Inspiration takes many forms, but a thriving backyard ecosystem like Happy Earth has got to be pretty high up on our list. Ali + Rich have created this edible suburban oasis over the last 8 years, on a sloping block in Unanderra, just south of Wollongong in NSW. We first visited them 3 years ago, but…
When a place calls itself a ‘climate change farm’ you would suspect that it’s first book is likely to contain more than recipes for home-made pasta and tips for starting seedlings. And you would be right! With a subtle twist of the telling, A Year at Otter Farm somehow folds resilience into seasonality into food into small-holding futures. And all with…
Recently, Dr Vandana Shiva spoke in Sydney to a packed auditorium. She spoke of the essence of life, and of war, and of ensuring the future of humanity through the freedom of the seed. Her words touched many of us deeply. Dr Shiva then went on to hold working groups with seed activists and permaculturalists, as well…
The whole plant, and nothing but the plant – a great way to ripen green tomatoes for future eatery – hang ’em up! There comes a time in every Autumn when the tomato plants need to come out, and with them, all the tomatoes that aren’t yet ripe. Maybe its because the first frost is about…
It’s fab, it’s new, and the honey flows straight into the jar. It’s so easy. But then, powdered instant potato is easy, too. Does that make it a good idea? Despite my mission to focus on positivistic messages of change, at Milkwood we’ve got a charter of calling it like we see it. And to call yet…
How do we actually design + implement a secure future for our communities? One that’s resilient, regenerative, positive, healthy and inter-connected. It’s a big question, and one that comes up (multiple times a day) at our Permaculture Design Courses, where a group of students from all over the world are grappling with this very challenge.…
You know how it is – in the middle of Summer, both culinary + medicinal herbs are everywhere – there’s so many that you forget to see them. And then, before I know it, it’s Autumn, with the cold weather closing in – and we’re coming up to the season of sniffles, coughs and colds. Which…
Recently we found something we’d always wanted to see – Glow in the Dark Mushrooms. No really, we did. Ghost Fungus, or Omphalotus nidiformis is actually quite common throughout southern Australia. Omphalotus nidiformis distribution, via Atlas of Living Australia Omphalotus nidiformis – Ghost Fungus Pronounced Omfa-lotus nidee-form-iss, this is probably Australia’s best known luminescent fungus. This type of…
Bushwalking. Rambling. Tramping. Whatever you call it, it’s one of my favourite things. A day filled with new forms, terrain, the colours, the smells. A waking, walking, day long dream. But a dream with snacks, sweat, new discoveries, and the occasional blister. But here’s the thing. I’ve found fitting rambling and motherhood together a fairly…
And we just thought we’d let you know, incase you want to come along. She’s giving a talk in Surry Hills of Friday 20th February called PLANET ON A PLATE, and she’s being introduced by the one and only Joel Salatin. Who is Dr Vandana Shiva? Only one of our all-time heroes and seed freedom…
We’re very excited to announce we’ve figured out a learning path for all of you remote + time-poor folks who want to get the nitty-gritty knowledge of setting up regenerative + ethical animal systems for small farms. Joel Salatin webinars! In these intensive webinars, Joel will go straight to the heart of the matter and discuss…
Here’s another of our gourmet mushroom cultivation students who’s off and growing! Marita Smith lives in the Morton National Park just behind Milton on the South Coast of NSW and over the last year she’s been setting up an awesome local food initiative. We caught up with her to take a peek inside her emerging organic mushroom…
Every now and then we get to visit a small organic farm that truly blows our socks off. Old Mill Road, and the family who farm it, are one of those farms. I think I should let the images speak for themselves here, so in summary: Old Mill Road is a diverse biological farm supplying vegetables, eggs,…
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