the last thing you want is for your hard work to be eaten by something else. No one wants to come down to see their lettuce nibbled on by bugs. So what do we do? You could go down to the local garden centre or hardware store and by some chemical sprays, but the trouble with this is you don’t just get rid of the bad bugs. These sprays also kill off the good bugs in your garden; the ones that help pollinate or eat the bad bugs. It also means that the vegetables that you have grown to eat are covered in chemicals that you and your family put into your mouths. You could try using a home garlic and chilli spray, but there are other things that you can do that do not involve the use of chemicals. To learn more why not book into our FREE workshop

                   Controlling Good and Bad insects in your Garden

                                       January 31st, 10 am to 12 pm

          Booking is essential on 02 4647 9828 or on [email protected]

                         1 Mount Annan Drive, Mount Annan NSW

After having close to 500 kids at the centre for a big fun day out, some of the staff had a little fun after they left. If anyone is interested in coming to us for O.O.S.H excursion you can book at http://fundayout.com.au/project/sustainable-living/

Controlling Good and Bad insects in your Garden

Saturday 31st January 10am – 12pm

Garden to Table-Juicing and leftovers from juicing

Saturday 7th February 1pm – 4pm

No dig gardens and mulching

Saturday 14th February 10am – 12pm

Preparing for Autumn vegetable Gardens

Saturday 14th February 1pm - 3pm

Keeping chickens at home

Saturday 28th February 10am - 12pm

Worm farming and composting

Saturday 28th February 1pm – 3pm

Garden to Table – summer salads and stir fries

Saturday 28th February 1pm – 4pm

Simple and easy native gardening

Saturday 14th March 10am – 12pm

Garden to Table- Sushi Making

Saturday 14th March 1pm – 4pm

Green cleaning

Saturday 28th March 10am – 12pm

Creating your own balcony or vertical Herb Garden

Saturday 28th March 1pm – 3pm

Garden to Table – preserving

Saturday 28th March 1pm – 4pm

School holiday workshop – Pots for Tots kids’ vegetable gardens

Tuesday 14th April 10am – 12pm

No dig gardens and mulching

Saturday 16th May 10am – 12pm

Preparing for a Winter Vegetable Garden

Saturday 16th May 1pm – 3pm

Garden to Table Microwave cooking

Saturday 16th May 1pm – 4pm

Feeding Your Family from your back yard

Saturday 13th June 10am – 12pm

Using Herbs and Edible Weeds from your Garden

Saturday 13th June 1pm – 3pm

Garden to Table – slow food cooking

Saturday 13th June 1pm – 4pm

Worm farming and composting

Saturday 11th July 10am – 12pm

Garden to Table – preserving