We have some exciting news to share, both for us and for you. From mid-Winter this year, Nick, Kirsten + Ashar will be de-camping to Melliodora in Victoria, an amazing permaculture homestead and the home of Permaculture co-originator David Holmgren + his powerhouse partner, Su Dennett. We’ve been invited to do a 12 month residency at…
This small project is a study in macrocosms and microcosms – the large world and the small, the now and the forever. And all on your kitchen bench. Not bad for a grub in a jam jar. I’ve always wanted to raise a butterfly from a caterpillar, but i thought it might be technical or tricky…
‘Can I have two big packets of grass seed, please – I’ve got a lawn to grow’ are words I never thought I’d say. But here we are, de-gardening, trying to leave no trace of our home-grown food bowl. Such is the nature of permaculture renting. We’re out of this place in a month. I…
The Fair Food edition of PiP Magazine is out, and it’s a corker. Do you subscribe? We do. There’s articles by Bruce Pascoe, the author of Dark Emu, on Australian indigenous agriculture. There’s a biointensive vege bed prep how-to by us (yay!). There’s an article on sharing the harvest and creating community from a rented…
If you’re looking to grow some good quality storage crops for winter soups and stews, beans are a great choice. But which ones, and why? We talked to Jodi Roebuck about his top 3 beans to grow in a biointensive system. Jodi is a biointensive homesteader + grazier near Taranaki in New Zealand, and he knows his beans. His…
What do you do when you’re short on time and the many boxes of home grown nectarines you’ve been gifted are all about to go mushy? DIY fruit leather roll ups to the rescue, that’s what. We made these with nectarines that came (in quantity) from Nick’s parents trees (thanks Mum) but you could use…
Best Passata Day ever! Great tomatoes, even better company and a bonus electrical storm in the middle. What more could you ask for when spending a day storing the season of Summer? This was our second Passata Day held up in the 107 rooftop garden – and it was a hot one. But we’d moved…
Though we may not realise it, common ground is still to be found in our towns. It’s just not called that anymore. And utilizing common land as the community resource it is makes good sense. Especially when you can turn brambles into cheese. Down the side and out the back – the gully behind the hill,…
And here’s part 2 of our Urban Farming Masterclass pre-course resources, these ones focussed on the Jean-Martin Fortier Masterclass. Also highly suitable for those folks who can’t come along next weekend, but want the goodness. As author of the acclaimed book The Market Gardener, Jean-Martin Fortier is well known in small farm circles for his family’s market…
Are you coming to our Urban Farming Masterclasses next week? We darn well hope so. Here’s some pre-course resources to think about and take in. Also highly suitable for those folks who can’t come – knowledge is growing power. First up, here’s and overview of where Curtis Stone aka The Urban Farmer is coming from,…
Popes produce is a small urban market garden in Woonoona, providing fresh veg and fruit to it’s surrounding community. Bordered by lines of units, this little piece of urban farming paradise is sharing the goodness all around. Popes Produce is Sarah + Ben Anderson, with assistance from their kids. Together they farm a long thin…
Two whole weeks of permaculture design is quite an immersion. It’s 14 days of new knowledge, new friends, new ideas, new skills, and a bunch of ‘oh yeah’ moments besides. Every time we’re lucky enough to host and teach one of these intensive permaculture design certificates, we get to watch people grow, bigtime. And then…
When street trees are also highly delicious. Bring on the lilli pilly everything. Where we live on the south coast of NSW, lilli pilli’s are just about everywhere – they’re up in the rainforest (where they’ve always been – they’re an Australian native) and they’re also on the street and down the sides of houses,…
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