While we were down Bega way at the South East Permaculture Convergence recently, Ashar and I got a chance to hang with my friend Annie at her family’s little patch of paradise, Autumn Farm. Autumn Farm prettymuch sums up simple living, for me. A home grown, low impact, hand-made life. With a right livelihood to cover…
Spring is for new beginnings, and new plans. And new gardens, too. And for learning – always learning. This Spring was the first time we’d run an Intro to Organic Market Gardening course somewhere other than our own farm. New farms, new fields, new folks.
We did it! All of us! There’s nothing quite so awesome as when folks come together with a common goal. It’s the essence of people power. Last Saturday, with the help of over 40 beautiful, hard working humans, we lifted 12 cubic meters of soil from the ground floor up to the 107 Rooftop Garden – with buckets,…
It’s pretty hard to beat the smell of freshly baked bread at dawn…
Hey Sydneysiders – who wants to help us get the Soil Up Top at the 107 Rooftop Garden this Saturday morning, bright and early? This is a callout for fit and fabulous folk who are up for a morning of goodness, with celebrity visitors and a free lunch at the end. Can you come?
The 107 Rooftop Garden build is underway! And we’ve just finished the gabions that will form all the veggie bed surrounds, thanks to the hard and cheerful work of an awesome crew of pros and volunteers. We’re now one step closer to creating a community resource and edible oasis in the city…
What a difference a year makes. This time last September we were in full swing producing rows and rows of asian greens, and this September, it’s all about the egg cartons…
Hey it’s our first ever crowd funding project! Want to help us cultivate community? We’re dead set on creating a super urban permaculture garden on the rooftop of 107 Redfern Street – a place that will be an amazing community resource.
Last year we had a rather great success with our Bean tipi – it flourished and also got a great workout as a cubby. And at the end of the season, of course, we got beans. Lots. So in the spirit of seed saving and paying it forward, we were thinking to pass on a…
Since we left the farm, our attitude to meat has shifted. Out of necessity, mostly. No more chest freezers full of home raised + slaughtered pigs + lamb, no dispatching + plucking of ducks or chickens, no random haunches of feral venison, home cured bacon or roadkill kangaroo backstrap.
Hello Spring! It’s nearly tomato growing season. Have you planted your precious seeds in a sunny spot already? Just incase you’re still in the process of getting to it, or wondering what to plant this year, we thought we’d share our five favourite varieties…
The first time I heard the idea of a weekend farmers market criticised by a prominent local food advocate, I was a little shocked. The second time, it made me think. And now…
Growing mushrooms in stackable buckets is an excellent space-saving cultivation technique, and perfect for anyone with limited space to get growing. Gary did our Gourmet Mushroom Cultivation course in March, and since then he’s ramped up to an impressive little DIY mushroom bucket cultivation setup…
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